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LOCAL HISTORY

Cebu City

Writers
Sherwin N. Hortel
Albin G. Alam
Janet R. Calambro
Ritchie L. Illaga
Regina J. Bonghanoy

March14-16, 2018
HISTORY OF CEBU CITY
a. Origin of its name
Reina Cuidad del Sur: Cebu City
Centro de comercio e industria. Ciudad altamente urbanizada
Center of commerce and industry. Highly urbanized City

CEBU – came from the old Cebuano word sibu or sibo (trade), a shortened form of
sinibuayng hingpit (the place for trading). It was originally applied to the harbors of the
town of Sugbu, the ancient name for Cebu City. Sugbu, in turn, was derived from the Old
Cebuano term for scorched earth or great fire.

Cebu has been known by various name. Pigafetta, scribe of Magellan’s expedition, wrote
down the name as Zugbu or Zubuth. Later, Miguel de Loarca who came with Miguel Lopez
de Legaspi’s armada, called the island Cubu. To other traders, it was Ceubu, Cibuy, Zebu
and Zugbu.

According to Pigafetta, Cebuanos were civilized and had clothes, jewels, houses, music,
laws, industries and commerce. Chief of this thriving Kingdom was Rajah Humabon. At
this command were some two thousand warriors. As overlord of Cebu,Rajah Humabon
(Rajah Humabar) was head of eight chieftains.

The most plausible etymology of Sugbu is in Jesuit Fransisco Combes Historia de


Mindanao y Jolo (originally published in 1667 but more widely available in the Retana
1897 edition). The same explanation is also given by jurist-philologist Norberto
Romualdez in his Philippine Orthography (1918). The word Sugbu (which one already
finds in such early Visayan Dictionaries as in 1711) Vocabulario de la Lengua Bisaya of
Mateo Sanchez) means to get into the water, walk in the water. Combes explains that the
same name came to be given to what is now Cebu City because “the sea that beats upon
its shores is shallow, hence the people found it congenial for bathing. Romualdez, on the
other hand, explains that the appellation evolved because travelers had “to walk in the
water when they disembarked in Cebu as the sea was shallow”.

The other best known story is the one used by local historian Gervasio Lavilles who
relates in a book written in the 1960’s, the story of a group of Spaniards that chanced
upon some Cebuanos melting animal fat (sibu). One of the Spaniards asked: What is the
name of this place? Thinking that they were asked what they were preparing replied,
“Sibu”. Thus the place was so baptized.

Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbu), is a 1st
class highly urbanized city of the island of Cebu in the Central
Visayas Region, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of
922,611 people, making it the fifth-most populated city in the nation and the most
populous in the Visayas.
It is the seat of government for the province of Cebu, but is governed separately from it.
The city is a significant center of commerce, trade and education in the Visayas. It is the
Philippines' main domestic shipping port, and is home to about 80% of the country's
domestic shipping companies.
Located in the middle of the eastern side of Cebu Island, it is the center of a metropolitan
area called Metro Cebu which also includes the cities of Carcar, Danao, Lapu-
Lapu, Mandaue, Naga and Talisay; and the municipalities (towns)
of Compostela, Consolacion, Cordova, Liloan, Minglanilla and San Fernando. Metro
Cebu had a total population of 2,849,213 as of 2015, making it the second-most populous
metropolitan area of the nation, after Metro Manila in Luzon.
Cebu is the country's oldest city; it was the first Spanish settlement, and the first capital
of the Philippines. It is considered the birthplace of Christianity in the Far East. It is the
"Second City" of the Philippines after Manila.
Cebu is bounded on the north by the town of Balamban and the city of Danao, on the
west by the city of Toledo, on the east by the cities of Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue and the
towns of Liloan, Consolacion and Compostela, and on the south by the city of Talisay.

After having remained a town since its original founding in 1565, Cebu became a
chartered city on 24 February 1937.

TOPOGRAPHY OF CEBU CITY


The topography of Cebu City is rugged and mountainous with elevation reaching up to
900 meters above mean sea level. Flat lands are found only along the shorelines that
extend a few kilometers inland. Cebu City’s flat land occupies about 23 square kilometers,
representing eight (8%) percent of its total land area but it contains over 40 barangays
and about two thirds of its population.
Any land surface with steeply inclined slopes under climatic condition where rainfall
exceeds the water absorption capacity of the soil would suffer from soil erosion. This
applies to Cebu City, a larger part of which is subjected to severe erosion. This includes
the critical watershed areas that are mostly above 50 percent in slope.

BARANGAYS IN CEBU CITY

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu_City

NORTH DISTRICT

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.


