By: RADEL PAREDES MADRILEÑA DE LA CERNA | January 1, 2017
Last Thursday, December 29, was a special day for me as it was the birthday of my late grandfather, Tomas Gonzales Paredes. It was also the 118th anniversary of the Independence of Cebu from Spanish rule. And, somehow, my lolo’s ancestors had shed blood in […]
CEBU. The Barrio Fiesta buffet added to the homey feel of the Christmas festivities at Cebu Palm Grass hotel. (Photo contributed from Palm Grass The Cebu Heritage Hotel)
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DID you know that 118 years ago today, Cebu tasted its first Christmas without Spain dictating over them?
After 333 years of being under the Spanish colonial rule and […]
Palm Grass Hotel, First Heritage Hotel In Cebu
by RJ Abellera – October 30, 2016
It is disheartening to know that travelers visiting Cebu nowadays only consider the city as a stopover. They just spend few hours to sleep or catch a meal before heading to the bus terminals for their destinations. The usual Cebu historical […]
By: Radel Paredes | September 24th, 2016
Thursday night found me enjoying a shot of bahalina (a finer version of tuba or coconut wine), a platter of grilled pulutan, and the view of citylights at the Hardin Dagami, the rooftop bar on the seventh floor of Palm Grass Hotel, the Cebu heritage-themed hotel in old Junquera […]
By: Bong O. Wenceslao | September 16, 2016
MORE than a year ago, it was just a concept. The press con I attended wasn’t even on the site of the planned heritage hotel along Junquera St. called Palm Grass. I was therefore intrigued about how the establishment’s owners would execute the concept. Yesterday, I attended another […]
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ABARCA Y DE LA CERNA, PEDRO
ABARCA Y ENRIQUEZ, SALOMON
ABATAYO, MAXIMINO
ABELGAS, JOSE
ABELLA Y SIAP, APOLINAR
ABELLA, FELICIANO
ABELLA, FORTUNATO
ABELLA, LAUREANO
ABELLA, RUFO
ABELLA, SERAPIO
ABELLANA Y RAFOLS, ANDRES
ABELLANA, DIEGO
ABELLANA, EMILIANO
ABELLANA Y DACLAN, GREGORIO
ABELLANA Y GANAL, JUSTO
ABELLANA Y TALLO, GONZALO
ABELLAR, DIONISIO
ABELLAR, LUIS
ABENDAN, EUSTAQUIO
ABENDAN Y RABOR, GREGORIO
ABIAN Y ABLA, VITALIANO
ABREU, PRISCO
ADARNA Y RAMOS, BONIFACIO
ADARNA, GRACIANO
ADARNA, TEODORICO
AGUSTIN, EPITACIO
ALAURA, CASIMIRO
ALAURA, CONSTANCIA
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Magsusuwat. Si Adonis Durado uban sa iyang libro nga Lisay sa Bugan nga ilusad karong hapon sa Palm Grass The Cebu Heritage Hotel. (Alex Badayos)
ANG ikatulong libro ni Adonis Durado nga koleksiyon sa mga balak nga nag-ulohan og Lisay sa Bugan (A Swelling in the Loins), gikatakda nga ilusad na karon sa Palm Grass The […]
By: Radel Paredes | May 28th, 2016
For last Friday’s Gabii sa Kabilin, the annual night tour of Cebu’s heritage sites, I preferred to just stay at Palm Grass Hotel, the heritage-themed hotel located near the corner of Junquera and Sanciangko streets in the historic downtown area. This was the first time that the hotel took […]
PALM Grass, The Cebu Heritage Hotel is hosting a culinary festival, Hikay, at Kapihan ni Lumaya today from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. to celebrate the National Heritage Month.
The event will feature a buffet of Cebuano dishes selected by Louella Alix, author of Hikay: The Culinary Heritage of Cebu. The term hikay is a Cebuano […]
By: Radel Paredes | April 2, 2016 @cebudailynews
Today in 1898, a group of Cebuanos, armed only with machetes, knives, and spears, rose up against the Spaniards and their loyalists at an intersection in Labangon, in what is now known as the Tres de Abril revolt. Led by Pantaleon Villegas, a skilled tactician more famous for […]