The Capital of Cebu and the second most important city in the country, Cebu City is Philippines chief domestic port and a prominent center for trade and commerce in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in the city of Cebu and although the native king and the islanders welcomed him, he [...]

Baguio was founded by the Americans in 1900 where an Ibaloi village called Kafagway had once been. It was declared a city in 1909 by the Philippine Assembly and is the seat of the Cordillera Administrative Region Government. Baguio derives its name from the Ibaloi word Bagiw, which means ‘moss’ and it has been quite [...]