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                    [Title] => David Medalla takes Venice
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It’s an hour and a half before the event and David Medalla, the internationally-acclaimed Filipino artist slated to grace the Palazzo Mora for a performance titled “Pangarap sa Panglao,” is nowhere to be found.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-23 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1667758 [AuthorName] => Raymond Ang [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/arts-and-culture/20150824/David-Medalla.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1316699 [Title] => The battle of Mactan [Summary] =>

When Lapulapu said no to Magellan’s order to be baptized and to bow to the authority of the king of Spain, he boasted of his readiness to do battle with the invaders.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1301991 [AuthorName] => Eladio C. Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1316281 [Title] => The Battle of Mactan [Summary] =>

Tomorrow, Sunday, April 27, the famed "Battle of Mactan" is again to be reenacted, right in the seashore of barangay Mactan where the Portuguese navigator Fernand Magellan met his fate in the hands of native warriors.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1301991 [AuthorName] => Eladio C. Dioko [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 397138 [Title] => Batul of Mactan: When did it really happen? [Summary] => Friday last week the City of Lapu-Lapu celebrated its annual "Batul sa Mactan" to commemorate that historic event on April 27, 1521, where explorer Ferdinand Magellan died in battle with the natives of Mactan led by its Chieftain Lapu-Lapu. This was one victory against a foreign invader that was considered a great victory for the people of Asia.
[DatePublished] => 2007-05-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347742 [Title] => Understanding Philippines-Portugal Relationship [Summary] => Our knowledge of the presence of Portugal in the Philippines is very limited. We only know of the fact that it was Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan who "discovered" the Philippines. But yet, this is not so, as evidenced by what I have learned during the lecture-conference of Professor Carneiro de Sousa at the University of San Carlos entitled Portuguese Maritime Power, Rights, and Enclaves in Asia: The Philippine Connection.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1367318 [AuthorName] => Jad A. Conde [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) ) )
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