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HIGHEST HONOR French Ambassador Marie Fontanel pinning the Order of Arts and Letters medal on Arsenio Lizaso When we think of knights, we imagine valiant men serving the throne clad in shining armor. We remember the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, noble figures who sought...

HEROES OF THE NATION From top clockwise: General Gregorio del Pilar , Josefa Escoda, Apolinario Mabini, Leon Kilat, Chief Justice José Abad Santos, Brigadier General Vicente Lim, General Antonio Luna,  and Diego Silang “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero” is a famous line from the play...

MUSIC HEALS String and flute quartet and The Nightingales harnessing the healing power of music On June 2, soothing musical melodies and angelic voices in perfect harmony filled the corridors and halls of the UERM Memorial Medical Center along Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City. For an hour or so,...

The Philippine International Literary Festival happens this month and onward Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa describes literature as “the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” Simply put, it’s the best kind of distraction. If so, then literature could easily be considered an “essential...

How the Cultural Center of the Philippines is marrying tradition with modernity INSTRUMENTAL Kubing , a Philippine jaw harp from bamboo With well over 50 years of providing and preserving our cultural heritage through the arts, once again, CCP is opening its doors to Filipino artists who crave to...