LAPU-LAPU ... LE DERNIER VOYAGE ?
Dernier voyage pour la statue de bronze de Lapu-Lapu ? Lapu-Lapu va-t-il pouvoir reposer en paix ? Quelqu'un n'aura-t-il pas un jour la volonté de le déplacer de Cebu à Mactan ? THE 40-foot brass statue of Datu Lapu-Lapu that stands at the Rizal Park in Manila will soon be making a move to Cebu. Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza wants the statue to be in the city, and sent a formal request to Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. regarding the matter last month. Yesterday, the mayor said her wish had been granted. “Sure na na. Ang pagbalhin na lang (The next step is to bring the statue here),” Radaza said. She said the DOT will shoulder the cost of transporting the P15-million statue, which was sculpted by award-winning artist Juan Sajid Imao. New home It was donated by the Korean Freedom League to the Philippine Government in 2004. Radaza said she wants to erect the statue in an area called Datu Mangal in Barangay Punta E...