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.
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Fernando Buyser
Fernando Buyser, also known as Floripinas, was born in Kalunangan, Leyte on the 30th of May, 1879. He died in Mainit, Surigao on the 16th of November, 1946. He was known as a poet, fictionist and playwright. He worked as an elementary school teacher in San Isidro, Leyte, then as an interisland ship officer. In […]