Famous Civics

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.Cebu is the home of some of the country's

best talents, something that a Cebuano should

be proud of.


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Anna Fegi

Anna Fegi hails from Toledo City, Cebu. She started her singing career whenshe became a member of then well known group organized by a famous musical

composer, arranger Mr. Ryan Cayabyab, The Smokey Mountain.

She had just completed her contract last year at the Disneyland Hongkong.


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Dulce

Dulce Dulces (Ma. Teresa Magdalena A. Llamedo-Cruz) singing career startedwith her winning the Tawag ng Tanghalan in 1975. Since then, there was no

turning back for this Cebuana songstress. She was the Philippine official

representative to the Asian Singing Competition held in Hong Kong in 1979. Her

winning entry was a composition of George Canseco entitled Ako ang Nasawi,

Ako ang Nagwagi. That same year she received the Most Promising Entertainer

of the Year from the Aliw Award. She also showcased her acting prowess in

theater via Ewagan (1984) and Cats (1985). She is dubbed as the Asias Singing

Champion.


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Raki Vega

They say that real talent is hard to find. Not here in Cebu where practically

anybody can sing and not just sing but world class talents. We have produced a

lot of Cebuana Divas like Dulce, Dessa, Vina Morales, Verni Varga, Ana Fegi,

Sheryn Regis and the latest singing sensation, Rochelle "Raki" Vega. Tagged as

the "Ultimate Born Diva", which she won in the prestigious nationwide singing

competition by ABS-CBN - "Born Diva".

She bested seven other contestants with her unique and powerful singing voice.

Her winning piece was "Today" which was written by an award winning

songwriter, Trina Belamide. But this Cebuana is more than a Diva in heart,

even with her new appearance (had her nose and eyes done which was part of

the contest), P200,000 cash prize, a recording contract with Star Records and a

house and lot, she has remained true to her roots and has kept humble even

with her new found fame and fortune.

Raki from Mandaue, Cebu, started singing when she was 3 yrs old, was part of

a church choir at the age of 8 and has joined a lot of amateur singing contestshere in Cebu and also known as the "Jingle Queen". For her love of music, she

became a music teacher at Asian Academy of Music.


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Pilita Corales

Pilita Corales (born, 22 August 1939 in Cebu City, Philippines) is a famous

Filipino folk musical recording artist, who is widely referred to as Asia's Queen

of Songs, having produced over 135 albums in her music career spanning over

four decades.

Pilita Corrales was born in Cebu City, Cebu in 1939, she is a mestiza, (of

Spanish and Austronesian) ancestry with a father of Spanish descent and birth

and Cebuana mother. After finishing her studies at Colegio de la Inmaculada

Concepcion in her native land of Cebu, she went to Spain to enroll in a

finishing school in music. In 1958, Pilita began her recording career after

arriving with a shipwrecked troupe of performers in Melbourne. She left her

mark by becoming the first woman to make the Australian pop charts with a

local recording called 'Come Closer to Me'. She became a star of the Melbourne

TV circuit and her first hit, Come Closer to Me, became part of a collection on

which shes billed as one of the Grand Dames of Melbourne Radio and

Television.


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Diane Monique Lhuillie

Diane Monique Lhuillier (born 1971 in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines) is a

Filipino fashion designer based in the United States. She was born and raised in

the Philippine province of Cebu and is of French and Cebuano descent, hence

her typical French last name meaning "the oilmaker".

Lhuillier's family is one of the more prominent names in Philippine high society.

The family owns a chain of pawnshops currently operating in more than a

hundred cities in the nation.

Having had a difficult time finding her own gown, Lhuillier, a 23-year-old

newlywed at the time, decided to begin sketching her own line of dresses. Her

husband figured it was little more than a hobby, one that she would tire of soon

enough. "He thought I had the wedding blues and eventually I'd get over it," she

told USA WEEKEND Magazine. [1]


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She made the news with two high-profile celebrity weddings in a row. She

designed Christine Baumgartner's wedding dress for the fall 2004 wedding to

Kevin Costner shortly after designing both of Britney Spears's wedding dresses

in her wedding to Kevin Federline. She's also designed the wedding gown of US

former Vice President and former Second Lady Al and Tipper Gore's youngest

daughter, Sarah G. Lee, during her marriage to Bill Lee[2], Giuliana DePandi's

wedding gown to The Apprentice winner Bill Rancic[3], and Allison Munn's

wedding gown to actor Scott Holroyd.[4]


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Leah Navarro

Leah Navarro is proud of her Cebuano roots. But it was when she was still in

her late teens when she became a major pop-music star in the Philippines circa

1970s-80s in Manila.

