On May 29, 2009 six museums in downtown Cebu City — Museo Sugbo, Casa Gorordo, Yap-Sandiego House, Cathedral Museum of Cebu, Basilica Minore del Sto. Nino Museum, and Fort San Pedro — will open their doors to the public from 6 pm to 12 midnight for only a single ticket worth P100. For an additional P50, guests can avail of unlimited tartanilla rides in between museums. There will be around five tartanillas that will be stationed at each museum. Continue Reading »

It was almost a year ago when I first stepped inside this Spanish colonial heritage house together with a friend who just came from Manila. My friend and I were just talking about the existence of such a house when we decided to go there and tried to secure on-the-spot permission to go inside of which we were lucky enough to be granted access. Continue Reading »

The Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral is embarking on a P30 million renovation project in time for the 75th anniversary of the elevation of Cebu to an archdiocese. Continue Reading »

Another church has fallen victim to the hands of uninformed renovators. I attended the Christmas party for heritage workers and advocates yesterday at the Cathedral Museum of Cebu when I saw photos, recently shot by Mr. Rudy Alix, of the main altar of Dalaguete church that had been “mercilessly” modernized. Continue Reading »

The Cebu Provincial Government through Mr. Jose Eleazar Bersales, the Capitol consultant on heritage affairs, signed a custodial agreement with the parish of Boljoon, represented by Fr. Milton Medida, to ensure the preservation of the artifacts that were uncovered during a series of archaeological diggings that were conducted near the centuries-old church of Boljoon. Continue Reading »