1860 Aroyal decree creates a regional government in the Visayas and another in Mindanao to strengthen central authority in these regions. Each is put under a politico-military governor directly responsible to the Governor-Genral of the Philippines. 1865 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Fr. Emiliano Mercado, religious writer and prominent parish priest of San Nicolas. 1900 […]
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Mga Piling Kuwentong Sebuano
Navarra, Marcel Mga Piling Kuwentong Sebuano. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1986. 291 p. (limited copies) P150.00 (HB) in the Philippines* P100.00 (PB) in the Philippines* (Out of print)
Marcel Navarra
Marcel M. Navarra (1914-1984) is known as “The Father of Modern Cebuano Literature.” He was born in Tuyom, Carcar. He spent most of his life writing almost 80 short stories which were published in Cebuano magazines; namely, Bisaya, Alimyon and Bulak. His first story, Tungod sa Kayagang, was published in Nasud in 1931. His best-known […]