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When we think of “Sugarlandia,” our minds almost instinctively drift across the Tañon Strait to the sprawling haciendas of Negros, with their romantic ruins and...
In the vast, fragmented tapestry of our revolutionary history, we often fixate on the grand,...
When we drive eighty-four kilometers southeast of Cebu City, most of us are programmed to...
Part of UnknownCebu’s Dalaguete trek is one which we have made before: the Baluarte at...
When we think of “Sugarlandia,” our minds almost instinctively drift across the Tañon Strait to the sprawling haciendas of Negros, with their romantic ruins and vast, emerald fields. But we often forget that long before the sugar barons of Bacolod built their palaces, Talisay City, Cebu, was a beating heart…
In the vast, fragmented tapestry of our revolutionary history, we often fixate on the grand, singular moments that define the nation—the tearing of cedulas in Balintawak or the tragic fall of Leon Kilat on Palm Sunday. Within the histories of the time, there is one who is not as well…
When we drive eighty-four kilometers southeast of Cebu City, most of us are programmed to think of Dalaguete solely as the “Vegetable Basket” or the “Summer Capital” of our province, with our minds drifting toward the cool pine breezes of Mantalongon or the jagged silhouette of Osmeña Peak. Yet, if…
Part of UnknownCebu’s Dalaguete trek is one which we have made before: the Baluarte at Obong. Once, there was fear in the south of Cebu due to pirate raids, that fear is embodied in the ruins of the Obong Watchtower, a structure that sits stoically beside the famous cold spring.…
We often look at the grand limestone churches of Cebu and imagine them as the sole legacy of Spanish friars, yet the true history of our heritage towns is frequently carved by the hands of the native clergy such in the case of Fr. Ruperto Sarmiento who rose from the…
If you have ever driven down the southern arterial road of Cebu, past the bustling public market of Dalaguete and near the river that slices through the town, you have likely turned your head at a structure that refuses to be ignored. It is the Conrada Almagro Ancestral House; locals…
There is a distinct shift in the air when you travel down the southeastern flank of Cebu, past the bustling city and into the quieter, salt-sprayed towns facing the Bohol Sea. We often think of Dalaguete solely as the “Vegetable Basket of Cebu,” a place of high peaks and cool…
When you stand on the seawall of Dalaguete today, looking out over the calm, azure waters of the Bohol Sea, it is almost impossible to imagine that this horizon was once the source of absolute terror. We know Dalaguete now as the “Vegetable Basket of Cebu,” a peaceful town of…
The southern drive through Cebu is often a journey through time, where the modern concrete highway occasionally gives way to glimpses of a deeper, more textured past. When you reach the southwestern municipality of Ginatilan, you are stepping into a narrative that predates its current name which a place once…
The southwestern coast of Cebu’s churches are arguably less studied and less well-known in comparison to those from the east coast of Cebu. Though somewhat off the beaten path today as well as the many years of yesteryear, heritage structures still dot the landscape. Among these heritage structures, the San…
