CCPC honors first Cebuano Press Freedom martyr

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 09/21/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu media industry, on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 21, 2022, honored the life and works of four notable Cebuanos who have contributed greatly to advancing free press in their various capacities as journalist-lawyers…

Cebu: Old questions, new answers

Ambeth R. Ocampo - @inquirerdotnet 08/17/2022

On my recent trip to Cebu, I visited the old jail converted into Museo Sugbo. Former prison cells now contain an informative exhibit on the history of the province from prehistoric times to the present. Local history,…

IN PHOTOS: Inside the Philippine Quincentennial Museum

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/27/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) on Monday, April 26 opened the Philippine Quincentennial Museum in Museo Sugbo, Cebu City as the country commemorates the quincentenaries of the Magellan-Elcano Expedition’s arrival…

PH Quincentennial Museum to be unveiled in Museo Sugbo

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The government is set to open its first museum dedicated to the pre-colonial history of the Philippines, and it will be housed in Cebu. The National Quincentennial Committee (NQC) announced in a statement…

A history preserved: Vicente Rama’s memorabilia

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/24/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Father of the Cebu City Charter, the late Senator Vicente Rama, is not only a renowned politician and social leader but also an esteemed journalist and historian. This was the revelation of…

How to honor the guerrilla resistance

Jobers Reynes Bersales 02/19/2020

On Sunday,  I was in Mactan to borrow over 30 items of the war that were carefully collected by the artist and writer Ritchie Landis Quijano while he was still living at his parents’ house in Canduman.…

Museo Sugbo curator is new CVAM president

Jojo R. Bersales 12/11/2017

MA. Cecilia Cabañes, curator of Museo Sugbo, the Cebu Provincial Museum, was elected president of the Central Visayas Association of Museums Inc. (CVAM) during the group’s general membership meeting last Saturday, December 9, at the Archdiocesan Museum…

Remembering the war

Jobers R. Bersales 12/07/2016

Very few will probably remember that 75 years ago today, America — and with it her far -flung colony, the Philippines — finally entered World War II. So very few veterans of that brutal war are alive…

Museo Sugbo: A Cebuano heritage structure restored

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/21/2016

(Conclusion) In the early morning of October 15, 2013, the whole of Cebu and its neighboring provinces were jolted by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that toppled buildings, bell towers and churches, causing major damage to centuries-old infrastructure.…

Museo Sugbo: Restoring links to a time gone by

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/20/2016

It is said that nothing lasts forever because at some point, things change through time. In the endless loop of the old being replaced by the new, of fading traditions replaced by emerging trends, of dying practices…

Museo Sugbo, church turned over to province

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/11/2016

THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines turned over the restored Museo Sugbo to the Cebu provincial government in ceremonies held Monday evening. NHCP executive director Ludovico Badoy said the restoration of the Museo Sugbo cost P16…

Quake drills set

07/28/2015

The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) will conduct more earthquake drills. PDRRMO chief Baltazar Tribunalo, Jr. said the exercises will be held at the Museo Sugbo, Cebu Cultural Center, bus terminals, and 16 district…

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