2015[3] 2010[22]
072217001 Adlaon 0.4% 4,028 3,647 ▴ 1.91%
072217002 Agsungot 0.2% 2,290 1,981 ▴ 2.80%
072217003 Apas 2.7% 24,591 22,566 ▴ 1.65%
PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015[3] 2010[22]
072217006 Bacayan 1.7% 15,919 14,021 ▴ 2.45%
072217007 Banilad 0.9% 7,890 9,903 ▾ −4.23%
072217010 Binaliw 0.4% 3,417 2,722 ▴ 4.42%
072217013 Budlaan 0.6% 5,316 5,100 ▴ 0.79%
072217017 Busay 1.4% 13,048 11,335 ▴ 2.72%
072217019 Cambinocot 0.3% 3,099 2,658 ▴ 2.97%
072217020 Capitol Site 1.2% 11,307 15,308 ▾ −5.61%
072217021 Carreta 1.4% 12,557 11,211 ▴ 2.18%
072217023 Cogon-Ramos 0.4% 3,339 3,337 ▴ 0.01%
072217025 Day-as 0.5% 4,817 4,851 ▾ −0.13%
072217028 Ermita 0.9% 8,451 8,291 ▴ 0.36%
072217030 Guba 0.5% 4,976 4,771 ▴ 0.80%
072217031 Hipodromo 1.0% 9,684 9,673 ▴ 0.02%
072217033 Kalubihan 0.1% 866 563 ▴ 8.54%
072217035 Kamagayan 0.2% 2,170 2,061 ▴ 0.99%
072217036 Kamputhaw (Camputhaw) 2.2% 20,030 21,765 ▾ −1.57%
072217037 Kasambagan 0.9% 8,428 8,389 ▴ 0.09%
072217041 Lahug 4.2% 38,584 35,157 ▴ 1.79%
072217042 Lorega-San Miguel 1.3% 11,873 11,178 ▴ 1.16%
072217043 Lusaran 0.3% 2,931 2,530 ▴ 2.84%
072217044 Luz 2.0% 18,313 16,923 ▴ 1.51%
072217045 Mabini 0.2% 1,909 1,649 ▴ 2.83%
072217046 Mabolo 2.4% 22,008 21,842 ▴ 0.14%
072217048 Malubog 0.3% 2,568 2,441 ▴ 0.97%
072217050 Pahina Central 0.6% 5,258 5,227 ▴ 0.11%
072217054 Parian 0.2% 1,574 1,503 ▴ 0.88%
072217055 Paril 0.2% 1,479 1,412 ▴ 0.89%
072217057 Pit-os 0.7% 6,244 5,185 ▴ 3.60%
072217059 Pulangbato 0.6% 5,988 5,539 ▴ 1.50%
072217064 Sambag I 1.5% 13,434 11,865 ▴ 2.39%
072217065 Sambag II 1.2% 11,223 13,526 ▾ −3.49%
072217066 San Antonio 0.2% 1,928 2,010 ▾ −0.79%
072217067 San Jose 0.7% 6,870 5,704 ▴ 3.60%
072217069 San Roque 0.5% 4,444 4,870 ▾ −1.73%
072217070 Santa Cruz 0.3% 2,316 2,522 ▾ −1.61%
072217022 Santo Niño 0.1% 1,213 1,568 ▾ −4.77%
072217074 Sirao 0.4% 3,456 3,871 ▾ −2.14%
072217078 T. Padilla 0.8% 7,646 8,113 ▾ −1.12%
PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015[3] 2010[22]
072217081 Talamban 3.5% 32,139 28,278 ▴ 2.47%
072217082 Taptap 0.2% 2,093 1,741 ▴ 3.57%
072217083 Tejero (Villa Gonzalo) 1.6% 14,496 15,204 ▾ −0.90%
072217084 Tinago 0.7% 6,743 6,554 ▴ 0.54%
072217087 Zapatera 0.3% 3,146 3,317 ▾ −1.00%
TOTAL – NORTH 42.9% 396,099 383,882 0.60%

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu_City

CURRENT CEBU CITY OFFICIALS

Mayor: Hon. Tomas R. Osmena


Vice-Mayor: Hon. Edgardo C. Labella
City Council
North District
1. Hon. Pastor M. Alcover Jr.
2. Hon. Sisinio M. Andales
3. Hon. Alvin B. Arcilla
4. Hon. Mary Ann c. Delos Santos
5. Hon. Raymond Alvin N. Garcia
6. Hon. Joel C. Garganera
7. Hon. Jerry L. Guardo
8. Hon Joy Augustus G. Young
South District
1. Hon. Nendell Hanz L. Abella
2. Hon. James Anthony R. Cuenco
Hon. Jose C. Daluz III
3. Hon. Eugenio F. Gabuya Jr.
4. Hon. Margarita V. Osmena
5. Hon. Jocelyn G. Pesquera
6. Hon. Eduardo R. Rama Jr.
7. Hon. David F. Tumulak

ABC President: Hon. Phillip s. Zafra

DEMOGRAPHY
a. Population
b. Mortality (Birth and Death)
c. Illness Occur
d. Literacy
QUICKSTAT CEBU
(Monthly Update of Most Requested Statistics)
As of April 2015

