1908 Birth in Jones, Romblon, of Cebu-based journalist and English poet Cornelio F. Faigao. 1945 The battle of “Liberation” continues in Cebu. Bitter fighting rages in the suburbs of Cebu as U.S. army units battle the Japanese in the areas near the Buhisan Reservoir and the Lahug Airfield. The city’s water supply sources are finally […]
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Where a fire tree grows
Espina-Moore, Austregelina Where a fire tree grows. Translated by Hope Sabanpan-Yu Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2009. P 500.00 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 […]