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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Brown Child: The Best of the Faigao Poetry and Fiction
Brown Child: The Best of the Faigao Poetry and Fiction. Edited by Hope Sabanpan-Yu and Erlinda K. Alburo Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2014. P 500.00 in the Philippines*