1594 An order of the Spanish King decree that the Spanish citizens of Cebu could construct one galleon annually at their own expense and dispatch it directly to Mexico. Cebu thus came to participate in the lucrative Galleon Trade. Cebu’s participation in the trade, however, ended by 1604. 1663 Dominican Juan Lopez is appointed the […]
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VIBAL Foundation launches book on Cebuano Histroy and Culture
VIBAL Foundation joined Cebuanos in celebrating the Fiesta Señor and the Sinulog by launching its book, More Cebuano Than We Admit: Aspects of Cebuano History, Culture, and Society, on January 8, 2023 at the Casino Español de Cebu in Cebu City. Attended by Cebu’s notable educators, writers, scholars, art and heritage enthusiasts, businessmen and philanthropists, […]
Professor Emeritus Mojares receives Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award
USC Professor Emeritus Resil B. Mojares will be conferred the prestigious Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award from the Ateneo de Manila University on July 16, 2013 at the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre. Ateneo de Manila University created the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award in 1970 to single out those who have dedicated their life’s […]
Dulaang Cebuano
Mojares, Resil B., EK Alburo and Don Pagusara Dulaang Cebuano. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1997. 502 p. (trilingual text in original Cebuano and in Filipino and English translations of Ismael Paras’ Asawa sa Sugarol, Vicente Sotto’s Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan, Buenaventura Rodriguez’ Mini, and Junne Cañizares’ Rajah Hamabar; with a critical introduction to […]