TO paraphrase President Manuel Quezon: My loyalty to my historian-friends ends where my loyalty to history begins.

I got into an argument with fellow historians over Ferdinand Magellan's arrival or discovery of the Philippines which they celebrated on social media on its anniversary on March 16, 2024. When confronted, they said there was no celebration.

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