Desecrate not Boljoon’s treasures

Atty. Gloria Estenzo Ramos 11/24/2014

Cebu Daily News’ continuing page one news on the shameless destruction of Boljoon’s cultural heritage, the Ili Rock, its pristine white sand and the lush seagrass by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) opened the…

Potential Unesco honor for Boljoon

Marian Z. Codilla 11/21/2014

The defaced limestone mountain called Ili Rock in Boljoon town is not just a  loss of heritage value. Ongoing excavations may  reduce the town’s chances of being named a world heritage site by the UNESCO. “This project…

‘Korean culture now part of Cebu’

Anie M. Paujana 10/06/2014

Booming drum beats of both South Korean traditional music and Cebu’s famed Sinulog dance welcomed the crowd that gathered at SM City Cebu’s Northwing Atrium for the Fourth Cebu City Korea Day last Saturday evening. “The presence…

Revisiting Cebu’s past with ‘Kabilin’

05/19/2014

Hotel staffer Mary Inesola watched two of her three daughters play sungka, a traditional board game, during a traditional games workshop held at the basement of the West Gorordo Hotel, Cebu City yesterday. The 29-year-old Inesola said…

Sinu’g sa Casa Gorordo

01/21/2014

A boy chants prayers to the Sto. Niño  as visitors, local and foreign, watch the  original Cebuano “sinu’g”  offered as a dance-prayer in Casa Gorordo Museum. The “sinu’g” is  continued by Carol Diola  who promised her aunt,…

He makes Niños look ‘guapo’ again

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/20/2014

Learning how to repair and dress up Sto. Niño images was a skill that 36-year-old Reynante Remonida learned from his grandparents. “This kind of living helped me feed my three children and wife (for 11 years),” said…

Culture, faith, and the Black Nazarene

Randy David 01/10/2014

If there is a cultural phenomenon that perhaps perfectly encapsulates the complexity of the Filipino religious psyche, it must be the devotion to the Black Nazarene. Every year, on a day like this, Jan. 9, almost a…

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