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.
Tag: 2023 April
Vicente Sotto Lecture 2023 April
“On Language, Education & Culture: Views from the Young Visayan-Americans in Hawaii” Dr. Rodney Jubilado ABSTRACT: In 1909, the Visayans, who were mostly from Cebu and Siquijor, set sail to the Hawaiian Islands to fill in the labor gap in the sugar plantations under the employment of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association (HSPA). The hiring […]