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DECEMBER 3
Fiesta of Pilar, Cebu. Fiesta of Alegria, Cebu. 1628 Death of Christobal Gimenez, S.J., linguist, who came to the Philippines in 1596 and spent 32 years in the Visayan missions. 1901 Cebu insurgent leader Melquiades Lasala of Danao surrenders to the Americans.
DECEMBER 2
1886 Bishop Martin Alcocer, the last of the Spanish Bishops of Cebu, takes formal possession of the diocese of Cebu. 1928 Progress, an English magazine published in Cebu by Vicente Rama, comes off the press.
DECEMBER 1
1908 Birth of Cebuano writer-politician Natalio B. Bacalso. 1965 Col. Albert B. Friedlander, deputy III Military Area commander, is appointed Acting III MA commander.
NOVEMBER 30
1901 The Department of Southern Philippines is created with general headquarters in Cebu. Brig. Gen. James F. Wade assumes command of the department on December 6. 1909 Bishop Thomas A. Hendrick dies of cholera at the age of 60. He is succeeded by Bishop Juan P. Gorordo.
NOVEMBER 29
1625 The Jesuit Church in Cebu is inaugurated, its construction made possible by a bequest from Pedro de Aguila, a citizen of Cebu. 1848 A royal decree establishes the parish of Bogo, Cebu. 1942 The Battle of Babag takes place. The Cebu resistance movement claims 650 Japanese killed in ten-day fighting.
NOVEMBER 28
1964 The Liberal Party holds its convention at Sta. Ana Cabaret in Manila. Diosdado Macapagal is nominated as the LP presidential candidate. Sergio Osmeña, Jr., a contender for the vice-presidential slot, withdraws in favor of Gerardo Roxas.
NOVEMBER 27
1925 The Philippine Commission passes Public Act No. 3239 accepting the offer of Pedro Cui and Benigna Cui for them to establish a home for the care, free of charge, of invalids. This came to be the Hospicio de San Jose in Barili, Cebu.
NOVEMBER 26
1876 Inauguration of the Carcar Church, one of the finest in the province. 1917 Warwick Barracks is evacuated by the Americans and ceases to exist as American Military presence begins to be phased out in Cebu. The barracks facilities are turned over to the local government.
NOVEMBER 25
Fiesta of Carcar, Cebu. 1898 Luis Flores, head of the revolutionary forces in Cebu, delegates to Emilio Verdaflor, commander of Cebu’s Western Sector, the duty of organizing revolutionary municipal governments in the province in accordance with Aguinaldo’s decree of June 18, 1898. 1930 Death of Cebu revolutionary leader and prominent pre-war lawyer Pantaleon del Rosario.
NOVEMBER 24
1955 The First Archdiocesan Marian Congress opens in Cebu with Bishop Julio R. Rosales presiding.