1889 The Becerra Law is approved. This gives to the town of Cebu, and six other Philippine towns, the right to organize an Ayuntamiento similar to those of the municipalities of Spain. 1963 A new Cebu City Council is elected, composed of Florencio Urot, Luis Diores, Ronald Duterte, John Osmeña, Raymundo Crystal, Eulogio Borres, Mario […]
CSC Admin
CSC Admin's Latest Posts
MAY 6
1942 Corregidor surrenders to the Japanese forces. 1952 The Cebu Workshop, a civic organization of women in the local foreign community, is founded.
MAY 5
1892 Birth in Argao, Cebu, of Agustin Y. Kintanar, lawyer and Cebu congressman. 1902 Troops of the 29th U.S. Infantry arrive in Cebu to help garrison the province. 1905 The Philippine Commission passes Public Act. No. 1343 extending the deadline for the payment of cedula and land taxes in the province of Cebu in view […]
MAY 4
Fiesta of Pinamungahan, Cebu. 1899 Julio Llorente, presidente of Cebu, warns the people that they are not to furnish money or food to persons in the military service. He also informs Arcadio Maxilom that the latter’s office had been abolished. These moves are part of the leadership struggle between the insurgent Maxilom and pro-American Llorente.
MAY 3
1919 The first issue of The Freeman, a Cebu English-Cebuano newspaper published by Paulino Gullas, comes out. It lasted until the eve of the Pacific War, was revived as a weekly magazine in 1965, and became, in 1969, a daily English newspaper.
MAY 2
1915 The first issue of Nueva Fuerza (1915-1941), published and edited by Vicente Rama, comes out. Its Cebuano section is called Bag-Ong Kusog. 1947 Death of Nicolas Rafols (1894-1947), Cebu congressman, poet and novelist.
MAY 1
LABOR DAY 1521 The remnants of the Magellan expedition hurriedly leave Cebu in the wake of the death of Ferdinand Magellan in Mactan and the attempted massacre of Spanish crew members by Cebuanos. 1913 The first issue of Kauswagan (1913-1915), a Cebu newspaper published and edited by J.R. Flynn Anderson, hits the streets.
APRIL 30
1937 For the first time, Filipino women are allowed to vote. The occasion is a plebiscite on women’s suffrage.
APRIL 29
1891 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Paulino Gullas (1891-1945), Cebu congress, and Constitutional Convention delegate of 1934, and founder of The Freeman. 1898 Birth in Bantayan, Cebu, of Paulino Ybañez, lawyer and representative of Cebu’s 7th district. 1966 Death of Uldarico A. Alviola (1883-1966), prominent Cebuano writer and journalist.
APRIL 28
1565 In the afternoon of this day, a day after the arrival of the Legazpi expedition in Cebu, a Basque sailor named Juan de Camuz finds the image of the Santo Niño in an abandoned house in the port settlement of Cebu. 1934 The Diocese of Cebu is elevated to the status of an Archdiocese. […]
APRIL 26
1888 “La Esperanza,” an economic association aimed at developing agriculture and commerce in Cebu, calls its first general meeting. Members are of Cebu’s economic elite: Buenaventura Veloso, Victoriano Osmeña, Pedro Cui, Francisco Llorente, Valeriano Climaco, Florentino Rallos, and others. 1930 The first issue of Babaye (1930-40), a Cebu magazine edited by Napoleon Dejoras, comes out. […]