Born to a well-off family, Leah was practically convent-bred and finished college

at the Assumption, Makati City, around the time alumna Gloria Macapagal

Arroyo was teaching there.

Her singing talent was discovered while still in school and she went on to sing

pop music hits of the 1970s-80s such as Kailangan Kita and Saan Ako

Nagkamali (both by George Canseco, National Artist), Lagi na Lang (by Nonong

Pedero) and Ang Pag-ibig Kong Ito which was later revived by Racel Tuazon,

Moonstar88, and most recently Sheryn Regis. Her interpretation of Isang

Mundo, Isang Awit won the Grand Prize in the annual Metro Manila Popular

Music Festival then actively sponsored by Imee and Irene Marcos, presidential

daughters and music aficionados.

Her discography includes such singles as Hindi Ka Lilimutin, Totoo ba'ng lahat

ng ito?, and songs from the stage play Tales of the Manuvu. Her debut album

was self-titled, Leah.

In later years, Leah was rumored to have had relations with American actor,

Anthony Finetti (star of The Expendables), in 1988 in and on the grounds of the

Peninsula Hotel in Manila.


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Gabriel "Flash" Elorde

Gabriel "Flash" Elorde

Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935January 2, 1985) is widely considered

as one of the greatest Filipino boxers of all time along with featherweight slugger

Manny Pacquiao and flyweight champion in the 1920s Pancho Villa . He was

born and raised in the town of Bogo, Cebu. He was much beloved in the

Philippines as a sports and cultural icon, being the first Filipino international

boxing champion since 1920s boxer Pancho Villa.[clarify]

Elorde was the WBC Junior lightweight (Super Featherweight) champion from

March 20, 1960 until June 15, 1967 and WBA Super featherweight champion

from February 16, 1963 to June 15, 1967 making him the longest reigning

world junior lightweight champion ever (seven years and three months). He also

outpointed all time great featherweight champion Sandy Saddler in 1955 in a

non-title bout. In 1956 he was given a rematch with Saddler, this time with

Saddler's featherweight title on the line, but Elorde suffered a cut eye and lost

the fight on a 13th round TKO.


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Elorde also challenged lightweight Carlos Ortiz for his world title on two

occasions. He was stopped both times by Ortiz in the 14th round.

Elorde retired with a record of 88 wins (33 KOs), 27 losses and 2 draws and was

named "the greatest world junior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history"

in 1974.[weasel words]

After his retirement, Elorde remained in the Philippines within the public eye,

prominent as a popular commercial endorser, especially of San Miguel Beer. In

fact, his San Miguel Beer TV commercial (which he made with Bert Marcelo and

Rico J. Puno) wherein he famously said the words ".... isang platitong mani (one

plate of peanuts) was recently named as the No.1 Filipino advertisement of alltime.

A chain smoker, Elorde died of lung cancer at the age of 49.

In 1993, he became the first Asian inducted into the New York-based

International Boxing Hall of Fame. He was also enshrined into the World Boxing

Hall of Fame. Elorde's father-in-law, Lope Sarreal, was one of Asia's most

prominent boxing promoters who was himself later inducted into the

International Boxing Hall of Fame.


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Marcelo Fernan

Marcelo Briones Fernan was born in Cebu City on October 24, 1927. He wasmarried to Eloisa Nolasco with whom he had nine children.

As a student, Fernan gained distinction as an outstanding youth leader and

scholar. He served as President of the Student Council Association of the

Philippines, and was elected Member of the International Honor Societies of Phi

Kappa and Pi Gamma Mu.He graduated among the top ten of his class from the

College of Law of the University of the Philippines in 1952. The following year,

he obtained his Master of Law from the Harvard University in the United States.

He likewise led an active civic and social life as President of the Cebu Jaycees

Role Club of Cebu West, Cebu Country Club, chairman and President of the

Cebu Newspaper Workers Foundation, Inc.

