MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday honored health and essential frontliners during the 500th commemoration of the victory of Mactan, saying they are “worthy heirs of Lapu-Lapu’s legacy.”
On April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu and warriors of Mactan Island defeated Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who had begun his supposed first trip around the globe.
The President said Lapu-Lapu and the warriors “fearlessly fought off foreign invaders” and “never cowered against the might of the enemy and they bled in defense of their homeland.”
“Today, we remember their gallantry by honoring the worthy heirs of Lapu-Lapu’s legacy. Our medical and essential frontliner…
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