1899 Birth of Margarito E. Revilles, Bohol congressman and president of the Cebu-based labor organization “Ang Katubaanan sa mga Mamumuo.” 1900 Residents of Pilar and Catmon, represented by their respective councils, file formal protest against the U.S. occupation of their towns. 1903 A cholera epidemic breaks out in Cebu. From this day until May 31, […]
Tag: Don Mariano Awards
Center receives recognition during the Don Mariano Awards 2013
Last September 8, 2013 was the 136th birth anniversary of Mariano Avila Mercado, mayor of Carcar in the 1920s. During his administration, Mercado built the Carcar Dispensary, formerly health center before and after the war and is now a museum, the swimming pool just behind the dispensary which served as American soldiers’ recreation area, the […]