INDICATOR
PRICE INDICES (2006=100) 2014 Mar 2015
Consumer Price Index 140.7 142.5
Inflation rate 5.2 2.9
Purchasing power of the peso (2006-2011) 0.71 0.70
4th Qtr
PRIVATE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (Floor area in square meter; value in P1,000) 2013
2014
Total number of buildings 5,804 824
Total floor area 1,743,232 312,598
Value 16,388,988 4,074,319
Residential (number) 4,207 580
Total floor area 647,621 142,380
Value 5,368,274 1,697,529
Nonresidential (number) 930 107
Total floor area 1,074,047 160,828
Value 10,202,613 2,023,113
GEOGRAPHY (Source: Philippine Statistics Authority) 2014
Number of cities 6
Number of municipalities 44
Number of barangays (excluding Cebu City , Lapu-lapu City and Mandaue City) 1,066
DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) 2010*
and 2007 Census of Population (POPCEN))
Total population 2,619,362
Urban 984,124
Rural 1,635,238
Male 1,332,435
Female 1,286,927
Annual growth rate (1990-2000, 2000-2007, 2000-2010) 1.94
Sex ratio (number of males for every 100 females) 103.5
Household population 2,613,842
Male 1,327,912
Female 1,285,930
Number of households 565,583
Average household size 4.62
Population density (square kilometer) 530
Median age 23.0
Dependency ratio 64.4
Young dependents 56.0
Old dependents 8.4
Proportion by age group
0- 4 11.6
0 - 14 34.1
15 - 64 60.8
18 and over 59.4
60 and over 7.6
65 and over 5.1
Proportion of urban population 37.6
Proportion of persons with disabilities 1.5

CEBU QUICKSTAT (As of April 2015)

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010*
Marital status (Household population 10 years old and over)
Total 2,010,281
Single 883,545
Married 899,969
Widowed 88,580
Divorced/Separated 18,814
Common-Law/Live-in 117,217
Unknown/Not Stated 2,156
Elderly population (60 years old and over) 2010*
Both sexes 199,416
Male 88,353
Female 111,063
Disabled persons by type of disability 2007
Total -
Total blindness -
Partial blindness -
Low vision -
Total deafness -
Partial deafness -
Hard of hearing -
Oral defect -
Loss of one or both arms/hands -
Loss of one or both legs/feet -
Quadriplegic -
Mentally retarded -
Mentally ill -
Multiple impairment -
Muteness -
Deafness/Muteness -
Others -
Both
With at least one type of functional disability 2010*
sexes
(Household population five years old and over) 69,835
Difficulty in seeing, even if wearing eyeglasses 46,431
Difficulty in hearing, even if using a hearing aid 15,898
Difficulty in walking or climbing steps 17,996
Difficulty in remembering or concentrating 11,226
Difficulty in self-caring (bathing or dressing) 7,790
Difficulty in communicating 8,099
Highest educational attainment (Household population by 5 years old and over) 2010*
Both sexes 2,310,280
No grade completed 93,499
Pre-school 78,683
Elementary 1,005,216
1st-4th Grade -
5th-6th Grade -
Graduate -
High school 742,465
Undergraduate -
Graduate -
Post-secondary 31,195
Undergraduate -
Graduate -
College undergraduate 171,453
Academic degree holder 178,460
Post-baccalaureate 5,440
Not stated 3,869

CEBU QUICKSTAT (As of April 2015)

DEMOGRAPHY (Source: 2000 and 2010 CPH and 2007 POPCEN) 2010*
Overseas workers (Highest educational attainment 10 years old and over)
Both sexes 33,440
No grade completed 33
Pre-school 3
Elementary 1,796
1st-4th Grade 588
5th-6th Grade 385**
5th-7th Grade -
Graduate 823
High school 6,507
Undergraduate 1,551
Graduate 4,956
Post-secondary 1,936
Undergraduate 219
Graduate 1,717
College undergraduate 4,629
Academic degree holder 18,200
Post-baccalaureate 304
Not stated 32
VITAL STATISTICS (Source: Vital Statistics Report) 2005
Births (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 102,173
Male 53,019
Female 49,154
Marriages (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 23,391
Deaths (based on civil registration; not adjusted for underregistration) 22,389
Male 12,692
Female 9,697
2010-
2015
Crude birtha (per thousand population) 23.56
Crude deatha (per thousand population) 5.20
Crude rate of natural increase (per thousand population) 18.36
Total fertility ratea (number of children per woman) 2.84
Life expectancy at birtha (in years; medium assumption)
Male 70.39
Female 75.78
EDUCATION (Sources: 2000 CPH/1994 Functional Literacy and Mass Media Survey) 2000
Literate (simple literacy in thousands) 1,598
Literacy rate (simple literacy) 91.45
AGRICULTURE (Source: 2002 Census of Agriculture Vol. I) 2002
Number of farms by land use 3/ 156,078
Area of farms by land use (in hectares) 146,056
Arable lands
Land planted to temporary crops 86,099
Lands lying idle 4/ 1,912
Land planted to permanent crops 43,799
Land under permanent meadows and pasture 540
Lands covered with forest growth 681
All other lands 5/ 12,482

CEBU QUICKSTAT (As of April 2015)

