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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Buwan ng Wika 2023
Ang USC Cebuano Studies Center Sentro ng Wika at Kultura, upang gunitain ang Buwan ng Panitikan sa taong 2023 ay nagsagawa ng tertulyang pampanitikan onlayn na pinamagatang “Mga Tinig ng Pagbabago: Pagsusuri sa mga Interseksyon ng Panitikan, Kapayapaan, at Pagsasaayos ng Hidwaan” noong ika-29 ng Abril, 2023 sa pamamagitan ng Zoom. Tinalakay ng mga tagapagsalita […]
Cebu Reads Lazaro Francisco
Still in line with the NLM celebration was the event dubbed as CEBU READS LAZARO FRANCISCO, held in the Fr. Albert Van Gansewinkel Hall in the University of San Carlos-Downtown Campus last 11 April 2019 from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Under the sponsorship of the NCCA, KWF, and the USC Cebuano Studies Center, in […]
National Literature Month Celebration 2019
In accordance with Proclamation No. 968, signed in 2015, the National Literature Month (NLM) is celebrated every April, under the auspices of the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and the National Book Development Board-Philippines. This year’s theme was BUKLUGAN PANITIKAN, a phrase adapted from buklog, the Subanen ritual for […]