Lapu-Lapu is hailed as the first Filipino hero, though very little is known about him. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

It is the first area in the Philippines sighted by Magellan on March 16, 1521. Magellan's crew called the islands ... led by the chieftain Datu Puti and his tribes, settled in the island of Panay and ...

Award-winning Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz’s nine-hour film about the 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand ... “Magellan” is part of the Cannes Premiere section. Diaz, who is known for ...

The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of ...

Luxbox has come on board Lav Diaz’s historical drama “Magellan,” which stars Gael García Bernal, ahead of its world premiere in Cannes.

The driver, a 30-year-old man who has not been officially named, drove his black Audi SUV through ... in the defeat of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan at the Battle of Mactan in 1521 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Decorated filmmaker Lav Diaz is returning to the Cannes Film Festival with his newest movie "Magellan," starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the titular Portuguese explorer.

Rio Ferdinand named the best XI of players he faced in his career. Ferdinand's team contained four Ballon d'Or winners. Only one former teammate was able to find his way into the XI. Having played ...

Katy Perry appears to believe she has rivalled the feats of Ferdinand Magellan for taking part in an 11-minute space flight via a Blue Origin rocket. I'm not sure whether any research was done.

That’s the bold claim made by multiawarded independent filmmaker Lav Diaz in his latest work, “Magellan”—a film set to premiere at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival this May.