1840 Governor General Francisco Alcala approves the plan to construct the Magellan Monument in Punta Engaño, Mactan. 1903 Act. No. 1020 of the Philippine Commission appropriates $20, 000 for the construction of a timber wharf in Cebu City. 1916 Birth in Cebu City of Sergio Osmeña Jr., Senator and long-time Cebu political leader.
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Vicente Sotto Lecture 2024 January
“Bethlehem to Golgotha: Santo Niño de Cebu and Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno in Filipino collective memory and vision” Mr. Jason A. Baguia. ABSTRACT The Catholic Church in the Philippines has been unequivocal in catechizing its publics about the oneness of the Child Jesus and Jesus on the Way of the Cross although a comparative approach […]