Pedro Estrera was given due recognition and was made first Capitan. Although well-entrenched, they were annihilated by American Liberation Forces, aided by local resistance fighters. Thousands of Japanese died here, literally littering the hills with their bones. The Church of Poro celebrated its 150th year in 1997 and will have its tri-centennial anniversary as a town in 2001. People Porohanons are descended from generations of seafarers who came and tamed the restless sea - the sea that in turn defined and shaped their lives.
Parents support their children all the way.
This is reflected in their commitment to send their children to schools in Cebu mainland despite the physical, geographical, and psychological distance that they have to endure, or the strain on the family's meager income from fishing, farming, teaching and other manual labor. Dialect A distinction that separates Porohanons from the rest is their subdialect which is a combination of Cebuano, Waray, Boholano and Ilongo.