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 July
“Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan: Recontextualizing Vicente Sotto’s sense of nation in his journalistic fiction amid current challenges to Philippine Sovereignty,” Dr. Crina E. Tañongon ABSTRACT: Following the Philippines’ independence from American colonial rule in 1946, questions persist regarding the nation’s true sovereignty, especially amidst ongoing territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea with China. This […]