Pinto Art Museum mounts exhibit to commemorate and challenge the first circumnavigation on its 500th anniversary THY WILL BE DONE Thy Kingdom Come (diptych), pen and ink, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 40 in, by Iggy Rodriguez In September 1521, in a fleet of five ships and 270 men called the Armada de...
Wala Lang Looking west over Rizal Park is the statue of Lapu Lapu, “the Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom.” Standing proudly with a sheathed kampilan , sculptor Juan Sajid Imao sought to depict the Mactan chief as “a strong and peace-loving man, who is also ready to defend himself against...
President Duterte is Presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s modern-day Lapulapu, who resisted against imperial Spanish colonization, as he also revealed plans by the government to make April 27 Lapulapu Day. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) April 27 this year...
As part of the global celebration of the Quincentennial of the First Circumnavigation, 1519-1522, the National Historical Commission launches ‘Pigafetta’s Philippine Picnic’ by Felice Sta. Maria AROUND THE WORLD IN 1,082 DAYS Detail of a map of Ferdinand Magellan's Circumnavigation “The...
Through high seas, starvation, scurvy, a mutiny, and death, Magellan arrives on the islands of the Philippines and what welcomes him? Feasts ON THE COVER This week's Panorama mirrors the cover design of the new, exciting book 'Pigafetta's Philippine Picnic' by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria, with...
Magellan’s fateful visit 500 years ago provided the Philippines an historical passage — no matter how long, winding, and turbulent—into today’s modern era of Globalization By Joel L. Cuello Patagonia Chile (Photo by Pedro Cid-Aguero) It took a little over 24 hours to travel from my home in...
Get the facts straight about the first recorded voyage around the world EXPLORER EXTRAORDINAIRE Portrait of Ferdinand Magellan We all know Ferdinand Magellan as the first-ever explorer to travel around the globe. But do we really know his story? In commemoration of the 500th year since Magellan...
