1565 “San Pedro,” Legazpi’s flagship, leaves on the first voyage from Cebu to Mexico. It sails under the command of Felipe de Salcedo. This voyage discovered the return route to Mexico across the Pacific. On this same day, five Augustinians arrive in Cebu to spread Christianity in the region. 1961 The City Council passes Ordinance […]
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Kadungganan | Candido Vasquez
Kadungganan by Candido Vasquez This piece opens a recognition of the many people who belong to different religions and professions and the differences in their ways of thinking. Vasquez then criticizes the groups within those religions and professions who divide themselves by virtue of religion – setting themselves above the rest and placing the rest […]
Takna sa Kabantan-on | Candido Vasquez
Takna sa Kabantan-on by Candido Vasquez Candido Vasquez dedicates this poem to a woman named Catalina Alfafara whom he describes as shis kauban ug higala. This poem is all about the breaking through the temptations present in the lives of adolescents which are characterized by the weakening of our fortitude especially in times of hardships. […]
Pangigi kun pasangil? | Vicente Alcoseba
Pangigi kun pasangil? by Vicente Alcoseba Asun is a widow. She doesn’t decide which is the path to happiness and which is the path to misery, so she takes a blind gamble in love. She has two men who want to marry her, but she can’t decide what to do. She end up with the […]
Ang Dungog Balaanon | Uldarico Alviola
Ang Dungog Balaanon by Uldarico Alviola Amboy has a wife named Nenang. Nenang became the center of talk in Cebu because she was said to be Tiyago’s girl. Tiyago was a womanizer, who loves to seduced and have fun with women. Amboy, the husband of Nenang did not believe in these rumors about his wife’s […]
Mahay sa Bukidnon | Uldarico Alviola
Mahay sa Bukidnon by Uldarico Alviola There were two young men named, Isyong and Kolas, who lived in a far away mountain of Cebu. They have different cultural views and interests in life but even if they differ from each other they were still good friends. Kolas was good at Cebuano writings and culture while […]
Gihagit Mo Ba Ako | Angel Enemecio
Gihagit Mo Ba Ako by Angel Enemecio The poem “Gihagit Mo Ba Ako” denotes of the emotional involvement of the writer towards his dreams and passions. The writer is utterly zealous about playing the guitar and singing—skills he has greatly honed, valued and treasured. However, he came to a point where he just wanted to […]
Walay Kinatulgan | Angel Enemecio
Walay Kinatulgan by Angel Enemecio Enemecio’s “Walay Kinatulgan” tells of the writer’s broken heart; how, even in his dreams, he is haunted by the monsters of the failed relationship with his love. He misses his great love dearly; how, even when he closes his eyes, the twinge is completely agonizing. His heart is in pain […]
Hikalimti | Angel Enemecio
Hikalimti by Angel Enemecio Angel Enemecio’s Hikalimti tells about the speaker’s personal conflict with himself to forget his dear love. The poem greatly denotes of the impossibility of ever forgetting. The speaker had done all that he could to block out the memories of his beloved but to no avail. He portrays the strong emotions […]
Walay Sapayan!.. Limbongi Ako | Angel Enemecio
Walay Sapayan!.. Limbongi Ako by Angel Enemecio Walay Sapayan!.. Limbongi Ako is a poem about how the speaker is greatly affected by the lies that have influenced his mindset. These lies have corrupted his happiness and the memories of his past. Moreover, the betrayals tore his being physically, mentally and emotionally. Nonetheless, the lies have […]
Usa ka Paghandum | Angel Enemecio
Usa ka Paghandum by Angel Enemecio The poem talks about the speaker’s reminiscence of his past. It illustrates how true love never really fades. True love remains for a lifetime despite undesirable circumstances. The person being reminisced about in the poem is a true portrayal of how one cannot question what fate brings. In spite […]