How can the Spanish stay in the Visayas instead of move the capital to Manila. Why would the Spanish want to move somewhere else where the people are hostile to them. The Cebuanos were more loyal to the Spanish than the Tagalogs. Moving the capital to Manila is like the Spanish moving her capital to Barcelona because it is a rich port. It would also be like moving the capital of Mexico to Merida, Yucatan. Why did they risk such a move? There's a better location for the capital in Iloilo. I wonder what would happen to Cordillera if the capital was in the Visayas.