The Price of Ignorance: Gloria Diaz is censured to be a “persona non grata” in Cebu

Gloria Diaz is censured to be a persona non grata in Cebu, after her statement on national tv stirred so much anger among the Cebuanos (or Sugbuanons), the locals of Cebu.

"Persona non grata (Latin, plural: personae non gratae), literally meaning "an unwelcome person", is a legal term used in diplomacy that indicates a proscription against a person entering the country" (or a city).






The statement made by Gloria Diaz on national TV was not taken lightly by the Cebuanos, which was an issue that was reckoned at Cebu's provincial government.

Gloria Diaz is censured to be a persona non grata in Cebu.

In an interview in a local TV station, Provincial Board Member Agnes Magpale stated that Gloria Diaz needs to issue a public apology to the Cebuanos.  "If not," she added, "the Provincial Board might approve a resolution that would declare her persona non grata in the province." (source: Inquirer Global)


In another news article, Gloria Diaz says she did not mean any harm in that statement and that she just made an example of the Cebuana, but did not mean to insult anyone.  What she does not realize is that, it might be too late to take back any of her words.

What Diaz totally forgot while the tape was rolling for the interview that stirred controversy is that, there are people like the Cebuanas (and Cebuanos) who take pride in their dialect as one strong bond that unites them as people.  Anyone who in a way belittles the Cebuanos or Cebuanas is taken as an enemy of the province.   
If such sense of identity is only enlarged on a national scale, we can only imagine how great the Philippines will become. 

Take it or leave it, and some might even think it is too much a "regionalistic" attitude, but that is precisely one of the reasons why Cebu's economy is bustling at a very rapid rate: its people, the SUGBUANONS, taking pride in its own character, trade and craft.  Quite a thought for investors too.  

Click here TO VIEW the ACTUAL INTERVIEW of GLORIA DIAZ that angered the Cebuanos.



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