While most parts of the country have ended celebrations for the new year, Cebu is yet to start another grand festivity that highlights Cebuano faith and culture, the annual Sinulog Grand Fiesta. “Compared to the previous years, as what I have observed, more and more are coming this year to join in the mass celebration” Santo Niño de Cebu Agustinian Social Development Foundation Executive Director Fr. Tito Soquino said during the January 11 episode of Pagtuki the official radio program of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI). Fr. Soquino pointed out the huge number of devout Cebuanos joining in the daily novena masses that commenced last January 9. “For me this kind of response from the devotees propelled after the tragedies—earthquake and super typhoon—did not spare Cebu from damages. People draw closer to God for renewal and transformation,” he said. The magnitude 7.1 Bohol earthquake on October 15, 2013 heavily damaged the belfry of the centuries-old Basi...