1595 The Spanish King, Philip II, issues a royal decree granting to Cebu the title of a city. 1865 Birth in Barili, Cebu, of Cebuano priest-writer Ismael M. Paras (1865-1935). 1899 Santiago Ferraris, presidente of San Nicolas, presents to Col. R.H. Hamer a letter of the town council protesting the American occupation of San Nicolas. […]
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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 […]

Dictionary of Bisayan Arts: Cebuano/Hiligaynon/Waray
Alburo, Erlinda K. Dictionary of Bisayan Arts: Cebuano/Hiligaynon/Waray. Manila: National Commission for Culture and the Arts, 2009. P400.00 in the Philippines