1565 “San Pedro,” Legazpi’s flagship, leaves on the first voyage from Cebu to Mexico. It sails under the command of Felipe de Salcedo. This voyage discovered the return route to Mexico across the Pacific. On this same day, five Augustinians arrive in Cebu to spread Christianity in the region. 1961 The City Council passes Ordinance […]
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Where a fire tree grows
Espina-Moore, Austregelina Diin may punoan sa arbol (Where a fire tree grows). Translated by Hope Sabanpan-Yu Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2009. P 550.00 in the Philippines
Austregelina Espina-Moore
Lina Espina-Moore (b. 1919) belongs to the post Second World War generation of Filipino writers who have contributed much to the vitality of Philippine Literature in English. She has written novels, short stories, essays, and poetry in Cebuano and in English. An outstanding fictionist, her novels and stories written in her native Cebuano have appeared […]