AGRICULTURE (Source: Bureau of Agricultural Statistics) 2011


Top five agricultural crops
Palay
Area (hectares) -
Production (metric tons) 16,938
Corn
Area (hectares) -
Production (metric tons) 95,503
Coconut
Area (hectares) -
Production (metric tons) 95,695
Mango
Area (hectares) -
Production (metric tons) 41,874
Banana
Area (hectares) -
Production (metric tons) 61,784
Top five livestock 2011
Carabao 46,376
Cattle 112,826
Chicken 7,372,446
Duck 19,123
Goat 232,898
INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT (Source: Department of Budget and Management) 2011
IRA (million pesos) 1,674.7
Rank 4
Percentage of IRA to total financial resources 66.6
Rank 49
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (Source: National Statistical Coordination Board) 2009
Human development index 6/ 0.582
Rank -
BANKS (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2011
Total number of banks 450
Total bank deposits (millions) 220,301
PAWNSHOP (Source: Central Bank of the Philippines) 2011
Total number of pawnshops 949
REGISTERED VOTERS (Source: Commission on Elections) 2010
Number of registered voters 2,364,257
Rank 1

r-revised p-preliminary * Excluding Cebu City, Mandaue City, and Lapu-Lapu City ** 5th-6th grad
a/ 2000 Census-Based National, Regional and Provincial Projections.
1/ Ages 5 years old and over
2/ Ages 7 years old and over
3/ A farm was counted once under "ALL CLASSES" but may be counted under each of the reported land utilization.
4/ Included homelot
5/ Included lands temporarily fallowed and lands under temporary meadows/pastures.
6/ This attempts to measure the complete concept of human development by tracking the progress of three selected aspects of human life.
Note: The latest provincial figures on Business and Industry, Minimum Basic Needs Indicators, and Family Income and Expenditure
can be found in the December 2008 Provincial Quickstat.

Compiled by the DATABANK AND INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION


Tel. Nos.: 462-6600 local 833/834; 713-7090 Telefax: 713-7081
E-mail: info@census.gov.ph
RELIGION

IGLISIA NI CRISTO TAOIST TEMPLE

BASILICA DEL STO NIñO MUSLIM MOSQUE

https://www.y101fm.com/features/lifestyle/cebu-s-best/5553-where-are-the-mosques-in-cebu-city
Religion

Christianity Evangelization Brings Unity

This is how religion affects the life of Cebuanos.

Once, Cebuanos were ignorant, worshipping stones, tress and even mountains without
knowing its existence and importance of doing so. However, when Spaniards came
headed by Magellan who met Chief Humabon of the island of Cebu, who had an ill
grandson. Magellan was able to cure or help this young boy and in gratitude Chief
Humabon allowed 800 of his followers to be 'baptized' Christian in a mass baptism.
(www.seasite.niu.edu). From that event in the past, it made a big difference to Cebuanos
beliefs and faith in God in the present. And it didn't stop in Cebu,it spread all over the
Philippines and it made this country as the only Christian country in Southeast Asia.
Christianity in the form of Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion in Cebu for
about 80% of the population. The remainders are divided with various Protestant faiths
such as Baptist, Iglesia ni Cristo, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint
(Mormons), Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventist and another Christians group.
Other religions include Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org)
At present, Cebuanos may have different religions but through evangelization it brings
unity amongst them.
One God. One Faith. One Belief.
FESTIVAL

SINULOG

The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the
third Sunday of January in Cebu City, and is the centre of the Santo Niño Catholic
celebrations in the Philippines.
The festival is considered to be first of most popular festivals in the Philippines, with
every celebration of the festival routinely attracting around 1 to 2 million people from all
over the Philippines every year. Aside from the religious aspect of the festival, Sinulog is
also famous for its street parties, usually happening the night before and the night of the
main festival.
FOOD/PRODUCTS/DELICACIES

TABOAN BUWAD (dried fish)

Nothing compares to the danggit (salted dried fish) produced in Cebu, and the
Taboan market is the cheapest source of this specialty food in Cebu City. Danggit is just
one of the many kinds of buwad (dried fish) sold in Taboan. A kilo of danggit in Taboan
ranges from 400 pesos to 500 pesos, depending on the size of the fish. Since the fish is
already dried and de-boned, a quarter of a kilo of danggit could already last several days.
Aside from the salted and unsalted kinds, Taboan stalls also sell the tocino and tapa
variants of danggit.

Cebuanos, like other Filipinos, prefer to eat their danggit dipped in vinegar,
sometimes seasoned with spices like chopped garlic, pepper, and onion, and paired with
rice. Pinoys travelling to Cebu bring danggit when they go back home as pasalubong or
presents for family, friends, or office mates. Some Pinoys bring danggit and other buwad
when they go abroad, being able to pass stringent custom checks by carefully wrapping
them in newspaper.
Other buward products sold in Taboan include: bolinao (280 pesos/kilo), tambay
(the cheapest kind at 180 pesos/kilo), squid (480 pesos/kilo), tapa (300 pesos/kilo), and
tocino (440 pesos/kilo).

The buwad sold in Taboan comes from Bantayan, which has perfected the art of
drying fish. Bantayan is a municipality found in the northernmost tip of Cebu province.

