What is the history of barangay Lahug?

Answer 1

The History of Lahug
LAHUG is a saga of growth and expansion. The entire area was once covered by a vast expanse of towering trees which covered hundreds of hectares within the span of a lifetime, however, it has metaphor into an upper class suburban area. Before world war II the elite chose to reside in this quite and cool place. In the 1950's an intervening businessman built a fashionable suburban housing development project patterned after the San Francisco's hillside homes - The Beverly Hills of Cebu. This classy residential district had come to mean the ultimate modern living. The view of the city from Beverly Hills is superb. A radio-television network DYTV and Channel 13 is built atop Beverly hills.
Lahug used to be a by-word of local air travelers. It was in Lahug airport where Cebu was linked, axiomatically speaking to Manila and other cities and provinces of the archipelago. In 1967 airport operations were transferred to Mactan Island owing to a bigger airstrip and to lessen the danger of airplanes crashes night in the heart of the city as Lahug Airport was only a few kilometers from downtown Cebu. Lahug however was urained an alternate landing area for the Mactan international Airport.
When Lahug was yet forestland, insurrectors used to sank refuge in the numerous files of heavily-foliated trees. Spaniards could not penetrate the nearly inaccessible paths of the jungles. But the natives could easily weave in and out of the way (Lahug-Lahug in Cebuano). This forest came to be known as Lahug-lahug and with the peoples knack for shortening terms, in time came to be known as LAHUG.