DO you know what or who killed Lapu-lapu our first hero?? there were no records I could find so if you do know email me...[email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.127.33.127 (talk • contribs) 06:50, April 19, 2007 (UTC)he died by in very old of age..dagat — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.145.71.244 (talk) 10:19, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
Er.. the Battle of Mactan was a actually a battle between Rajah Humabon and Kali Pulako. Magellan was merely joining his new-found friend Humabon for a show of Spanish arms power. This breaks the popular belief that Kali Pulako defended the islands against Spanish conquest because he was actually defending his kingdom against Humabon and the Cebuanos. This is accurate since during that time there was still no concept of a "nation" or "Philippines" or "Filipinos" yet, which makes it disagreeable to make him a national hero. He was fighting for his kingdom and not of any nation. Also there was no one on one duel or fighting between Magellan and Kali Pulako. Magellan was already hurt when he arrived in the islands.He already engaged himself already in fighting off other people in the different South American areas he and his crew landed.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.213.143.162 (talk • contribs) 10:01, July 26, 2007 (UTC)
This edit introduces text concerning "conjecture" about "where Lapulapu came from". Firstly, I'm not sure that we want to include conjecture in the article. Secondly, the cited reference does not say anything about where Lapulapu came from. If this is a genuine issue for mention in the article, is there a better reference, please? – Wdchk (talk) 05:28, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
cilapulapu born matau island..dagat dagat — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.145.71.244 (talk) 10:04, 26 February 2021 (UTC)
The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC), which is a government-formed committee tasked with preparations for the 500th anniversary of Magellan's arrival, the Battle of Mactan, etc., has recently argued that "Lapulapu" is the correct historical spelling of his name, without the hyphen in between, due to Pigafetta's own original spelling of Lapu-Lapu being "Çilapulapu".
(Reference: "It's Lapulapu: Gov’t committee weighs in on correct spelling of Filipino hero’s name". ABS-CBN News. 27 April 2019.)