LOCAL HEROES/FAMOUS
PERSONALITIES/ROLE MODEL FAMILY
FAMOUS PERSONALITIES IN CEBU
CITY

Cebuana actress and “Pinoy Big Brother” winner in 2006. She was tagged as the “Chinese Cutie
ng Cebu”. Through the years aside from acting, Kim Chiu has also ventured in music, hosting,
modeling, and extreme sports.
Gianmatteo Fernan Guidicelli, better known as Matteo Guidicelli, is a Filipino-Italian actor,
model, karting driver, triathlete and singer. He owns a famous restaurant in Cebu, which is his
hometown, named Trattoria da Gianni.
http://kimchiu.ph/biography/

RICHARD YAP, known as “Sir Chief”. He is a Cebuano businessman and actor who rose to
fame with his starring role in the 2012 hit series “Be Careful with My Heart”.

https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/03/28/16/look- matteo-guidicelli-opens-italian-restaurant-in-cebu
https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/03/28/16/look-matteo-guidicelli-opens-italian-restaurant-in-cebu

MARY JOY TABAL


MARY JOY TABAL, a Cebuana marathon runner. She is the first Filipino marathon runner to qualify
for the Olympics. Tabal gave the country’s first gold medal after dominating the 42km women’s
marathon event in the 29th Southeast Asian Games.
SOURCES
https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/14/19/very-disappointing-end-richard-yap-concedes-in-
race-for-cebu-city-rep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Joy_Tabal

MARGIELYN DIDAL, a
Cebuana professional street
skateboarder who rose to
fame when she competed
in the X Games Minneapolis
2018. She was also a gold
medalist in the 2018 Asian
Games.
MARGIELYN DIDAL
SAMANTHA LO, a nursing
student at University of
Cebu- Banilad Campus was
crowned Binibining
Pilipinas-Grand
International last June 9,
2019 at Smart Araneta
SOURCES Coliseum, Quezon City,
Metro Manila, Philippines.

SAMANTHA LO
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margielyn_Didal

https://conandaily.com/2019/06/10/cebu-citys-samantha-lo-is-bb-pilipinas-grand-international-2019/
ISABEL OLI
https://sugbo.ph/2018/famous-personalities-from-cebu/

Manilyn Reynes

image: https://media.philstar.com/images/articles/manilyn-reynes_2018-05-22_22-23-29.jpg

Photo by Aldo Nelbert Banaynal

Manilyn Reynes: The Cebuana prodigy is still at it at 46


196SHARES1871
Karla Rule (The Freeman) - May 23, 2018 - 12:00am
CEBU, Philippines — One of the country’s original pop culture icons, multi-platinum singer
and award-winning actress Manilyn Reynes has portrayed many roles on both the small
and big screen. The Cebuana has also brought forth some of the Philippines’ radio hits.

As she stars in the brand new GMA primetime series “Inday Will Always Love You,”
Manilyn channels a character that is very much close to home.

In an interview over the weekend at Golden Cowrie in Lahug, the 46-year-old talked about
how she helped her co-stars while filming for the Cebu-based drama, often coaching them
when it came to speaking the dialect.
“I do speak Bisaya in the show, even though we have to speak in Tagalog. I always inject
our language,” Manilyn says in Bisaya throughout the interview alongside co-star Super
Tekla.

“There are times when Juancho [Trivino] asks about how things are said and I help to
make sure that they understand what they’re saying.”

Born in Manila (thus, she was christened Manilyn), the actress’ family moved to Cebu
when she was only days old. Growing up along Villagonzalo Street in Barangay Tejero
near Cebu’s port area, Manilyn went to Tejero Elementary School until third grade, and
attended University of Southern Philippines during her fourth until the mid-fifth grade
before leaving once again for Manila.

Ramón S. Fernández is a Karla Paula Ginteroy


Filipino former basketball Henry is a Filipino-
player and current Canadian beauty pageant
commissioner of the
titleholder. She was
Philippine Sports
Commission. Fernandez won crowned Miss Earth 2008,
becoming the first
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Fernandez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Henry

Vicente Sotto y
Yap (April 18, 1877 – May
28, 1950) was a Filipino
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Manguerra_Brainard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Sotto

Wilfred Steven "Fred" B. Amelyn Esther Veloso-


Uytengsu Jr. (born in Zapanta (April 25, 1974 –
1961, Cebu City) is a August 24, 2017) was a
Filipino businessman, Filipina broadcast
sports team owner and journalist of CNN
athlete. As of August Philippines.
2017, Forbes lists him as
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Steven_Uytengsu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelyn_Veloso

Top 100 Cebuano Personalities - Manuel C. Briones


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(The Freeman) - June 10, 2019 - 12:00am
CEBU, Philippines — A great Cebuano Jurist and the first to become a member
of the Supreme Court, Manuel C. Briones led the way for other Cebuanos to sit
at the sacred altar of the country’s highest tribunal.
M.C. Briones was elected as a delegate of the Constitutional Convention held
on July 10, 1934 in accordance with the Tydings-McDuffie Law. He then
became a member of the fable “Seven Wise Men” who were part of the
committee that drafted the 1935 Constitution.

Briones was appointed as Justice of the Court of Appeals on February 5, 1942,


years later he was appointed as Justice of the Supreme Court on September
15, 1945 and was confirmed by the Commission on Appointments on
September 17, 1945.

He served the Supreme Court up to May 24, 1949. It was the Grand Old of
Cebu, President Sergio Sergio Osmeña Sr., who appointed him to the Supreme
Court. Under the 1935 Constitution, while the members of the Supreme Court
were appointed by the president, their appointments must have the consent of
the Commission on Appointments as an institutional check and balance
mechanism to the actions of the chief executive. (FREEMAN

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TOURIST SPOTS
a. Man-made heritage

PARIAN MONUMENT
The Heritage of Cebu Monument commonly known as the Parian Monument, is a tableau
of sculptures made of concrete, bronze, brass and steel showing scenes about events
and structures related to the history of Cebu. The construction of the monument began in
July 1997 and it was finished in December 2000.

