1907 Formal inauguration of the Philippine Assembly, with Cebu’s Sergio Osmeña as Speaker. 1916 In accordance with the provisions of the Jones Law, the Philippine Legislature meets for the first time. Manuel L. Quezon and Sergio Osmeña are elected as Senate President and Speaker of the House respectively.
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Domingo Estabaya
Domingo Estabaya was born in Cebu City on May 25, 1915. He was an essayist and poet. The son of schoolteachers, he studied at the Cebu High School but stopped schooling to work for two years in a sugar central in Carlota, Negros Occidental. Later he took courses at the Cebu Vocational School, and obtained […]