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Where is Gen. Arcadio Maxilom?
by Joeber Bersales
He continued the revolution in Cebu after the untimely assassination of Leon Kilat in Carcar and persisted even as his fellow Katipuneros began capitulating and joining the American-led government of Cebu and the entire archipelago.
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Pleasant surprises in old Argao
by Joeber Bersales
It was apt that the Cebu Provincial Committee on Sites, Relics and Structures conducted its 10th and last heritage caravan in the town of Argao this week, already thick into hectic preparations for its fiesta celebrations this weekend in honor of its patron, San Miguel Arcangel.
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Finding gold in Bantayan
by Joeber Bersales
If I had even just 5 percent or P35 million of the P700 million that Erap Estrada was convicted yesterday of plundering from the nation, I will immediately spend P30 million to buy and repair the only remaining tile-roofed trading house in Bantayan
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Treasures in old houses
by Joeber Bersales
I was in Aloguinsan and Tuburan last week to help plan and establish town museums together with local government officers and members of the local tourism and heritage council.
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Is the Filipino worth dying for?
by Joeber Bersales
Last Tuesday, University of San Carlos conferred on 37-year-old USC physics graduate and entrepreneur Christopher Go its most prestigious award, the San Carlos Borromeo Medal of Excellence.
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Shopping green
by Joeber Bersales
CEBU, Philippines—I felt a fresh breeze sweeping into Cebu’s shopping horizon when Rustan’s Supermarket, together with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), recently embarked on what has been a common practice in European countries for over a decade now: the use of reusable cloth bags in lieu of plastics.
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Census of 1591 and 1903
by Joeber Bersales
CEBU, Philippines—The task of quantifying individual Filipinos yet again began yesterday and will run till the next 24 days. Officially called the Census of Population, kinks are always expected when thousands of enumerators swoop upon every household and community in the country.
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Developing science and engineering
by Joeber Bersales
For a country well into the 21st century, President Gloria Macapgal Arroyo’s promise of P3 billion for science and engineering research and development is a very blunt admission of the dismal state of knowledge production and technological expertise obtaining in higher education institutions in the country today.
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