PROBE tells 600 returned sidewalk vendors to get vaccinated

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/06/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sidewalk vendors have now returned to selected streets in Cebu City for a trial period of one month as the city government studies the operations in the formulation of an ordinance institutionalizing them.…

Abtik Pa’s Kilat, play about Cebu’s hero Leon Kilat, welcomes month of literature

Immae Lachica 04/04/2019

CEBU CITY— A two- hour stage play that depicted the start of the insurrection of the Cebuanos welcomed the month of literature here in Cebu.  Abtik Pa’s Kilat, is a stage play about Cebu hero Heneral Leon…

Battle of Tres de Abril anniversary: Abtik Pa’s Kilat music album launched

Immae Lachica 04/04/2019

Cebu City, Philippines — The Abtik Pa’s Kilat music album was launched here on April 3, 2019, during the 121st anniversary celebration of the Battle of Tres de Abril. The launching was held during the 2nd grand…

Cebuanos commemorate 121st anniversary of Battle of Tres de Abril

Zena V. Magto 04/03/2019

CEBU CITY — It was a ceremony that commemorated a historic and victorious uprising by the Cebuanos against the Spanish colonizers. On April 3, 2019, or 121 years after the Battle of Tres de April happened, Cebuanos…

Palm Grass Hotel to mark Leon Kilat birthday and KKK founding with poetry nights

PR 06/29/2018

THIS July 2018, the 126th anniversary of the founding of the Katipunan and Cebu Katipunan leader Leon Kilat’s 145th birthday will be celebrated by Palm Grass, the Cebu Heritage Hotel with “Bayan, Balak, Alak”, a two-part poetry…

The history project

Radel Paredes 06/17/2017

On midafternoon of June 12, Philippine Independence Day, my wood relief (carving) sculpture entitled “Leon Kilat ug ang Kagubot sa Sugbo sa 1898” (“Leon Kilat and the Revolution in Cebu in 1898”) was finally unveiled at Palm…

P20-million shabu in downtown raid; couple arrested

Apple Ta-as 07/12/2015

Akilo  of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P20 million was seized from a couple in a buy-bust operation in downtown Cebu City last Friday afternoon. Lemuel Abenoja,  21, and his live-in partner Liezel Gabatos, 20,…

Cebuanos launch revolt against Spanish rule

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/12/2015

Cebuanos played a crucial role in the country’s quest for independence during the Spanish period as evidenced by the historic 1989 Battle of Tres de Abril. Lawyer Harve Abella, a local history enthusiast, recounted to Cebu Daily…

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