1662 The Royal Audiencia (the Spanish superior court) sustains the claim of Cebuanos in Talisay that their lands had been unjustly seized from them by the Augustinians. The court orders that the land be returned to the Cebuanos. On March 8, 1662, however, the Court reversed itself and awarded the land to the Agustinian convent. […]
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Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo
The Cebuano Studies Center, in cooperation with the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI), invites you to “Storms of Language in Novel Writing: A Joint Book Launch at Casa Gorordo.” This launch brings together for the first time in Cebu two novels published in 2019 exploring the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda: Broken Islands by Criselda Yabes […]