In Eastern Samar, the narrative of March 16, 1521 isn’t about the “discovery” of the archipelago by foreigners, but about the compassion of our ancestors. While textbooks credit Ferdinand Magellan as ...

FIVE hundred years ago, on March 16, 1521, Ferdinand Magellan landed on the shores of Homonhon Island in what is now part of the municipality of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, Philippines, after more than a ...

on the west by Samar; and on the south by the Leyte Gulf. It is the first area in the Philippines sighted by Magellan on March 16, 1521. Magellan's crew called the islands, Zamal. The Spaniards ...

FILIPINOS are indebted to Magellan for his expedition that, although it led to their subjugation by the Spaniards, introduced them to Christianity. Among the invading colonizers were priests, ...