komiks, especially during the time when it was dominated by male writers
Elena Patron (Image from Elena Patron-delos Angeles Facebook account)
Award-winning Filipina scriptwriter, essayist, dramatist, and novelist
Elena Patron-delos Angeles, commonly known, as
Elena Patron, passed away on Jan.14, Thursday, at age 87. News about her demise was shared by entertainment journalist
Mell Navarro through a Facebook post.
A prolific writer and a legend in the local publishing scene, Patron was a writer and columnist for
Liwayway Magazine’s movies and women’s pages. Throughout her writing career, she was able to chat with some of show business’ brightest stars, including American actor
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Since the end of last year until the beginning of 2020, PRC said that it has been able to respond to a series of disasters such as the Mindanao earthquake, the Taal volcanic eruption, the COVID pandemic, as well as consecutive typhoons “Rolly” and “Ulysses” due to the help of its partners and donors.
PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sen. Richard Gordon noted that in every response, donors were within reach, enabling the PRC help those who have been affected.
“As we move forward, we look back in a tumultuous year – (the) Philippine Red Cross has been in the heart of calamities and the pandemic, providing response and relief to the most vulnerable,” he added.
My father is Serafin Cruz Guinigundo, Apin to his friends, whom everybody thought was a fool for reciting Filipino poetry for hours before an old family mirror one summer afternoon. He commandeered it and carried it down and placed it under a fruit tree. He was barely ten when my grandmother Juliana rushed to ask him what was wrong with his mind. Some of my father’s playmates apparently suspected he went nuts and told on him.
So many things my father taught me, and this was one of them. If I wanted to do good with my craft, I must practice to perfection.
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