ONE doesn’t turn 70 everyday, and writer Alma Cruz Miclat decided that her 70
th birthday was the perfect day to release the second volume of her book celebrating Filipino poets, writers, and artists.
“The bulk of the book consists of features about Filipino poets, writers, and artists who make our country proud,” she said during her birthday party cum book launch on Zoom on December 15. These were collated from her articles in the aforementioned daily, but also the National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ (NCCA)
Sanghaya journals, among others.
Soul Searchers and Dreamers Volume II, is a sequel to the book released in 2015.
Gen. Gilbert Gapay
(PHILIPPINE ARMY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Gapay said the awardees “went the extra mile in the fulfillment of their respective mandates” which contributed to the accomplishment of the AFP’s endeavors. Recognized were Staff Sgt. Jose Salvador Silva as Enlisted Personnel of the Year; Engelbert Avena as Model Civilian Supervisor of the Year; Ervin Yano as Model Civilian Human Resource of the Year; Lt. Commander Xytorr Neil Lising as Male ROTC Cadet of the Year; and Cadet Major Judy Ann Canate as Female ROTC Cadet of the Year. Gapay handed the “Kapayapaan Award” to the Philip Morris-Fortune Tobacco Corp. Inc. for their Corporate Social Responsibility program “Project Embrace”; Danny Rayos del Sol, president of Mirasol Outreach Foundation Inc.; Alex Estrella Pantua, chairman of Alliance of Pastors for Mission; and Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines Inc.