1847 A royal establishes Oslob, Cebu, as a parish. Its patron is the Inmaculada Concepcion de Nuestra Señora. 1906 Birth in Calbayog, Samar, of Cebu Archbishop, then Cardinal, Julio R. Rosales. 1963 Mario D. Ortiz becomes Acting Mayor of Cebu City, succeeding Carlos J. Cuizon. Ortiz remains mayor until December 31, 1963.
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Yu wins the NCCA Writers’ Prize 2014 for Essay in Cebuano Language
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) awarded the NCCA Writers’ Prize 2014 for Essay in Cebuano Language to Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, USC Director of the Cebuano Studies Center and professor of the Department of Languages and Literature, for her entry Naglangoy sa Langit. The NCCA Writers’ Prize is a biennial award given […]