Music, education, and literature take center stage this November as the Embassy of Spain, through its Cultural and Education Offices and the Instituto Cervantes, unveils a vibrant calendar of cultural events. Renowned Spanish baritone Luis Llaneza will inspire aspiring vocalists through master...
CAMP PRESIDENT QUIRINO, Bantay, Ilocos Sur – A 24-year-old man allegedly hit and killed his 74-year-old mother after she scolded him in Sitio Banga-an, Barangay Dinwede West, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur on Friday afternoon, Dec. 20. Police Capt. Alden Isang, Cervantes chief of police, identified the...
CERVANTES, Ilocos Sur – A farmer was allegedly hacked to death by a fellow farmer during a heated altercation over irrigation water in Barangay San Juan, this town, on Thursday, July 25. Police identified the victim as Dante B. Valdez, 50. Investigation disclosed that the suspect, Ariel A. Agcon,...
Did you know that Tagalog had its first grammar published before many European languages? The linguistic milestone can be greatly credited to the Spanish grammarian Elio Antonio de Nebrija, who played a pivotal role in that development. On March 12, Instituto Cervantes unveiled at its Intramuros...
Instituto Cervantes will be presenting a lecture on the historical value of San Nicolas, and also launching an exhibit by the Urban Sketchers depicting the state of the neighborhood today. Scheduled during the Heritage Month, the said events will be held at Instituto Cervantes’ center in...
Película Spanish Film Festival is set to return to the big screens Spain is heading to Asia as Película Spanish Film Festival holds its 21st edition this coming October. After two years of virtual celebrations, the movie fest goes back to face-to-face screenings, bringing the best of Spanish...
The embassy of Spain, Instituto Cervantes, AECID, and UN-OCHA collaborate on an exhibit that sounds alarm bells on climate change IMAGES OF DESTRUCTION The exhibit paints a clear picture of the tragedy and wreckage caused by Typhoon Rai As most of Western Europe grapples with a heatwave, the...
Putting great value on a devalued piece of history San Nicolas The district of San Nicolas has great historical value. The interaction between Spanish and Chinese influences that largely contributed to Filipino identity took place at Chinatown, which San Nicolas is part of. Here, you can find...
Instituto Cervantes on a mission to recover Philippine literature in Spanish Apart from the hand-writing chain of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel “Don Quixote,” Instituto Cervantes de Manila also held invited Filipino poetry lovers to an online recording of Phil-Hispanic poems during its recent...
Instituto Cervantes organizes a concert by Spanish artist Pedro Bonet For the first time in two years, Instituto Cervantes, the cultural arm of the Embassy of Spain, will hold a concert on Tuesday, May 3 at 3 p.m., at the National Museum of Fine Arts (3rd Floor, old Senate Hall). This is the first...
Día del Libro is back! Did you know that Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes and English playwright William Shakespeare both died on the same day? Two of history's greatest writers coincidentally passed away on April 23, 1616. And this prompted UNESCO to declare in 1995 that from then on April 23...
Instituto de Cervantes brings Película 2020 closer to home with its first-ever virtual film fest ‘We believe that culture is an important tool against the isolation and alienation that the pandemic has brought to our lives.’ Not even the Covid-19 pandemic can stop Instituto...
