1569 In a document promulgated in Madrid, the Spanish King name Miguel Lopez de Legazpi “Governor and Captain General of the Island of Cebu and all the other settlements which you (Legazpi) or any other person whatsoever may hereafter make in the islands.” 1595 Pope Clement VII issues a bull dividing the Philippine see […]
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 […]