Credits to whoever originally got these old Cebu picures!

Cebu City Railway

Mango Avenue – this is why the present Mango Avenue is as such it was because of the mango trees at the sides.

Calle North America – No idea where this was. I’ve searched the internet, but could find any info about this street.

Hotel de Cebu – No information.

Metro Cebu Cathedral

Fuente Osmeña – The white building in the left background is Cebu Capitol.

Cebu Capitol – Two vintage cars parked.

The Cebu Capitol Building in 1938.

Sto. Niño Cathedral – I believe this is at the right side.

The tunnel was temporarily opened, and will be closed again. I’ve read in the forums that it will be reopened on November, not entirely sure about this.

The length of the tunnel is about 800 meters. The longest in the Philippines?

This street is Jonquera Extension. That four storey building beside the yellow building is LS Pension House.

Park and Go bakery in Jonquera Extension.

Barangay Sta Cruz, but R. Landon is the more popular name.

LS Pension House (blue), there are two LS in the same street.

Julie’s Bakeshop just in front of LS Pension House, located in corner R. Landon and Jonquera Extension. This part of R. Landon street leads to Jones Avenue.

R. Landon/Jonquera Extension streets.

That guy was wondering why i was taking photos.

There’s that guy again, he must be suspicious of me, hehehe.

Jonquera Extension street sign.

Sorry, just few photos, it’s not easy taking photos in the Colon area. This was taken during Christmas.

According to the plaque plastered in one of the building in the historic street:

Colon Street known also as The Parian, is the oldest street in the Philippines. It was built by the Spaniards who arrived at Cebu in 1565 on the fleet composed of the vessels San Pedro, San Pablo and San Juan under the command of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.

The Colon Street quick history.

138 store. Formerly Plaza Fair during the 1990s.

The street turning on the right is Junquera, Cebu’s number one red light district, hahahaha.

Metro Gaisano, the busiest Gaisano according to my observation.

Gaisano Main. The very first Gaisano store, but now almost a ghost town. Mingaw na diri.

Fronting Gaisano Main is University of the Visayas.

University of the Visayas, the number one in Basketball, hehehe.

This is a street in Mandaue, still in the Cebu island. On our way to the bridge.

Going up to the Mactan Lapu-lapu bridge.

In the middle part of the bridge.

Lapu-lapu skies.

One of the factories(?) in Lapu-lapu city, this can be found when turning to the left after going down from the bridge.

Going farther away from the bridge and going to the inner parts of Mactan island.

The controversial lamp posts, overpriced by the desperate politicians and government employees.

The multicab, a Cebuano innovation.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on March 8, 2010.

FOR a cell phone worth P500, a 14-year-old boy who was out on an errand was shot and killed in a robbery in Horseshoe Hills, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City yesterday morning.

Three men on a motorcycle robbed Carlo Sacedon Mangit-ngit, a second-year high school student who also served as an altar boy of the Alliance of Two Hearts in Banawa, Guadalupe. He died of a gunshot wound at the back of his head past 4 p.m. at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center.

Mangitngit was walking at 8 a.m. to a vegetable stall, along with an eight-year-old companion, when the robbers struck, said Chief Insp. Michael Anthony Bastes of the Theft and Robbery Section.

Investigators learned he was tinkering with his Nokia 3310, using a stick from a broom to tap a text message, when the black XRM Honda motorcycle boarded by three men passed by.

“Gubaon man daw to iyang cell phone. Iya lang daw tong tuslok-tuslokon aron makatext (His cell phone was falling apart. He had to tap the keys with a stick to send a text message),” Bastes said.

Shortly after Mangitngit put his cellular phone in his pocket, the robbers turned back, stopped in front of Mangitngit and declared the holdup.

The suspects all wore helmets and black jackets, and covered their faces with T-shirts.

They probably thought the boy was using an expensive touch screen phone, Bastes said.

When Mangitngit tried to run away, one of the suspects pulled out a gun and shot him. Mangitngit took a bullet in the head.

With the phone in their hands, the robbers fled.

One of Mangitngit’s relatives, interviewed over radio DyAB yesterday, said the phone was given to the boy by his brother last January.

The relative, who declined to be named, said Mangitngit was a responsible boy who went home straight from school and during Sundays, served as an altar boy at the Alliance of Two Hearts.

Rammy Cabonelas, the victim’s neighbor, said the suspects passed by the area thrice before the attack.

Bastes led a team of TRS operatives in searching for the suspects.

As of 8 last night, two men were picked up for questioning. Bastes said his team will not stop the operation, until they got hold of the suspects.

Guadalupe Barangay Councilor Dino Faelnar, committee chairman for social services, said he will check on the family to determine how local officials can help.

He urged the police to step up their effort in solving the attack on Mangitngit.

He said the tanods conduct regular patrols in the barangay, including Banawa and V. Rama. He, however, said the tanods can only do so much in crime prevention but have no idea which part of the barangay is vulnerable at any given time.

Gang

Hours before the attack, a jeepney driver was stabbed by a group of suspected gang members past 10 p.m. last Saturday.

The incident also happened in Barangay Guadalupe, at the corner of V. Rama and M. Velez Sts.

Fortunato F. Ibon Jr., 28, told Homicide Section investigators he and his friend Elmond Lazaga were aboard a jeepney, clinging to the rear portion of vehicle.

At the intersection of V. Rama and M. Velez, the jeepney stopped for a red light and about 10 gang members approached the jeepney. One of the suspects, identified only as Topak, attempted to stop Lazaga.

Ibon reportedly intervened, and that’s when Topak stabbed him many times. He was taken to Chong Hua Hospital.

GV Tower Hotel, located in the corner of Sikatuna-Jones roads.

This is the new SSS (Social Security System) building. I like the design, but the size would surely be not enough in the next 15 years.

Traffic light near Landbank/Sto Rosario. These jeepneys are heading to Capitol, B. Rodriguez, Banawa and Guadalupe.

The building on the left is DBP (Development Bank of the Philippines)

SSS, ACT (Asian College of Technology) and DBP.

Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish.

Closer view of Sto. Tomas de Villanueva Parish. There’s an “all seeing eye” in the circle window. The origin of that symbol is pagan.

The road going to Talisay. This is in front of the church.

Going to Cebu City.

Skywalk, near the church entrance.

CERES bus

I was about to take a jeepney when i saw a CITOM giving a ticket to an erring driver. Gi mingaw nako aning mga CITOM.

This is in the South Reclamation Project area.

This is in the South Reclamation Project area.

This is in the South Reclamation Project area.

This is in the South Reclamation Project area.

Ludo plant at the foreground. The commercial building in the far background is the Crown Regency Hotel, the location of the Skywalk.

The pier area.

The Cebu Malacanang building.

The coast guard boat.

Taken at the pedestrian skyway near Fuente Osmena.

Sikatuna Street.

Sikatuna Street. Tresor Internet Cafe. This is one of my favorite internet cafes in Cebu City.