Beautiful Cebu

Cebu is not the same colonial province time has forgotten decades ago. It is not a periphery to the center but rather, a destination with its own unique charm. Discover for yourself. See new destinations in the Cebu mainland. Read on...

Culture




FOOD | Native food is delicious

Native food makes your mouth water. Utan Bisaya assures one a long life if eaten regularly. It's low in fat, sugar and salt and high in nutrients. minerals and vitamins.
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MUSIC | Cebuano is beautiful

Almost everyone in Cebu and its neighboring isles embraced Cebuano culture including the Mestizos of Chinese and Spanish descent. Everyone spoke the beautiful native tonque. Cebuano is beautiful especially when sung.(Click to visit link)


LANGUAGE | Cebuano is alive

Cebuano is alive. Thanks to Sonny Garcia's wise investment on a Cebuano tabloid. It was both a commercially and culturally significant move on the part of the former Cebuano DOTC secretary. To date, it is the most widely-circulated daily in Cebu history. It has a circulation of 60,000 copies daily according to its news editor Roger Vallena.

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PROFILE | Cebu City, Queen City of the South

Cebu's port is home to most of the Philippines' shipping companies. It's not surprising as Cebu City has been, historically, the center of commerce, education, entertainment and information of Southern Philippines. It is also the administrative, ecclesiastical and cultural capital of the region.

THE ISLAND | SanFran is Disaster Resilient : UN

In May 2011, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) recognized San Francisco's disaster preparedness and awarded it the Sasakawa Award for Disaster Reduction for its “indigenous solutions to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation through its Purok system.”

ECONOMY | It's More Prosperous in the Philippines ... soon.

The Philippines and Peru will be among emerging economies that become much more prominent in the next few decades, helped by demographics and rising education standards, with the Philippines set to leapfrog 27 places to become the 16th largest economy by 2050, HSBC predicts.

POLITICS | Tomas as Jullus Caesar

For many people, Tomas and Joy Young's loss didn't add up. For them, last election's results were erratic, wild, inconsistent.

HISTORY | Demystifying Jose Rizal

The question is, could Rizal walk the talk? Even in his writing, he debated with himself between peaceful reform and bloody uprising. If Spain didn't throw him in prison and executed him, would he have become a hero?