Abella streets in Cebu City

There are two streets in Cebu City named after members of the Abella clan. Tomas and Pablo Abella streets.

Tomas Abella Street

The street formerly known as Tuti, from corner Tupas Street to corner Tres de Abril Street, is known as Tomas Abella Street. It is where the St. Mary's Academy and the San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish are situated.

The street's former name, Tuti, was the name of a Chinese businessman residing in the San Nicolas District who joined the Katipunan in its uprising against Spain in 1898.

Tomas, meanwhile, was a councilor of the then Municipality of Cebu from 1929 to 1931. The position of councilor was honorary then as it did not carry with it any remuneration.

During his lifetime, Tomas Abella was active in community work, having been a member of church organizations devoted to civic work. Just a year before his death, he was elected Hermano Mayor of San Nicolas.

City Ordinance No. 889 approved on July 25, 1974 named the street in his honor.

Pablo U. Abella Street

Pablo U. Abella Street, meanwhile is the unnamed street from corner Salvador Extension up to the end of Happy Valley in Barangay Labangon. Pablo was a Doctor of Medicine, who studied at the University of Sto. Tomas. He served as member of the Cebu City Council for 16 consecutive years. This was from 1969 to 1987. He was the author of the ordinances that provided for the, among others, creation the Cebu City Pound, revision of the Sanitary Code, and the Cebu City School of Nursing.

City Ordinance No. 2070, approved on March 15, 2006 on motion of councilors Pacaña, Carillo and Abellanosa, named the street in his honor.