1847 A Bishop’s decree confirms the establishment of Poro, in Camotes Island, as a parish. 1937 Buenaventura Rodriguez becomes Governor of Cebu. In the first elections of city council members under the new Cebu City Charter, the following are elected: Regino Mercado, Felipe Pacaña, Leandro Tojong, Jose Solon, Jose Nolasco, Jose Fortich, Dominador Abella, and […]
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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 […]