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 […]
Tag: Broken Islands
Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo
The Cebuano Studies Center, in cooperation with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), invites you to “Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo.” This launch brings together for the first time in Cebu two novels published in 2019 exploring the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda: Broken Islands by Criselda Yabes […]