To recognize this significant Filipino community, in 2023, British Columbia officially recognized April 27 as Lapu Lapu Day, a day that gives opportunity “to learn more about the history of people in ...

Lapu Lapu may have been a geriatric warrior fortified by a relentless army. He may have been provoked into battle by the ruler of Cebu, who was using Magellan’s troops to rid himself of a ...

commemorates Datu Lapu-Lapu’s victory over Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan during the Battle of Mactan in 1521, according to reports. The Filipino chieftain’s triumph is regarded as a ...

Magellan fell, and Lapu-Lapu’s men swarmed him. Apart from Pigafetta’s account of the battle, there has been very little written about Lapu-Lapu. “Nobody knows what happened to him (before ...

honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in 1521 and became a national hero. The centrepiece of the ...

CEBU, Philippines — In commemoration of the victory of Lapulapu and his men against Ferdinand Magellan ... The Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, is now known as Lapu-Lapu Day or Adlaw ni ...

honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in 1521 and became a national hero. The centrepiece of the ...

Lapu-Lapu, the Mactan ruler whose forces killed Magellan, is often credited with ... A monument that shows the battle itself—and the group effort that brought down an epic explorer—will ...

He will play the role of Datu Lapu-lapu ... of the Philippine archipelago. Magellan’s forces were defeated and the Portuguese explorer killed in the Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521.