Eminent Cebuano scholar, National Artist Resil Mojares; 83

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Resil Mojares, a man of letters who led a panel of scholars whose findings definitively settled the decadeslong dispute over the site of the first Holy Mass in the country, died on Saturday. “We are heartbroken to share the passing of our beloved father, Resil Buagas Mojares. He had just celebrated