President Duterte Signs EO Changing The Rendering Of Filipino Hero’s Name

President Duterte signed an EO changing the rendering of the Filipino hero’s name from “Lapu-Lapu” to “Lapulapu”.

LAPULAPU — President Rodrigo Duterte recently signed an executive order changing the rendering of the Filipino hero’s name from “Lapu-Lapu” to “Lapulapu”.

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The President issued Executive Order (EO) 152 directing the private and public sector to refer to the first Filipino hero as “Lapulapu” instead of “Lapu-Lapu”.

Also, the EO 152 cited that the earliest rendering in the Latin alphabet of the Mactan leader’s name was “Cilapulapu”, with “Ci” apparently being an honorific title from which Juan Luna and Jose Rizal derived their own references to him as “Si Lapulapu”.

The name Lapulapu is understood to refer to the Filipino hero who bravely and victoriously fought in the Battle of Mactan [against the Spaniard colonizers] in the 16th century. Thus, all references to the name “Lapu-Lapu” in EO No. 17, as amended, and EO No. 55, as amended, are hereby amended to read as Lapulapu,” the EO read.

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Executive Order 152 also stated that adopting a common rendering of the name of “Lapulapu”, so as to conform to earlier references, will “aid in the education of our youth about Philippine history which is foundational to the formation of national identity”.

As a result, the EO stated that all government agencies and instrumentalities (including government-owned or government-controlled corporations) and state colleges and universities were hereby directed, and local government units (LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), civil society groups, and the private sector were “hereby enjoined to adopt Lapulapu when referring to the name of the first Filipino hero”.

However, the EO also stated that places named “Lapu-Lapu” such as Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu will retain the Lapu-Lapu reference since these were established by statute.

To recall, the National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) previously clarified the name of the Mactan leader, saying that the name of the Mactan leader must be written without the hyphen to properly honor the historical figure and to avoid confusion as well.

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