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Reflecting on the contributions of national heroes to Philippines independence, Education Secretary Leonor Briones underscored that persistence and commitment and not physical fitness and age determine make up a hero. In her message at the Department’s simultaneous flag-raising ceremony in celebration of the Battle of Mactan’s 500th anniversary recently, Briones mentioned a new development from […]
The name Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) will stay, Cebu 3rd District Representative Pablo John Garcia clarified, even after Congress approved a bill seeking to rename the country’s second busiest airport. House Bill 8986, which was approved on third reading before Congress went on recess last month, seeks to rename the airport as the Lapu-Lapu […]
Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Mayor Junard Chan has announced that Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino hero who fought the Spaniards at the Battle of Mactan is being featured in the new P5,000 commemorative banknote and medal. The new P5,000 bill is the country’s highest cash denomination so far. Chan presented to the media the commemorative banknote which bears […]
As the nation commemorated the 496th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan, Senator Richard Gordon called on Filipinos to be modern-day Lapu-Lapus and fight harder to free the country from illegal drugs, killings, corruption and other crimes. Gordon pointed out that Lapu-Lapu, the ruler of Mactan, was the first Asian to defeat the colonial […]