Revealing the History and Heritage of the Philippines: One Post at a Time
Long before Bantayan Island became a traveler’s refuge of white beaches and slow tides, it was a frontier where coral walls, coconut groves, and watchtowers stood guard against the uncertainties of the sea. Into this older Bantayan arrived a young migrant from Panay around the 1830s: Manuel Rubio y del…
Right across the Old Central School of Dalaguete, Cebu is a massive ancestral house owned by the Osorio Family. You cannot help, but feel pity for the family that has sadly not taken care of their old home. Built in the late 1920s, possibly around 1928-1929 this house is owned…
