2021 marked #Philippines #quincentennial or 500 yrs relationship w/ #Spain . Through #ProclamationNo1128 #PresidentRodrigoRDuterte declared April 27 as day to #commemorate the #Filipinos #Victory #Battle of #Mactan between #Lapulapu & #Magellan in 1521.
#BritishColumbia - April 27 #LapulapuDay - #Artists with #BayanihanCentre in #VictoriaBC will stage an excerpt of Nicolas B. Pichay’s “Lapulapu: Ang Datu ng Mactan” on April 29
https://www.pressenza.com/2023/04/nick-pichay-the-playwright-cum-lawyer-celebrates-the-filipinos-indigeneity-in-the-libretto-lapulapu-ang-datu-ng-mactan
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