He was an Associate and later Professorial Lecturer at the University of the

Philippines in Cebu, Dean of the College of Law of the University of San Jose

Recoletos now Dean Emeritus, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the

University of San Carlos, Secretary General of the Academy of American and

International Law Alumni Association and Integrated Bar of the Philippines,

Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyer Associations for Asia and

the Pacific (LAWASIA) Human Rights Standing Committee, Chairman of the


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LAWASIA Judicial Section, President of the Fulbright Scholars Association,

President of the Philippine Society of International Law, Chairman of the

Philippine National Committee of the Asean Law Association and member of the

Governing Council, President of the ASEAN Law Association, President of the

Fellows on Asia Foundation and Trustee of the Southwestern Legal Foundation

in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.

He received awards in civic, legal and educational fields among which are Most

Outstanding Law Practitioner in Cebu City; Most Outstanding UP Alumnus in

Civic Affair in Cebu City; Most Outstanding JCI Senator in the Philippines in

the Field of Education; The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Awardee, Most

Outstanding Alumnus of Abellana National School, U.P. Professional

Achievement Awardee in the Field of Law, U.P. Cebu Achievement Awardee asLegal Teacher and Practitioner, Most Distinguished Alumnus from the College of

Law, University of the Philippines, 1999 Most Distinguished Alumnus from the

University of the Philippines Alumni Association, First Recipient of the

Southwest Legal Foundations Robert G. Storey International Award for

Leadership and First Recipient at the Public Award of the President Sergio

Omea Memorial Foundation.

He was conferred the titles General Brother of the Agustinian Recollect Order

and Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

He was the Most Outstanding Cebuano awardee. Next to the late President

Sergio Osmea, he was the second Cebuano in history to be given such highly

exclusive and revered recognition.

He received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from the University of San Carlos Cebu

City, University of San Jose Recoletos, Cebu City; Centro Escolar University,

Member of Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City; De La Salle University,

Manila and University of the Philippines-Visayas.

He entered the government service as member of the Cebu City Planning Board.

Later, he became a member of the Cebu Provincial Board, delegate to the

Constitutional Convention and Assemblyman (Assistant Minority Leader) in the

Batasang Pambansa.

He was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court and served as

Chairman of the Supreme Court Committee on the Revision of the Rules of

Court and Chairman of the House Electoral Tribunal.


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He served as the nineteenth Chief Justice of the Republic and was Chairman of

the Judicial and Bar Council and the Judiciary Planning and Implementation

Office. During his term as Chief Justice, several bold judicial reforms were

instituted, among them the judicial orientation and career enrichment

program, updating of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the continuous trial

program.

In 1995, Fernan was elected as Senator of the Tenth Congress. He became the

Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the following Senate Committees

Justice and Human rights, Labor, Employment and Human Resources

Development and Ethics and Privileges.

As Senator, he authored highly significant laws, among these are : Republic Act

8246 or the Court of Appeals Regionalization Act, RA 8493 or the Speedy Trial

Act of 1998, RA 8557 of the Philippine Judicial Academy, RA 8525 or the Adopt-

a-School Act of 1997 and RA 8558 or the Underground Mine Workers Act.

He also sponsored RA 8247 or the Alien Social Integration Act of 1995. RA 8282

or the Social Security Act of 1997, and RA 8369 or the Family courts Acts of

1997.

At the opening of the Eleventh Congress, Fernan was nominated and elected as

President of the Senate and concurrently, Chairman of the Commission on

Appointments. During his term as Senate President, the Senate passed theClean Air Act, the Visiting Force Agreement and the General Appropriations Act

of 1999.

Fernan resigned from Senate Presidency on June 28, 1999 due to his failing

health. Senator Fernan passed away on July 11, 1999 and was laid to rest at

the Cebu Memorial Park, Cebu City. His death was deeply mourned all over the

country.

Fernan holds the record as the only Filipino to head both the Judicial and

Legislature, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and as Senate President,respectively.


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Sergio Osmena Sr.

Sergio Osmena Sr.

Sergio Osmea (September 9, 1878October 19, 1961) was the fourth

President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. He was Vice President under

Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944. He

was a founder of Nacionalista Party.

