Photos by Frances Noquilla, CTU-Main Intern CEBU CITY, Philippines — Sherween Perilino and Kith Enriquez had long known about Museo Sugbo’s storied past: a Spanish-era penitentiary turned into a museum. Despite their fascination, the two college students…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Tourists and history lovers have something to look forward to soon. The Cebu Provincial government announced that Museo Sugbo, the province-run museum, will officially reopen its doors on August 28—in time for Cebu’s…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
(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.…
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…
