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As our collective ‘date’ with the new administration draws closer, thoughts inevitably turn to the economic challenges this new government will have to face. It’s no big secret that over the decades, one of most reliable of Philippine exports has be
The life and contributions of these great Filipino artists It’s been 50 years since visual artist Fernando Amorsolo became the first National Artist of the Philippines. Since 1972, the Order of National Artists of the Philippines has been regarded as “the highest national recognition given to Fil
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A gold-plated medallion for the National Artist Award(Photo courtesy of National Commission for Culture and the Arts) MANILA - Multi-awarded actress Nora Aunor and seven other prominent personalities in Philippine culture and arts have been named National Artists for 2022. The announcement of new National Artists was made through Proclamation 1390 inked by President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday. The issuance of Proclamation 1390 was confirmed by National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in their respective Facebook posts on the night it was signed. Nora Aunor, who is Nora Cabaltera Villamayor in real life, was hailed as National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts. Aunor shared the honor with screenwriter Ricardo Lee and the late director Marilou Diaz-Abaya. Her contributions to the film and broadcast arts depicted the Filipinos' "everyday realities and aspirations" in some of the most important Filipino fil
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