Revealing the History and Heritage of the Philippines: One Post at a Time
It was several days before the Japanese invasion of Cebu when the news reached the people of Talisay that the attack on the island was coming sooner rather than later. They gathered at the municipal hall to hear the grim news of the fall of Bataan and the surrender of…
This is a story of a man who gave so much to a people who loved so dearly; a man who deserves to be recognized and remembered by the people who he helped so much: James M. Cushing. It was the 27th of May inside a cave within the vast…
The horizon stretched on with the mountains of Cebu in the distance, not too near, yet not too far from the troops of the Americal division that were present inside the main body of Cebu City that had been captured only days before. Cebu City was the second largest city…
The day was March 26th, 1945, “E-Day” on the island of Cebu in the central Philippines. It was a hot day with all the tropical heat baking on the black sands of Talisay point some ten kilometers due south of the large and prominent city of Cebu. The people in…
The Warrior priest whose resolve could not be stemmed by the tide of the ravaging Moro pirates and whose contributions to Cebu and Cebuano history should not be understated. In the form of Fray Julian Bermejo Horabuena, O.S.A, we have a person whose visage is the face of the flaming…
A warrior who along with his people defended the land they collectively called home; a teacher of arts, medicine and literature who instead of making others adjust to his prospectively foreign needs instead adjusting to his people. A priest whose veracity together with his ferocity in teaching the faith gave…
Once there was a church so grand, so magnificent in the eyes of many a person that it drew the admiration, and in some cases ire of those around it. A place of worship that was truly something to behold, its opulence something that many a traveler would write about.…
Bantayan island today is a place awash with the rampant walk and talk of tourists; known for the beautiful white sand beaches which are most prevalent in the southern town of Santa Fe. What most tourists do not know and to some extent some locals do not know is the…
