1568 The Portuguese siege of Cebu continues. A Portuguese force of four galleons, four galiots and two fustas has arrived in Cebu on October 2. When the Spaniards refused to heed the Portuguese demand to leave Cebu, the Portuguese blockaded the Cebu harbor and laid a siege that was to last until January 1, 1569.
Publications
South of the City: Tales from Carcar
South of the City: Tales from Carcar. Edited by Hope Sabanpan-Yu. Cebu City: Dual Story Brand Strategy, Inc., 2023. P 600.00 in the Philippines*
The Stories of Lolo Berto
Ceballos, Lamberto The Stories of Lolo Berto. Translated and edited by Hope Sabanpan-Yu. Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2021. P 550.00 in the Philippines*
Mas Masaya sa Entablado: Ang Siste sa Piling Dula ni Piux Kabahar
Mas Masaya sa Entablado Ang Siste sa Piling Dula ni Piux Kabahar Yu, Hope Sabanpan. Mas Masaya sa Entablado Ang Siste sa Piling Dula ni Piux Kabahar Manila: Komisyon sa Wikan Filipino, 2022.
Nature and its persuasions: Critical essays
Yu, Hope Sabanpan. Nature and its persuasions: Critical essays Cebu: University of San Carlos Press, 2021. P 650.00 in the Philippines*
This Thing of Darkness
This Thing of Darkness Female Shapeshifters in Philippine and Japanese Literature Yu, Hope Sabanpan. This Thing of Darkness Female Shapeshifters in Philippine and Japanese Literature Cebu: University of San Carlos Press, 2018. P 500.00 in the Philippines*
Naglangoy sa Langit
Naglangoy sa Langit Yu, Hope. Naglangoy sa Langit Mga Gumalaysay Winner of the NCCA Writers Prize Cebu City: University of San Carlos Press, 2019. P 650.00 in the Philippines *
Special Collections
Victorino Abellanosa
Dramatist Victorino Abellanosa is the brother of Ramon and Onofre Abellanosa. Born in Pardo on December 23, 1903, the son of Baldomero Abellanosa, a well-known composer in Pardo. He started writing plays in 1921 and has to his credit some 20 plays, mostly zarzuelas, including Ninoy, Marti, King Solomon, and others. His plays have been […]
Florentino Suico
Florentino Suico was born in Mandaue on March 14, 1902. He studied at the Mandaue Elementary School and Cebu High School. He took up Pre-Law at UE and UST while working at the Bureau of Aeronautics in Manila. He started writing at 21, contributing fiction, poems, and articles to various periodicals. Edited Bag-ong Kusog (1928); […]
Vicente Rama
Born in Cebu City on the 6th of June 1887 and died on the 24th of December 1956. Fictionist. He studied at the Seminario-Colegio de San Carlos in Cebu, 1904-1908, and finished law at the Escuela de Derecho, 1908-1910, in Manila. After his studies, he actively engaged in writing and politics. He served as Cebu […]
Laurean Unabia
Laurean Unabia was born in Dansalan, Lanao del Sur, Mindanao on July 4, 1921. He had his undergraduate studies of A.B. English in the University of the Visayas, Cebu City. While he was working in Manila for the Manila Bulletin, he took up Law in FEU but reached only the third year. Laurean Unabia used […]
Marcel Navarra
Marcel M. Navarra (1914-1984) is known as “The Father of Modern Cebuano Literature.” He was born in Tuyom, Carcar. He spent most of his life writing almost 80 short stories which were published in Cebuano magazines; namely, Bisaya, Alimyon and Bulak. His first story, Tungod sa Kayagang, was published in Nasud in 1931. His best-known […]