1909 Death at the age of 48 of Mariano Albao Cuenco (1861-1909), publisher-writer and father of such prominent Cuencos as Mariano Jesus and Jose Maria. 1942 The first issue of Japanese organ Visayan Shinbun (1942-1944) comes out. Its editor is Napoleon Dejoras. 1961 Gen. Douglas MacArthur returns to Cebu City in the course of a […]
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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 […]