00:00Meanwhile, the four sacred panels of the Archdiocese of Cebu
00:04were returned after it was lost in the 1980s.
00:08The Department of Tourism has taken care of it,
00:11especially since a large part of it is in the identity of the people of Bolhoon.
00:16This is Jesse Atienza from PTV Cebu in the center of the news.
00:23One by one, experts left the boxes
00:27the four pulpit panels that came from the National Museum of the Philippines.
00:37And for the first time since the 1980s,
00:41the Cebuans restored the sacred panels
00:44that were once in the Archdiocesan Shrine of Nuestra Senora
00:49del Patrocinio de Maria Santissima in the town of Bolhoon.
00:54You belong to us, the Archdiocese of Cebu
01:00and the Bolhoonanos, the Cebuanos,
01:06as we belong to you.
01:10Ownership should never be questioned.
01:15Under the conservation process of the experts,
01:19the four pulpit panels to be preserved
01:23will also undergo carbon dating
01:26to ensure that these panels were lost in the 1980s.
01:31It's a very delicate procedure.
01:33We had 12 weeks to do some work for the conservation of the panels.
01:38We cleaned the panels, we consolidated,
01:41meaning that all the falling materials,
01:46we glued them in a certain manner and then we recolored.
01:50The Department of Tourism was also pleased
01:52with the restoration of the pulpit panels
01:54that were part of the faith tourism and recognition
01:57of the local devotees in the town of Bolhoon.
02:01We view this with great significance,
02:04especially that we recognize Bolhoon Church
02:08and all our heritage sites as significant to our identity as Filipinos
02:15and of course, tools by which we can continue to sustain
02:19livelihood and economic development in our localities by way of tourism.
02:25So we are very grateful for the return of the panels.
02:29Currently, the panels in Bolhoon Church's care
02:33will be returned to the pulpit,
02:35where the Archbishop Jose Palma is expected to give his testimony
02:40in one of the pontifical masses this March 21.
02:44From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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