1898 The anti-Spanish revolution in Cebu breaks out with a skirmish on Valeriano Weyler Street (now Tres de Abril) in Labangon between Spanish Guardia Civil and Katipuneros armed with nothing but bolos, pointed bamboo poles “and perhaps five riffles and shotguns.” The rebel’s drive back the Guardia Civil and take control of the city. In […]
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VIBAL Foundation launches book on Cebuano Histroy and Culture
VIBAL Foundation joined Cebuanos in celebrating the Fiesta Señor and the Sinulog by launching its book, More Cebuano Than We Admit: Aspects of Cebuano History, Culture, and Society, on January 8, 2023 at the Casino Español de Cebu in Cebu City. Attended by Cebu’s notable educators, writers, scholars, art and heritage enthusiasts, businessmen and philanthropists, […]
Professor Emeritus Mojares receives Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award
USC Professor Emeritus Resil B. Mojares will be conferred the prestigious Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award from the Ateneo de Manila University on July 16, 2013 at the Rev. Henry Lee Irwin Theatre. Ateneo de Manila University created the Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi Award in 1970 to single out those who have dedicated their life’s […]
Dulaang Cebuano
Mojares, Resil B., EK Alburo and Don Pagusara Dulaang Cebuano. Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1997. 502 p. (trilingual text in original Cebuano and in Filipino and English translations of Ismael Paras’ Asawa sa Sugarol, Vicente Sotto’s Gugma sa Yutang Natawhan, Buenaventura Rodriguez’ Mini, and Junne Cañizares’ Rajah Hamabar; with a critical introduction to […]