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THE ELEGANT Cantonese cuisine of Chinese-Malaysian Chef Boon Bun Hoe of Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa’s Tea of Spring reflects a rich Chinese heritage. For the last 11 years, Chef Boon has been captivating discerning palates with…
February is National Arts Month (NAM) and a most fitting activity to open it was the blessing and launching of the Ramon Alcoseba Abellana Heritage Art (RaHa) on the occasion of his 107th birth anniversary on February…
Congratulations to Cebu Daily News on its 20th anniversary! * * * Let me thank Mayor Luigi Quisumbing for finally answering my prayers. For a couple or more columns over the past three years or so, I…
The rash of heritage houses giving way to development — first the Bonpua House in Oslob, then the Suico Mansion in Mandaue and now the Abad House or Villa Eliton in Barili — is neither the beginning…
The firestorm of jokes and furor that greeted assistant secretary Margaux Uson’s erroneous location of Mount Mayon now needs to give way to attention to those who are enduring the consequences of the volcanic eruption. Uson apologized…
OLD prominent families in Cebu like the Aznars have heritage dishes and the recipes are kept within the family. It has been over a year now since cosmopolitan Chef/Sommelier Stephen Aznar decided to share his culinary talent…
I can’t help but wonder what artifacts will be found as construction proceeds in earnest at the site where the M.J. Cuenco branch of Toyota Motor Philippines once stood until lately. Located just across from where the…
For many bustling cities like Cebu, the terms “heritage” and “development” are almost always taken in the context of being a protagonist and antagonist, always clashing with another when development is supposed to consider in all its…
Because I have to present a paper at long-scheduled ceramics conference in Quy Nhon, Vietnam, I am deeply saddened that I cannot attend the requiem Mass and interment of His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal today. Instead, let…
BOHOL EARTHQUAKE 4TH ANNIVERSARY Located 3.1 kilometers southwest of Tagbilaran City, Bohol, is the town of Dauis on the island of Panglao. Exactly four years ago, on October 15, 2013, parishioners witnessed portions of the town’s centuries-old…
The Cultural Heritage Program of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) takes the lead in the effort to revitalize the media coverage of heritage through a workshop on Heritage for Media on October 11, 2017 at the…
To encourage more in-depth stories on Cebuano culture, history and heritage, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Rafi) held its first Heritage For Media forum at the Casa Gorordo Museum yesterday morning. The forum kicked off a series…
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