Don Pedro Cui Street, Cebu City
It is the street perpendicular and between the streets of P. Del Rosario and R.R. Landon. It is within the jurisdiction of Barangays Kamagayan and San Antonio.
It is named in honor of Don Pedro R. Cui, son of spouses Miguel Cui and Maria Revilles. He was born on February 22, 1847. Schooled in Cebu for his primary education and went to the University of Santo Tomas for his Bachelor of Laws and became a lawyer. Briefly practiced law and later actively engaged in tobacco business and built buildings in Cebu City.
He was a member of the Ayuntamiento of Cebu and was designated as Auxiliary Justice of Audencia Territorial of Cebu during the Spanish Occupation. He became a councilman in 1901 of the municipality of Cebu.
Don Pedro and his younger sister, Benigna (born on February 13, 1846) established the Hospicio de San Jose de Barili, situated at Barangay Guibuangan, Barili it was created by virtue of law enacted by the Philippine Legislature on November 27, 1925.
The Hospicio's primary purpose is "for the care and support, free of charge, of indigent invalids, and incapacitated and helpless persons." The law provides that all the personal and real properties donated by the founders (Pedro and Benigna) and other persons shall not be sold under any consideration.
Before he died, Don Pedro donated all his properties to the Hospicio on January 2, 1926 for the perpetual maintenance and management of the hospice.
Don Pedro died on June 5, 1926, the administration of the hospice was transferred to his sister, Dona Benigna who also died on March 22, 1929. The administration of the hospice, was taken over by Mauricio Cui (who died on May 8, 1931), a nephew and Don Dionisio Jakosalem (who died on July 1, 1931). Thereafter, Dr. Teodoro Cui, a son of Mauricio became the administrator from July 2, 1931 until he resigned on February 27, 1960. Lawyer Antonio Ma. Cui assumed the administration replacing Dr. Cui. Romulo Cui also became administrator and lawyer Douglas Sanson as Officer in Charge in the 1980's.
The hospice, called by many as home for the aged, faced a legal problem when on September 23, 2005 the Supreme Court declared that a part of its property be covered by the Agrarian Reform under P.D. 27 and Republic Act 6657.
Don Pedro was a friend and business partner of Don Marciano Duterte Panares, who was originally from Naga but married Juliana Paras of Barili.
Today, the Hospicio de San Jose de Barili continues to serve the aged and incapacitated of Cebu, this primarily because of the vision of love to humanity of Don Pedro Revilles and his sister Dona Benigna.
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