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Thursday, August 28th, 2008 • Cebu, Philippines

Unique, skillful performances win top spots

By Cebu Network
Published January 14th, 2008

SINULOG WINNERS. Mabolo performers show the “intensity and high level of performance” that earned for them the grand prize in Sinulog sa Kabataan sa Dakbayan elementary division last Sunday.

Elicon House: Affordable pension house in the heart of Cebu City

By Cebu Network
Published August 31st, 2007

On top of the list of places to stay of many regular Cebu City visitors is Elicon House, a pension house located in the heart of the mid-town area.
Elicon House is located on P. del Rosario St., just a few meters away from the University of San Carlos and the Sto. Rosario Parish. The pension [...]

Cebu’s historical Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño

By Cebu Network
Published July 8th, 2006

Its towering facade blends Muslim, Romanesque, and neo-classical architecture, this church of the Señor Santo Niño de Cebu–which translates literally as “holy child of Cebu.”
Cebu’s oldest Roman Catholic Church, the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño, also still retains the original stone texture and natural color it had in 1735. (Click on photos to view larger [...]

Fort San Pedro

By Cebu Network
Published May 15th, 2006

A monument to Cebu’s turbulent past, the Fort San Pedro in Cebu City served different purposes at various times in the island’s history.

Call of the surf

By Cebu Network
Published May 12th, 2006

Travel by boat and van from Cebu to Calicoan in Eastern Samar is one long and rough ride but the wonders of the island are worth every minute of ache and discomfort.
Calicoan is among the numerous islands and islets that ring Guiuan, a town at the southernmost tip of Samar, the third largest island in [...]

Battle of Mactan: history and myth

By Cebu Network
Published May 8th, 2006

There is a spot in Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan island that’s revered by islanders more than any other place. A marker says it was on that site that a man who had sought dominion over the island in the name of the Spanish king had died in the hands of the brave warrior chieftain Lapu-Lapu [...]

Sutukil: Dining on fresh seafood by the seas of Mactan island

By Cebu Network
Published May 6th, 2006

When you’re in or anywhere near Lapu-Lapu City in Mactan Island, you have to try sutukil. Sutukil is a portmanteau of the three ways fish are cooked in eateries near the Mactan Shrine: Su is for sugba or grilled, tu is for tula or prepared into a soup and kil is for kilaw or turned [...]

Magellan’s Cross

By Cebu Network
Published May 4th, 2006

Close to 500 years ago, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan planted a huge Christian cross in Sugbu (now Cebu) to celebrate the baptism into the Roman Catholic religion of island chief Rajah Humabon, his wife, and some 500 of their followers on April 21, 1521.
The 485-year-old cross, called Magellan’s Cross (click on photos to enlarge), now [...]