For this month's column, I'd like to feature a brief reaction to the book Over the Edge of the World (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, Inc., 2003) by Laurence Bergreen which details Magellan's ...

There, on the islands of Cebu and Mactan, Magellan and his men halted, but rest was perhaps not in his nature. The Portuguese mariner embroiled himself in a local rivalry and led 60 of his men, ...

When Magellan landed in Cebu on April 7, 1521, its ruler Rajah Humabon gladly welcomed him and he and his queen, Juana, were converted to Christianity. Four hundred other subjects followed.

CEBU CITY, Philippines—An unidentified man set himself on fire Thursday morning inside the kiosk housing Magellan’s Cross located between the Cebu City Hall and the Basilica del Santo Niño.

A Spanish Navy training ship has docked in Cebu City as part of the quincentennial celebration of the world's first circumnavigation led by explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu - Citing passages from the Bible, presidential aspirant Eddie Villanueva on Tuesday declared that the year 2010 ushers in a period of restoration for a nation mired in poverty.

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte wanted a bigger and higher statue of Filipino hero Lapulapu in Cebu than the statue of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan who the native ...

A man was rushed to a hospital after sustaining burns all over the body when he allegedly set himself on fire near the Magellan's Cross shrine Cebu City Thursday morning. The man, who was not ...

The Bay of Magellan was the site of the Battle of Mactan in 1521 between Magellan's men and the tribal inhabitants. Magellan was killed during this battle and now there is a shrine in remembrance of ...