1900 The residents of Aloguinsan, Cebu, through their Junta popular, register a formal protest against the American occupation of their town. On this same day, the government grants recognition to the Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion as a normal school with the right to grant academic titles. This school was opened in 1880.
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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 […]