Filipinos have started to live with Covid-19 even though the pandemic declaration has yet to be officially lifted by the World Health Organization. The last-minute shopping in the recent Christmas Eve had the pre-pandemic atmosphere because of long queues at checkout counters, except that most shoppers still wore face masks even though wearing a mask […]
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Honoring a hero
WHEN it comes to celebrating milestones, the government is sure to spend millions to stage a grand event, which often features a celebrity or two. Such was the case of the quincentennial of the Battle of Mactan, the historians’ term for the April 27, 1521 skirmish between one of Mactan chieftains, Lapulapu, and Spanish sailors […]