After its 1991 Sinulog festival, the town woke up to discover their patron saint and other valuables missing including images of San Roque and San Isidro. There were reports that four suspects had boarded a boat bound for Cebu but the trail went cold and neither suspects nor missing items were found.
Malitbog’s image is an almost exact replica of Cebu’s original, relatively small and entirely of wood. It may date from the 18th century when the town was founded. Pictures were occasionally posted by later innocent owners but the image has many lookalikes and no one made a connection.
This story is from the October 26, 2020 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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