A 63-year-old barangay tanod will mark his 12th year as a warrior of Datu Lapu-Lapu in Saturday’s reenactment dubbed Kadaugan sa Mactan. Ingrid Casio of barangay Buaya has been a member of an ...

The reenactment will begin at 8 a.m. at the Mactan Liberty Shrine, following a wreath-laying ceremony commemorating the April 27, 1521, victory of Lapulapu and his warriors against Magellan's ...

Lapu-Lapu met Magellan on the beaches of Mactan on April 27, 1521. His warriors – numbering about 1,000 – routed Magellan’s crew of about 50 soldiers with wooden shields and spears ...

The inspiration behind Lapu Lapu, a Philippine-inspired breakfast window in a leafy corner of Kentlands Market Square, was a 16th-century warrior who turned away explorer Ferdinand Magellan in the ...

The KadaugansaMactan (Victory in Mactan) is an annual commemoration of the historic battle on April 27, 1521, where DatuLapulapu and his warriors repelled Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan.

He was an armor-clad warrior in his 30’s or 40’s, equipped with cutting-edge European weaponry, and seemed more than a match for any Mactan warrior on the battlefield.