1568 Rajah Tupas of Cebu is baptized a Catholic by Father Diego Herrera and receives the name Felipe in honor of King Philip II. 1825 Dominican Francisco Genoves is appointed as 14th Bishop of Cebu. 1899 The Cebu revolutionary council under Arcadio Maxilom is convened for a meeting in Pardo, which had been set up […]
Tag: National Literature Month
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 […]