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LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The National Museum of the Philippines will declare the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño and the image of the Sto. Niño de Cebu as National Cultural Treasures. This was announced by National Historical Commission of…
Some students who were thoughtful enough to thank me for our recently concluded online Rizal course confessed that their hatred for history stemmed from boring content and being forced to memorize mind-numbing dates, names, and places. With…
Two things combined to make me wonder about an altogether different thing. The first of the two things was an interesting report in MyCebu.ph on Resil Mojares revisiting his insight into the dispute between Humabon and Lapu-Lapu:…
CEBU CITY, Philippines— Can you remember the songs you sang when you were six years old? Maybe you’d recall singing to your favorite nursery rhyme or favorite cartoon song. But this six-year-old boy from Cagayan de Oro…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Expect road closures along Streets M.C. Briones, Urdaneta, P. Burgos, and D. Jakosalem in Cebu City on Sunday, December 1, 2019, for the countdown of the 500 years celebration of the Señor Santo…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — “It’s Lapulapu and not Lapu-Lapu.” This is the correct spelling of the name of the ruler of Mactan, who defied Ferdinand Magellan and Rajah Humabon of Cebu, according to the National Quincentennial Committee…
“Much Ado About Nothing” is the title of a play by Shakespeare — and also a line that sums up last week’s trending firestorm over the Spanish animated film “Elcano y Magallanes: La primera vuelta al mundo.”…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The first Catholic baptism, which took place in Cebu, will highlight the Archdiocese of Cebu’s commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christianity this 2021. The Archdiocese will baptize 500 children…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The image of the Santo Niño de Cebu is the image of faith from free will. This is the statement of Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Papal Nuncio to the Philippines, during the launching…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Grateful and honored. This was how celebrities Derrick Monasterio, Myrtle Sarrosa, and Mark Neumann felt after performing the Kadaugan sa Mactan (Victory of Mactan) Re-enactment 2019 at the Mactan Liberty Shrine in Barangay…
This year’s Gabii sa Kabilin (Heritage Night) is set on May 25. Starting this year, Gabii sa kabilin will have reference to the expedition of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Event organizers from the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc.…
OVER 5,000 spectators were on hand to watch yesterday’s reenactment of the annual Kadaugan sa Mactan that showcased participants of four schools, several folkloric dance groups and Manila-based celebrities clad in native Filipino costumes. The event was…
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