Poverty Incidence of Liloan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] One of the best known landmarks in Lilo‑an is its historic lighthouse at Bagacay Point.
The current tower was constructed in 1904 by order of William Howard Taft,[18] the first Governor-General of the Philippines and later the President of the United States.
[22] The making of these little ringlet cookies dates back to 1907, when 21-year-old Margarita Corazon "Titay" Frasco (single, unmarried) was tinkering in her kitchen with her baking ingredients and made her new culinary creation.
Kneading the dough manually and using a wooden eggbeater, some baking tins and a clay oven, she started a product that would put her little town in the national and international map of gastronomic delight.
The market for her unnamed cookie started with her neighbors and passers-by who were offered the snack with a bottle of soda.
It was Sergio Osmeña (then Cebu governor, who later became Philippine president), who gave it the name "Rosquillo" after the Spanish word rosca.
The “premium heritage brand” biscuits have been a regular stopover of tourists and locals travelling north of Cebu.
[23][24] In 2013, the flagship store which produces 360,000 rosquillos a day was transformed into a café for 45 customers serving penato (peanuts), banana chips and binangkal, among others.
However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No.