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DECEMBER 19
1899 The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 19th U.S. Infantry arrive in Cebu to help in the “pacification” drive of the American occupation.
DECEMBER 18
1887 Birth in Talisay, Cebu, of Cebuano fictionist and Talisay Mayor Vicente H. Garces. 1906 Birth in Barili, Cebu, of Manuel A. Zosa, lawyer and multi-term Cebu Congressman. 1916 “Academia Visaya” one of the earliest of the Cebuano language associations, is founded at the residence of Jose Vaño on Colon Street.
DECEMBER 17
1901 The Civil Governor of the Philippines is informed that there is no reason why civil government should not be reestablished in Cebu since active hostilities against the Americans have died down. 1941 The S.S. Corregidor sinks off Romblon. Among those on board are the members of the Cebu Basketball Selection.
DECEMBER 16
1895 The Spanish play “La Zapatilla” is staged in the newly-finished Teatro Junquera in Cebu. The affair is held in honor of departing Don Inocencio Junquera, politico-military governor of Cebu, who had been responsible for the construction of Cebu’s first permanent playhouse.
DECEMBER 15
1904 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Miguel Cuenco, lawyer, journalist and congressman of Cebu. 1963 Sotero B. Cabahug, Cebuano Secretary of Justice, dies at the Veterans Memorial Hospital in Manila.
DECEMBER 14
1847 A Bishop’s decree confirms the establishment of Poro, in Camotes Island, as a parish. 1937 Buenaventura Rodriguez becomes Governor of Cebu. In the first elections of city council members under the new Cebu City Charter, the following are elected: Regino Mercado, Felipe Pacaña, Leandro Tojong, Jose Solon, Jose Nolasco, Jose Fortich, Dominador Abella, and […]
DECEMBER 13
1933 The Cofradia del Santo Niño is canonically established by Archbishop Gabriel M. Reyes.
DECEMBER 12
Fiesta of Guadalupe, Cebu. 1909 Governor General William Cameron Forbes visits Cebu City.
DECEMBER 11
1601 The Jesuit School in Cebu received a royal grant for the construction of buildings. 1886 Martin Garcia de Alcocer (1842-1926) arrives in Cebu to assume the position of Bishop of Cebu. He remains bishop until 1903. 1929 The first issue of Nasud (1930-1941), a Cebuano magazine published and edited by Pedro Lopez, comes off […]
DECEMBER 10
Fiesta of Oslob, Cebu. 1940 A new Cebu City Council is elected into office. Members are Leandro Tojong, Juan Zamora, Monorato Hermosisima, Florentino Tecson, Cecilio de la Victoria, Ramon Abellanosa, Florencio Urot, and Numeriano Entenzo. 1942 The commander-in-chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces issues a circular urging the inhabitants of the Visayas to surrender.