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Christine Lee Silawan, [4] (March 26, 2002 - March 10, 2019) a 16-year-old high school student and church collector, was found dead in a vacant lot in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu. [5] Her body was discovered with multiple stab wounds and her face skinned beyond recognition. She was also naked from the waist down and raped. [6]
Lapulapu [2] [3] [4] (fl. 1521) or Lapu-Lapu, whose name was first recorded as Çilapulapu, [5] was a datu (chief) of Mactan, an island now part of the Philippines.Lapulapu is known for the 1521 Battle of Mactan, where he and his men defeated Spanish forces led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his native allies Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula.
Lapu-lapu (with the hyphen) is a common name for groupers in both Tagalog and Cebuano languages, hence there actually is a possibility of confusion. EDIT: Yep. Bizarrely last year, a Filipino politician tried to ban the use of "Lapu-Lapu" for the fish, because it supposedly insulted the legacy of Lapulapu. I think that's a good enough reason to ...
Lapu-Lapu was released on December 25, 2002 as part of the 28th Metro Manila Film Festival. Earning only ₱5.7 million by the end of the festival against a budget of at least ₱35 million, it was a box-office bomb. However, the film won seven FAP Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Mayo), and Best Actor (Lapid).
The Battle of Mactan (Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan; Spanish: Batalla de Mactán) was fought on a beach in Mactan Island (now part of Cebu, Philippines) between Spanish forces led by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan along with local allies, and Lapulapu, the chieftain of the island, on the early morning hours of April 27, 1521.
Caubian Islands is a group of islands of Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines. Located in the Camotes Sea, it is approximately 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) north from Getafe, Bohol, and 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) east from Mactan Island. The group consists of two small islands: the bigger uninhabited Caubian Daku, also called Poo, and the smaller but densely ...
As a preparation for the 2021 Quincentennial Commemorations in the Philippines, the Mactan Shrine park in Lapu-Lapu City was renovated. [1] By September 2019, the initial plans for the shrine called for the replacement of the 20 m (66 ft) bronze statue of Lapulapu with a larger monument depicting the Battle of Mactan; the bronze statue is planned to be reinstalled in a courtyard of a museum to ...
Junard "Ahong" Quirante Chan (born September 8, 1968) is a Filipino politician from Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines.He currently serves as the mayor of Lapu-Lapu City. [3] [4] Chan previously served as barangay captain of Pajo, Lapu-Lapu City from 2013 to 2019 and as a member of the City Council from 2001 to 2010.