Local artist Eduardo Castrillo built the sculptures of the Cebu Heritage Monument. He
and the late Senator Marcelo Fernan together with donations from other private
individuals and organizations funded the construction of the monument.

The structure depicted in the Heritage Monument are the Basilica del Santo Nino, the
Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral, the Saint John the Baptist Church, the Magellan’s Cross
and a Spanish Galleon.

The scenes depicted in the Heritage Monument are the baptism of Rajah Humabon, a
procession of the Santo Nino, a Roman Catholic mass, and the Battle of Mactan between
Lapu-Lapu and Ferdinand Magellan. The persons depicted in the monument include the
late president Sergio Osmena Sr. and Blessed Pedro Calungsod.

The Heritage Monument is located in the historic Parian District, which during the Spanish
period was home to the residences of the most prominent families in Cebu at that time.
The St. John the Baptist Church previously stood on the site of the monument’s location.
However, the diocese of Cebu demolished the church in 1875.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-CEBU

Unibersidad sa Pilipinas sa Sugbo- is a public research university and the youngest


constituent university of the University of the Philippines System located in Cebu City, the
capital city of Cebu province in the Philippines. It was founded on May 3, 1918, ten years
after the founding of UP in 1908. It is considered as the University’s flagship campus in
Central Visayas.

CEBU METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL


The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is the ecclesiastical seat of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Cebu.
The architecture of the church is typical of Spanish colonial churches in the country. The
patron saint of Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is Saint Vitalis, an early Christian martyr
whose feast day on April 28 coincides with the very same day the image of the Sto. Niño
de Cebu was found almost 450 years ago by one of Miguel López de Legazpi’s men and
the elevation of Cebu to an archdiocese.
MAGELLAN’S CROSS

The Magellan's Cross at Magellanes Street was planted on April 21, 1521 by Ferdinand
Magellan. It was here that the first Filipino Christians, Rajah Humabon and Queen Juana,
along with about 400 followers were baptized.
FORT SAN PEDRO

The Fort San Pedro in Cebu City or Fuerza de San Pedro is a military defense structure,
built by Spanish and indigenous Cebuano laborers under the command of Spanish
conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu. It is
located in the area now called Plaza Indepedencia, in the Pier Area of Cebu City, Cebu.

b. Historical Spots/ Place

COLON STREET OBELISK


The Colon Street Obelisk is a marker that serves as a sundial and stands in the middle
of a busy street. The street is named after Christopher Colombus known as “Cristóbal
Colón.” Colon Street, also known as Parian, is the oldest street in the Philippines.
PLAZA INDEPENDENCIA

Plaza Independencia is strategically located between Fort San Pedro and the building
that used to be the the Gobierno Provincial in the downtown area of Cebu. The plaza is
a popular hangout for many living or working around the area. It is one huge garden filled
with trees, ornamental plants and flowers. There is also a public skating rink and a kiosk
at the center of the circular skating rink.

An obelisk dedicated to the memory of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, the first Spanish
governor-general of the Philippines, is planted at the very heart of the plaza.
Plaza Independencia is the most historically significant plaza in Cebu. Its land and age-
old acacia trees are witness to the many phases and stories of Cebu’s rich history.
In the early 1600’s, it was called Plaza de Armas. When it was widened later on and
expanded to reach nearby properties of the Cathedral of Cebu, it was called Plaza Mayor.
Later in the Spanish rule, it was further landscaped and developed and was christened
Plaza Maria Cristina, in honor of the queen regent. During the American colonial period,
its name was changed to Plaza Libertad, as the Americans asserted how they liberated
Cebuanos from the Spanish rule. Later on it finally became known as Plaza
Independencia.
BASILICA DEL SANTO NIÑO
Minor Basilica of the Holy Child of Cebu is commonly known as the Santo Niño Basilica,
is a minor basilica in Cebu City in the Philippines that was founded in the 1565 by fray
Andres de Urdaneta, O.S.A. and Diego de Herrera, O.S.A. The oldest Roman Catholic
church in the country, it is built on the spot where the image of the Santo Nino de Cebu
was found during the expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi. The icon, a statue of the
Child Jesus, is the same one presented by Ferdinand Magellan to the chief consort of
Rajah Humabon upon the royal couple’s christening on April 14, 1521. It was found by a
soldier forty years later, preserved in a wooden box, after Legazpi had razed a local
village. When Pope Paul VI made the church a basilica in 1965, he said it is, “the symbol
of the birth and growth of Christianity in the Philippines”

CEBU MUSEO SUGBO


Museo Sugbo is located in the former Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation
Center (CPDRC). It was once called “Carcel de Cebu”, the provincial jail of Cebu. It is
now the Cebu Provincial Museum. In December 2004, the CPDRC was transferred to a
bigger and more modern area. The carcel was then converted into a warehouse of
Cebuano Heritage making it the Museo Sugbo.

HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS
Bell Tower of Basilica Del Santo Nino Cebu
https://www.thevisualtraveler.net/2016/05/reconstructed-bell-tower-of-basilica.html
LITERATURE

a. Balak

BUWAN 2018,TALAGSAONG TALAN-AWON


Ni: Vissuelo A. Rebojo

NAGSILBING kahayag sa kagabhiong mangitngit


Ikaw nagtimon sa mangingisda sa kalisod nagping-it
Gihatag moa ng kahayag ning kalibutang hingpit
Dako kong pasalamat namugna ang balak ni Soybitz
Sa imong kalayo ikaw makita ko gihapon
Bisan sa laing nasod imu kong pakit-on
Sa walo mo ka dagway dili ako sum-ulon
Kay ikaw baya nagdala og kinabuhi ning
Kalibutan nga way laing makaangkon.
Pila n aka gubat ang imong nasaksihan
Wa ka gihapon mobiya ning among kalibutan.
Kon adunay kagubot ikaw pod ba masub-anon
O igo lang ka sa paglantaw ug di na lang mi samokon?
Salamat kaayo, Buwan, ikaw dakog tabang namo
Wala seguro mi karon kon wa pod ka himoa sa Ginuo
Atras dagat, abante dagat, imo ning buhat sama sa pulso.
Naghatag kag kinabuhi ning kalibutang guwapo.
Daghan pod kang nasaksihan nga nagpadayag
Sa ilang gugmang tinuoray, didto sa ngitngit,
Ilawom sa imong kahayag gikilig si Inday,
Kay si Ondong giagig balak-harana iyang gugma
Nga tam-is pa sa hinog kaayo nga bugnay.
Pero puwerting dagan ni Ondong pagka kitang
Tatay nga nagdalag sundang nga makamatay.
Buwan, salamat kaayo! Sa katawa ug sa kaguol
Imo kong gisapnay sa kanunay.
Handumon ko na lang ilawom sa imong kahayag
Ang kasakit ug kalipay nga nasinati ning dughan
Tugoti kining balak ko gilitok ang pagbati ko kanimo
Kay sa sunod usa ka gatos ug kalimtan ka tuig pa
Ikaw mopasunding og usab sa imong kaanyag
Ug katahom, Super Blue Blood Moon!

(Gipatik sa mantalang Superbalita Cebu Pebrero 24,2018)

b. Folk Song

Matud Nila
Ni: Pilita Corales

Matud nila ako dili angay


Nga magmamanggad sa imong gugma,
Matud nila ikaw dili malipay,
Kai wa ako’y bahanding nga kanimo igasa,

Gugmang putli mao daypasalig


Maoy bahanding labaw sa bulawan
Matud nila kaanugon lamang
Sa imong gugma ug parayeg,

Dili maluba kining pagbati


Bisan sa unsa nga katarungan
Kay unsa pay bili ning kinabuhi
Kon sa gugma mo hinikawan

Ingna ko nga dili ka motuo


Sa mga pagtamay kong naangkon
Ingna ko nga dili mo kawangon
Damgo ko’g pasalig sa gugma mo

c. Folklore
The First Visayan Man and Woman

Sa kanhiay nga panahon, may duha ka makagagahum nga nagpuyo sa langit, si Kaptan
ug si Maguayan. Nahigugma si Kaptan kang Maguayan ug kini iyang gipangasawa. Usa
ka adlaw, sama sa sagad mahitabo sa us aka magtiayon, nagkabingkil si Kaptan ug
Maguayan. Sa kasuko ni Kaptan iyang gihinginlan ang iyang asawa. Dakung kahiubos
nga nibiya si Maguayan.

Samtang nahanaw ang diyosa, ang diyos nga Kaptan giabut ug kamingaw. Nahiukmol
siya sa kahinanali sa iyang nabuhat sa iyang asawa. Apan ulahi na aron mangayo siya
ug pasaylo. Gilatas niya ang tibuok nga kalangitan, apan wala niya mapalgi si Maguayan.
Sama sa aso nga nahanaw ang diyosa.

Aron mahupay ang iyang kamingaw, ang nagbasul nga diyos nagmugna sa kalibutan ug
nagtanum ug kawayan sa hardin nga ginganlan ug Kahilwayan. Nagtanum usab siya ug
humay, mais ug tubo. Niining maong mga tanum, ang kawayan maoy kusog nga nilambo.
Nitubo kini ug nahimongusa ka maanindot nga kahoy kansang mga malagomang bulos
ug mga malabalahibong dahoon nagkawaykaway sa hinuyuhoy sa hangin.

Samtang nagsud-ong sa kaanindot sa iyang gimbuhatan, giabut ug dakung kahimuot ang


gamhanan nga Kaptan. “Ah”, pangagho niya, “unta kon ania lamang si Maguayan,
malipay gayud siyang magtan-aw ning matahum nga talan-awon ug mamati sa hinuyuhoy
sa hangin ug kasikas sa mga dahon!”

