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About 25 foreign guests from cities visited by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during his circumnavigation are now in Cebu for their 5th global meeting. Members of the Global Network of Magellan Cities (GNMC) will conduct a two-day…
A new book sheds new, albeit controversial, light on the explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his nemesis, the Mactan chieftain Lapulapu (often spelled with a hyphen due to American predilections) and the Sto. Niño. Dr. Danilo Gerona, a…
Manila — After almost 500 years since Ferdinand Magellan landed in the Philippines, the place where he was born— Sabrosa municipality, Portugal—and the place where he died—Cebu, Philippines— are set to be reconnected as sister cities. “We…
In a few years’ time, on 2021 to be precise, we will be celebrating the fifth centenary of the “discovery” of the Philippines. Why the word discovery is in quotations is because it is still a contentious…
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