Osmea is the patriarch of the prominent Osmea family, which includes his

son (former Senator Sergio Osmea Jr.) and his grandsons (Senators Sergio

Osmea III and John Henry Osmea), ex-Governor (Lito Osmea and Cebu CityMayor Tomas Osmea).

Early life and career

A Chinese-mestizo with some Spanish blood, Osmea was born in Cebu to

Juana Osmea y Suico. He took his elementary education in the University of

San Carlos and graduated in 1892. Osmea continued his education in Manila,

studying in San Juan de Letran College where he first met Manuel L. Quezon, a

classmate of his. He took up law at the University of Santo Tomas and was

second place in the bar examination in 1903.


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Osmea served on the war staff of General Emilio Aguinaldo as a courier and

journalist. In 1900, he founded the Cebu newspaper, El Nuevo Da which lasted

for three years.

Political career

In 1904, the American colonial administration appointed him governor of Cebu.

Two years later he was elected governor of Cebu. While governor, he ran for

election to the first Philippine Assembly of 1907 and was elected Speaker of that

body. Osmea was only 29 and already the highest-ranking Filipino official.

He and another provincial politician, Manuel L. Quezon of Tayabas, set up the

Nacionalista Party as a foil to the Partido Federalista of Manila-based

politicians. The two would engage in a rivalry for political dominance ever since.

Osmea was elected an assemblyman, in 1907, and remained a member of the

lower house until 1922. He was the country's vice president for two consecutive

terms under the Philippine Commonwealth.

He went to the US, in 1933, to secure passage of the Hare-Hawes-Cutting

Independence Bill which was superseded by the Tydings-McDuffie Act in March

1934.

Osmea was elected as vice-president of the Commonwealth in 1935, with

Quezon as president. He was re-elected in 1941. When the Commonwealth

government relocated in the US in exile, Osmea went with Quezon.


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Vernie Varga

Vernie Varga

This sultry Cebuana diva has been singing for more than two decades now, a

natural belter, also known as a jazz singer. She popularize songs like Kahit

Isang Saglit, Kapag Kapiling Ka, Cry Me A River, Teach Me Tonight and a lot

more.


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Vina Morales

Vina Morales (born Sharon Garcia Magdayao 17 October 1975, Bogo, Cebu,

Philippines) is a Filipina actress of maternal Spanish and paternal Cebuano

descent. She played the title role in the film The Sarah Balabagan Story. She is

the older sister of teen actress Shaina Magdayao.

Even as a child growing up in Bogo, Cebu, Sharon Garcia Magdayao a.k.a. Vina

Morales knew that she wanted to be a singer. It was nine-year-old Sharon'ssinging with her church choir that would lead to her big break. The local parish

priest, Fr. Fritz Malinao, was also a songwriter. He recognized Sharon's talent

and asked her to sing one of his compositions as an entry in the Cebu Pop

Music Festival. The song, "Paglaum", ("hope" in Visayan), not only won the

Grand Prize but also earned the "Best Interpreter" award for its young singer.

Sharon and her family were surprised to learn that representatives from Viva

Films had seen her performance. They were so impressed with her talents that

they immediately offered her a singing and acting contract. The Magdayao

family was very supportive of their gifted daughter. They sold everything they

had in Cebu and moved to Manila. The family entrusted ten-year-old Sharon's

career to Mina del Rosario of Viva Films, who became like a second mother to

Sharon. It was Mina who gave Sharon the name Vina, taken from her

daughter's name Vina Vanesa. The only problem standing in the way of Vina's

acting career was that she only spoke English and Cebuano. But now that she

was living in Manila, her Tagalog improved rapidly and she soon made her first

movie, Nakagapos na Puso, in which she played the niece of Tonton Gutierrez.

The film also starred Vina's idol and namesake, Sharon Cuneta.


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Pilar Pilapil

Pilar Pilapil

She made everyone notice her when she was crowned beauty queen when she

was only in her teens. When she became an actress and later got romantically

involved with actors the like of the late Fernando Poe Jr. and Dolphy, Pilar

Pilapil drew public awareness even more, intriguing people not only with her

classic beauty, intelligence and wit but with her daringness and liberatedattitude as well.


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Lohp

Ipinasa kay:

Mdm.Monaliza Ybanez

Ipinasa ni:

Joshua Daniel R. Laurente

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