Ang kawayan nipadayon sa paglambo. Ang hardin nahimong lbi pang matahum matag
adlaw. Unya, us aka hapon, samtang si Kaptan nagasud-ong sa mga dahon nga
nagkawaykaway sa huyuhoy, usa ka hunahuna misantop sa iyang alimpatakanug, una
niya matugkad kon unsa kadto, nakahunghong siya sa iyang kaugalingon, “Magmugna
ako ug makaalima niining mga tanum.”

Sa wala damha ang kawayan nasiak ngadto sa duh aka bahin. Sa using bahin nilutaw
ang unang tawo. Ginganlan ni Kaptan ang tawo ug Sikalak, pangalan nga
nagkahulugan,”binuhat nga malig-on”. Mao kini nga sukad niadto ang mga kaliwat ni
Sikalak ginatawag ug lalak o lalaki, sa laktud. Unya, sa laing katunga nga bahin sa nasiak
nga kawayan nilutaw ang ikaduhang binuhat . Ginganlan siya sa diyos ug Sikabay,
pangalan nga nagkahulugan ,”gbay sa binuhat nga malig-on.” Sukad niadto, ang iyang
mga kaliwat ginatawag ug sibabaye o babaye, sa laktud.

Nagtambayayong ang duha ka binuhat sa pag-alima sa hardin ug pagtagad sa mga


tanum. Sa laing bahin, si Kaptan nipanaw sa halayo aron pagpangita kang Maguayan.
Us aka adlaw, samtang wala ang diyos, gihangyo ni Sikalak si Sikabay nga magminyo
sila. Apan ang babaye nidumili. “Di ba managsoon man kita?” masubsob nga
pahimangno sa babaye ngadto sa lalaki.

“Tinuod bitaw. Apan wala’y uban nga mga tawo dinhi ning hardin,” nangatarungan si
Sikalak. “Ug gikinahanglan nato nga duna kita’y mga anak nga mobulig kanato sap ag-
alima ning dakung yuta nga gipiyal sa atong agalon kanato.”

Ang babaye wala manumbaling. “Nasayud ko,” iyang tubag, “apan ikaw akong igsoon.
Natawo kitang duha gikan sa usa lamang ka bulos nga kawayan, diin usa lamang ka buko
ang naglambigit kanato”.

Sa ngadto-ngadto, human sa panaglalis, sila nagpakitabang sa mga tulingan sa dagat ug


sa mga pati sa kahanginan. Ang mga isda ug ang mga pati nitugot nga sila magminyo.
Tungod kay wala pa gihapon si Sikabay nakumbinse, nikonsulta siya sa linog, kansa
nitugot usab sa iyang kaminyoon.
“Kinahanglan nga kamo magminyo”, matud sa linog, “aron ang kalibutan matawhan”.

Busa si Sikalak ug si Sikabay nagminyo. Ang una nilang anak lalaki ug kini ilang
gihinganlan ug Sibu. Unya ang sunod nilang anak babaye, ug kini gihinganlan ug Samar.

Cebu Urban Legends


An urban legend is a modern folklore made up of fictional stories that often feature
gruesome elements associated with local pop culture. These stories may not necessarily
come from urban areas since the term is used to distinguish it from traditional legends
during the pre-industrial era. These stories are typically used as entertainment and are
sometimes used to provide an justify unexplained occurrences in the locality.

Cebu City has its share of urban legends that have been passed on from one generation
to another. While it remains uncertain if some of these urban legends are true, they do
have contributed to the interesting history of the Queen City of the South.
The Ghost of Minda Mora

USC Main – image source: sunstar.com.ph

Cebu City has a number of ghost stories and these typically come out during the Holy
Week and Halloween season. One popular urban legend in Cebu City is about the ghost
of Minda Mora. Minda Mora was supposedly a student of a local university who loved
performing. But, tragedy struck when a number of security guards supposedly violated
her before burying her body at the cultural center of the university. Due to this, he spirit
continues to roam the cultural center of the campus. One room in the cultural center is
reportedly remains locked. Stories indicate that the vengeful spirit of Minda Mora lives
inside this particular room.

Half-Man, Half-Snake at Mall

Robinsons Cebu – image source: skyscrapercity.com


Following the opening of one of the first malls in Cebu City, stories of a half-man half-
serpent victimizing young women started to emerge. The story actually started in the
Metro Manila following the opening of a high-end mall. The mall was supposedly built to
house the twin-brother of the owner’s daughter. The young ladies would be taken while
they are in the fitting room of the mall. The story went as far as saying that a pretty
model/actress was one of the victims of the serpent. But, the mutant offspring was smitten
by the beauty of the celebrity that he let her go.
http://www.peanutbrowas.com/blog/cebu-urban-legends

Museo Sugbo's Dark History

Museo Sugbo was a prison back in the day called the Cárcel de Cebú. Built during 1870s,
the prison was intended to house criminals from the whole Visayas district, which explains
its large size when it was constructed. The prison has served many pivotal events in
history before becoming a museum back in 2008- it once served as a prison for
Katipuneros who were sentenced to death, a stable for horses during the American
period, and again as a prison where guerillas were tortured by the Kempei-Tei (or
Kempeitai) during the Japanese Occupation. Now that explains headless figures roaming
or foreign languages spoken at night.

https://www.y101fm.com/features/lifestyle/cebu-s-best/4244-here-are-some-crazy-urban-legends-of-
cebu

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