Commemorative P5,000 Lapu-Lapu banknote includes historical details, sketches
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Lapu-Lapu, considered as the first national hero, were bared to kick off the
National Heritage Month of May.
The theme for this year is “Victory and Humanity.”
In a Facebook post on May 1, the
National Quincentennial Committee, a body tasked to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of the Victory of Mactan, shared more than 34 photos of the bill where its historical details were highlighted.
“Its design teaches not just about the towering personage of 1521 that is Lapulapu but our pre-colonial history as well,” the committee said.
The New Generation Currency Series featuring the ancient baybayin script
Here s a look at actual photos of the P5000 Lapulapu commemorative banknote
Published May 3, 2021 5:35pm The National Quincentennial Committee showed a closer look at the P5000 Lapulapu commemorative banknote. The NQC on Saturday posted several photos of the actual paper bill bearing the image of Philippine hero. The quincentennial is an opportune time to promote appreciation of the world of our pre-colonial ancestors such as their way of life, worldview, and belief system based on historical sources. Understanding them helps us discern the process of our becoming and being Filipino, said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Both the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and the NQC Secretariat collaborated in the development of the banknote.
Senator Christopher Lawrence Bong Go
THE senator said in his speech at the Kadaugan sa Maktan celebration last Tuesday, April 27, in Lapu-Lapu City that Lapu-Lapu was a Tausug from Mindanao who was sent by the Sultanate of Sulu to the Cebu island.
That drew flak on social media, with such comments as outright wrong, fiction and an insult to Cebu and Cebuanos. History s accounts say Lapu-Lapu led the native warriors who killed in the battle the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Wednesday night, April 28, the senator posted an apology on Facebook.
[1] NO ADMISSION. The apology does not categorically admit the error about the piece of history and in raising it at the celebration, which could embarrass and anger, and did incite bad and ugly reaction from, Cebu and a number of Cebuanos.
SunStar Senator ‘sorry’ for claiming Mactan hero from Mindanao
SEN. Bong Go (right), seen here with Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan (middle) and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea during the celebration of the 500th anniversary of local chieftain Lapulapu’s victory over Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, drew flak when he claimed Lapulapu was a Tausug from Mindanao during his speech at the event. / ALAN TANGCAWAN
+ April 29, 2021 SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go apologized to Cebuanos for sharing a version of Lapulapu’s story during the 500th commemoration of the Battle of Mactan on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Lapu-Lapu City.