FACT CHECK: Senator Bong Go claims Lapu-Lapu is from Mindanao

rapplerdotcom 2021-04-28

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At the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Mactan on Tuesday, April 27, Senator Bong Go claimed that Lapu-Lapu, the chieftain of Mactan, was actually from the Tausug ethnic group of Mindanao.

This is false. There is no historical evidence to prove that Lapu-Lapu came from Sulu.

Read the full #FactCheck: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/lapu-lapu-not-from-mindanao
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