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SIXTEENTH century Filipino women were sexually active and even loved the Spaniards, according to Antonio Pigafetta, the Italian chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan. Pigafetta’s journal of Magellan’s expedition in the Philippines in 1521 was published in a book recently released by the Italian Embassy in Manila in commemoration of the 75 years of Philippine-Italy diplomatic relations.
ON its 90th year, the Manila Metropolitan Theater (Tanghalang Pangkalakhan ng Maynila; informally the MET, officially the NCCA Metropolitan Theater) is reclaiming its old glory as a cultural enclave. It will host the staging of Lapulapu, Ang Datu ng Mactan, its first theatrical production since it closed in 1996. The…