Today in the History of Cebu
JUNE 14
1899 A battalion of Tennessee Volunteers is dispatched from Iloilo to help in the pacification of Cebu. 1938 The Cebu Provincial Capitol Building, designed by Juan M. Arellano, is inaugurated by Manuel L. Quezon during the incumbency of Governor Buenaventura Rodriguez.
JUNE 13
Fiesta of Tuburan, Cebu. 1894 Birth in Pinamungahan, Cebu, of Antonio R. Kyamko (1894-1936), prominent Cebuano journalist and stage artist.
June 12
Independence Day Fiesta of Toledo City 1829 The parish of Naga, Cebu, is established and placed under the patronage of San Francisco de Asisi. It is separated from the parish of San Nicolas. 1898 Philippine Independence is proclaimed in Kawit, Cavite. 1948 Republic Act No. 244 is approved, providing for the position of Vice-Mayor of […]
June 11
1580 Bantayan, Cebu, is created as a parish by virtue of a definitory. Its patron saint is San Pedro Apostol.
JUNE 10
1871 The principal residents of Bantayan, led by their gobernadorcillo Nicolas Escario, write to Cebu politico-military governor Francisco Ezquierdo to oppose the move to have Ogtong (Santa FE) separated from Bantayan, Santa FE, however, was granted the status of a town on Oct. 3, 1872. 1964 Republic Act No. 3857, otherwise known as the Revised […]
JUNE 9
1959 Don Sergio Osmeña comments on the recent political merger of the Cuenco-Osmeña Jr. camps: “No one questions the right of Senator Cuenco and Congressman Sergio Osmeña, Jr. to embrace each other now in the same manner as they were free before to attack each other mercilessly and without compunction. This is a free country […]
JUNE 8
1832 A royal decree creates the parish of Sogod in Cebu. It is separated from the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Parian. 1946 President Manuel Roxas appoints the members of a new Cebu municipal board, Marcos Morelos, Catalina Ybañez, Filemon Zapanta, Cresencio Tomakin, Paciente Villa, Magno Paez, Juan Seno, and Jovito Abellana.
June 7
1881 A bishop’s decree confirms the erection of Ronda as a parish. Ronda is thus separated from the jurisdiction of Dumanjug. 1886 Franciscan Martin Farcia Alcocer is appointed the 18th Bishop of Cebu. 1955 Republic Act No. 1243 is approved amending the City Charter of Cebu and providing for the election at large of the […]
June 6
1887 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Vicente Rama (1887-1956), publisher, writer, Cebu representative and Cebu City Mayor.
June 5
1926 Death of Pedro Cui (1847-1926), Cebu philanthropist-businessman and founder of the Hospicio de San Jose. 1933 Death of Epifanio Alfafara, (1882-1933), Cebuano writer and former mayor of Carcar.