ON April 26, 2024, the social media account of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) read:

"In celebration of the 503rd anniversary of the Victory of Mactan ... we are sharing a portrait of Lapulapu. As Datu of Mactan, he successfully defeated a foreign aggressor in 1521, delaying the Spanish colonization of what was to become the Philippines by half a century."

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