1860 Aroyal decree creates a regional government in the Visayas and another in Mindanao to strengthen central authority in these regions. Each is put under a politico-military governor directly responsible to the Governor-Genral of the Philippines. 1865 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Fr. Emiliano Mercado, religious writer and prominent parish priest of San Nicolas. 1900 […]
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Vicente Sotto Lecture 2022 November
“WRITING ‘ARKIPELAGO’: A novel’s claim at complexity” Januar Yap ABSTRACT: Philippine literary canon had for the most part insufficiently if not misrepresented a highly archipelagic nation of over 7,100 islands by its “landlocked” and centripetal imaginaries. The islands and their complex connectivities should have been the rule rather than the exception. Deeply embedded in Philippine […]
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2022 December
“Contested Waters: Review of Literature on Water Contestations” Ryan Rayla Date: December 10, 2022
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Vicente Sotto Lecture 2020 October
Main Lecture Title: What Happened in the Battle of Mactan Speaker: Dr. Resil Mojares Opening Talk Title: Vicente Sotto: A Profile in Retrospect Speaker: Atty. Melvin Legaspi Date: October 31, 2020
Vicente Lecture Series 2020 December
Main Lecture Title: Kasadya! Speaker: Louella Alix Opening Talk Title: The Sottos: A Brief Genealogy Speaker: Todd Sales Date: December 12, 2020
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2020 February
Title: Early Speculative Fiction in Cebuano Literature: The Pre-war Fantasy Novel Speaker: Dr. Erlinda K. Alburo Date: February 22, 2020
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2020 November
Main Lecture Title: Sanglit Panamilit: An Online Presentation of a Show that Never Was Speaker: Prof. Raymund Fernandez Opening Talk Title: Vicente Sotto: A Life in Retrospect Speaker: Chiara Martinez Date: November 21, 2020
Gugmang walay paglubad | Escolastico Morre
Gugmang walay paglubad by Escolastico Morre A story of a forbidden and tragic love affair, Escolastico Morre’s Gugmang Walay Paglubad was published on January 26, 1923. The short tale tells the story of poor a young man named Tomas, who fell in love with Teresing, a woman he had fawned over for quite a while. […]
Panimalus | Marcelino Navarra
Panimalus by Marcelino Navarra Donya Basilisa, the heiress of a rich family, visited a small old house with an old woman named Margarita. Margarita wanted to talk to Donya Basilisa about a secret that she kept for a very long time with connection to Donya Basilisa. Margarita narrated her story, about her sister Flordelisa who […]
Ang Tawo Sa Ilawn Sa Sontana | Marcelino Navarra
Ang Tawo Sa Ilawn Sa Sontana by Marcelino Navarra It was Lenten season where everyone goes to church to confess their sins with the priest. Titay, a single woman confessed her sins with father Luis. As she confessed, father Luis said something accidentally about himself that caused Titay to panic. As the priest calmed Titay, […]