Philippine-American Friendship Day 1883 Birth in Cebu, Cebu, of Uldarico A. Alviola (1883-1966), prominent Cebuano writer and journalist. 1906 The parish of Opon is turned over to the Redemtorists by Fr. Vicente Roa, Opon parish priest, upon orders from Bishop Thomas Hendrick. 1920 The Elite, one of the most popular of pre-war Cebu restaurants, is […]
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This Thing of Darkness
This Thing of Darkness Female Shapeshifters in Philippine and Japanese Literature Yu, Hope Sabanpan. This Thing of Darkness Female Shapeshifters in Philippine and Japanese Literature Cebu: University of San Carlos Press, 2018. P 500.00 in the Philippines*

Yu receives research grant from the Sumitomo Foundation
Dr. Hope Sabanpan-Yu, director of the USC Cebuano Studies Center, and a professor of the Department of Languages and Literature, was awarded a research grant by the Sumitomo Foundation. The grant is for the comparative study of maternal representations in both Japanese and Philippine literature. Out of the 305 applications received by the Foundation, only […]