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|title=<center>1998 Philippine Independence Day Celebrations</center>
|image=Philippine Centennial logo.png
|imagecaption=The official logo of the celebrations.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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The '''1998 Philippine Independence Day Celebrations''', also known as '''Kalayaan '98''' is a Filipino television special by the People's Television Network that broadcasting the celebration of the centenary of Philippine independence. The National Centennial Commission partnered with PTV for the special, and along with government-owned and privately-owned broadcasters including ABS-CBN, ABC, GMA, RPN and IBC as well as sports broadcast production company Vintage Television, formed under the umbrella broadcasting consortium known as the Philippine Centennial Broadcast Pool.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/PinoyNostalgia/posts/2590562434378486/ Title card for the coverage featuring the logos of the six broadcasters.]Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref>  

==Info==
The special started at 5:30 am as a 19-hour broadcast. The live coverage begins with the DAYANAS of brass bands at 6:00 am, followed by ringing of the bells from Barasoain Church, Naga, Tacloban, Baguio and Davao City. The simultaneous flag-raising ceremonies was occurred at 7:00 am. Notable people attending the ceremonies including Vice-president and President-elect Joseph "ERAP" Estrada and VP-elect and later president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Rizal Park and President Fidel V. Ramos in Kawit.<ref name=ERAPGMAinLuneta>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKX2_X7PA1U Footage of the Bell ringing and ERAP-GMA attending the flag raising in Luneta.] Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref> President-elect ERAP later delivered the speech after the flag raising ceremony.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKX2_X7PA1U Footage of ERAP's speech in Luneta.] Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref>At the same time, the June 12, 1898 scenario at Kawit, Cavite was re-enacted, followed by the reading of the declaration of independence by President Fidel V. Ramos. A thousand-voice choir with a kid sang the anthem accompanied by the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref name=Kawit>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op5nw053_C0 Footage of the reenactment of the declaration of independence] Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref> The traditional Vin d' Honneur was held in the Malacanang Palace was occurred at 11:00 am, while sky-diving events were also held in Luneta. At 5:00 pm, The Grand Centennial Parade started, with Che-Che Lazaro serves as the narrator. Some of the floats were supported by groups including the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the Philippines and PAGCOR and private corporations including Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation and PCBP member network GMA Network.<ref name=CentennialParade>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqjzsLiZHu4 Footage of the Grand Centennial Parade] Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref> The event ended with a 30 minute fireworks show accompany by the medley of Filipino songs.<ref name=FireworksShow>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SSiZff2Qko Footage of the grand fireworks display.] Retrieved 15 Jul '22</ref>

==Availability==
The special was aired on 6 networks aired on June 12, 1998 as a special 19 hour roadblock broadcast. The privately-owned networks meanwhile is suspending 30 minutes of the coverage to make room for the early evening newscasts at the 6:00 pm hour, then rejoining the coverage after the newscasts had ended at 6:30pm.

The footage was found by historian Xiao Chua on June 2020.<ref name=ERAPGMAinLuneta/><ref name=CentennialParade/><ref name=FireworksShow/><ref name=Kawit/> Meanwhile, JBSR:PinoyTVRarities uploaded the clips of GMA Network News on June 2022, however, it was soon terminated. 

==Gallery==
===Images===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
Kalayaan98titlecard.jpg|Title card.
Kalayaan98TVlogos.jpg|Another title card with logos of ABS-CBN (1996-98 gold variant of the 1986-99 logo with the "In the service of the Filipino (Worldwide)" slogan), PTV (1995-98 logo with the "Ang Network para sa Pilipino" slogan), ABC (1998-99 "Best of Both Worlds" ID variant of the 1996-99 logo with the "Reaching Out to You" slogan), GMA (1995-98 variant of the 1992-2002 logo without the "Rainbow Satellite" wordings), RPN and IBC (1998-2000 "Bagong Pinoy" logo variant, with the final logo of Vintage Television primetime block).
</gallery>
===Videos===
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  |description1 =Footage of the bell-towing and Flag raising in Luneta.
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  |id2          =Op5nw053_C0
  |description2 =Footage of the activities in Kawit.
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  |id3          =JqjzsLiZHu4
  |description3 =Footage of the Grand Centennial Parade.
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  |description1 =Footage of the fireworks display and the closing credit notice, timestamp 34:51. GMA Network News footage and the centennial themed commercial of PLDT is also appeared in the video.
}}

==References==
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