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Bisaya Magasin is a weekly Cebuano magazine now published by the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, Philippines. It has the record of being the oldest magazine in Cebuano which is still published now, and "the most successful periodical in Cebuano" (CCP, p. 542). Cebuano, also known as Sugboanon, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20,000,000 (ethnologue) people and is a subgroup or member of Bisaya, Visayan and Binisayâ. The name came from the Philippine island of Cebu, with the Spanish suffix -ano meaning native, of a place...
History
Bisaya Magasin was established by Ramon Roces upon the request of Cebuano poet Vicente Padriga, who became its first editor. Its first issue appeared on August 15, 1930, as part of the magazines published by Liwayway Publishing, Inc. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ...
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
During the Second World War, Bisaya stopped publication; it was revived on August 14, 1946. It had an initial circulation of 5,000, which rose to around 60,000 in the 1960s. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
In June, 1948, Bisaya started a monthly sister publication, Saloma, a literary pamphlet which carried a complete novel in every issue. Saloma lasted until the late 1950s, with a circulation ranging from 8,000 to 22,000.
List of editors - Vicente Padriga (1930-1931)
- Natalio Bacalso (1931-1933)
- Flaviano Boquecosa (1933-1941)
- Maximo Bas (1946-1949)
- Francisco Candia (1949-1966)
- Nazario D. Bas (1973-1986)
- Tiburcio Baguio (1986-1995)
- Santiago R. Pepito, Jr. (1995-2001)
- Mariano Y. Mañus, Jr. (managing editor) (2001-2005)
- Edgar S. Godin (associate editor) (2005-)
See also Bannawag (Iloko word meaning dawn) is the leading Iloko (also Ilokano and Iluko) weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1937. ...
Liwayway (Tagalog word meaning dawn) is a leading Tagalog (also Filipino) weekly magazine published in the Philippines since 1922. ...
References The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is the premiere institution for culture and the arts in the country. ...
External links - Bisaya Readers Yahoo Group
- Manila Bulletin Online (does not carry online copies of Bisaya Magasin, however)
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