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CEBU CITY: The Lapu-Lapu City Council has asked Manny
“PacMan” Pacquiao to play the role of Mactan Chieftain Datu
Lapu-Lapu in a reenactment of the Battle of Mactan, reported the
Philippine News Agency on Sunday. The staging of the play will be
held on the occasion of this year’s weeklong festivity dubbed
“Kadaugan sa Mactan” (Victory in Mactan).
The City Council has approved
unanimously a resolution asking Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao,
Manny’s full name, to demonstrate once again the strength and
bravery of the first Filipino who repulsed the attack of Portuguese
conqueror Ferdinand Magellan 487 years ago.
”It would be a great honor that
the role of Datu Lapu-Lapu be portrayed by an equally brave and
strong gentleman like Manny Pacquiao,” the resolution said.
Pacquiao is himself now a
“Datu” of the B’laan in Sarangani. He was conferred the title
following his recent ring victory when he returned to Gen. Santos
Thursday last week.
As the local tourism council
chairman of Malungon, an isolated place occupied by tribal
minorities, the world-boxing champion committed some P30 million for
the concreting of the 8-kilometer Poblacion-Sitio Kalunbarak
farm-to-market road.
The weeklong activities in Lapu
Lapu City will kick off on April 18.
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