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 ...

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.

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 ...

They wade into knee-deep water, firing muskets, but to little effect. The Mactan warriors are unafraid of their weapons. Magellan has come a long way to die in the surf. #ExtraHistory #Pacific # ...

The first defeat inflicted by Filipinos on Western invaders took place on April 27, 1521, on Mactan Island when followers of a local chief, Datu Lapu-Lapu, repulsed a force of 49 Spaniards, with some ...

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 ...

Remember the Battle of Mactan? Lapu-Lapu and his warriors defeated Ferdinand Magellan and his men on the beach of the little island.

Super Typhoon Rai smashed into the Philippines’ Mactan island in 2021, destroying coral and damaging property. But now the reefs have some new inhabitants for divers to enjoy.

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.

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.