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Indauluan ni Manuel P. Urbano (pimmusayen) nga ad-adda nga am-ammo iti nagan a Manuel Conde dagiti baro a pito a National Artist wenno “gameng ti pagilian iti tay-ak ti arte”, kas impakaammo ti Malakanyang itay Hulio 29. Mapadayawan ni Urbano, maibilang a maysa kadagiti kalaingan a direktor iti pelikula idi 1950s, kas “National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts”. Maibilang kadagiti gapuananna ti klasiko a “Juan Tamad” series. Kadua ni Conde a maipaayan iti kangatuan a pammadayaw a mabalin nga ited ti gobierno ti Filipinas kadagiti adipen ti arte dagiti sumaganad: * Lazaro A. Francisco (pimmusayen), “National Artist for Literature”, naipaayanen iti Republic Cultural Heritage Award, ken nobelista iti Liwayway magazine, kabsat a magasin ti BANNAWAG, idi 1920s agingga idi 1960s; *Federico Aguilar Alcuaz, maysa a multi-media artist, “National Artist for Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media”; *Cecilia Guidote Alvarez, “National Artist for Theater”. Ni Alvarez ti pundador ti Phil

No kinnantaanto pay met laeng, saan nga agpaabak ti Filipinas kas ipaneknek ti panangyalat ti tallo a Filipino children’s choir kadagiti kangrunaan a gunggona iti nadumaduma a kategoria iti 1st World Choir Championships a naangay iti South Korea itay nabiit. Inyalat ti Calasiao Children’s Chorus ti umuna a gunggona iti Folkloric category iti Korean International Open Choir Competition, ken gold medal iti Korean International Open Choir Competitionh. Inyalat met ti Mandaue Children’s Choir ti umuna a gunggona, Children’s Choir category, Grand Prix of Choral Music idinto a naipaay met ti gold prize iti Young Voices of the Adventist University of the Philippines ti gold prize, Children’s Choir category, 2nd Asia Choir Game; ken silver prize, Music of the Religious category, 2nd Asian Choir Game. Naipaayan dagiti tallo a choral group iti sag-$12,000 wenno agarup P580,000 iti panangabakda. Bannawag, Agosto 10, 2009.

Impakaammo ni Sekretario Jesli Lapus a pagannurotan itan iti Departamento ti Edukasion ti pannakausar ti nakayanakan a pagsasao a kas kangrunaan a lengguahe iti panagisuro manipud iti pre-school agingga iti di nababbaba ngem maikatlo a grado. Winaswas ti Dep-Ed Order No. 74, series of 2009, ti 35 anios a direktiba iti dua a lengguahe a panagisuro a naipaulog idi dekada 70 a nakaibilinan nga Ingles ken Filipino laeng dagiti lengguahe a pagisuro. Saan nga Ingles wenno Filipino ti umuna a lengguahe (L1) ti kaaduan a Filipino. Kinuna ni Lapus a panggep daytoy naisangsangayan a pagannurotan a maam-ammo kas mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) ti mangpadur-as iti edukasion ken mangitandudo iti Edukasion para iti Amin wenno Education for All (EFA). Inagapadna dagiti takuat kadagiti internasional ken lokal a panagsukisok, a kas nagbatayan itoy baro a pammilin ti DepEd: • Nalaklaka a makapidut dagiti agad-adal kadagiti reading skills no usarenda ti umuna a lengguahe (L1) ngem no ti

Makapagbiagen a natalinaay dagiti nataengan iti Ilocos Sur nga awan mangaywan a pamiliada iti pannakalukat ti Provincial Home for the Aged iti abay ti Magsingal District Hospital itoy nga ili idi Hulio 8. Makalaon iti 15 katao, sungbatan ti gobierno probinsial ti amin a kasapulan dagiti babbaket ken lallakay manipud iti pagtaengan, kawes, taraon, bitamina, agas ken mataraken dagitoy babaen dagiti nadutokan a nurses ken caregivers. No adda agsagubanit kadakuada, sidadaan met ti district hospital iti abay ti pasdek a mangakomodar kadakuada. Segun iti mangimaton iti Home for the Aged a ni Francis Dacanay, addan lima a nangidamo a matartaraken ditoy idinto a sumarsaruno pay ti dadduma a maiserrek ditoy. Karaman kadagiti naiserreken ditoy dagiti agassawa a Rufo Soberano, 85 ken Jovita Soberano, 75 (Pussuac, Sto. Domingo); Benedicto Guerrero, 72, ken Patricio Roldan, 85 agpada a baro (Nalasin, Sto. Domingo); ken Rolly Roque, 62 (Brgy. IV, Vigan City). Kinuna met ni Gov. DV Savellano a sagut

Maangay ti regular a miting ti GUMIL Metro Manila, ti gunglo dagiti mannurat iti Kamanilaan ken kabangibangna a probinsia, inton Agosto 9, 2009, 10 AM iti pagtaengan da Leo ken Dr. Zita Fagaragan iti Block 24, Lot 97, Talaba Alley, Phase 3D, Kaunlaran Village, Caloocan City, kas impakaammo ni Engr. Ansel D. Cargo, presidente ti gunglo. Mapagpapatangan iti nasao a miting dagiti nadumaduma nga aktibidad ken proyekto ti gunglo. Para iti dadduma pay nga impormasion umawag iti telepono, 527-8121 loc 345, wenno agteks iti selpon 0918-745-8792. (MAC) Bannawag, Hulio 3, 2009.

Impakaammo ti Malakanyang itay lawasna dagiti regular a piesta opisial, espesial nga aldaw nga awan serrek, ken espesial a piesta opisial iti 2010. Regular a piesta opisial: Enero 1, Aldaw ti Baro a Tawen; Abril 1, Huebes Santo; Abril 2, Biernes Santo; Abril 9, Aldaw ti Kinamaingel; Mayo 1, Aldaw dagiti Mangmangged; Hunio 14, Aldaw ti Panagwaywayas; Agosto 30, Aldaw dagiti Nailian a Bannuar; Nobiembre 29, Aldaw ni Andres Bonifacio; Disiembre 25, Aldaw ti Paskua; ken, Disiembre 30, Aldaw ni Jose Rizal. Espesial nga aldaw nga awan serrek: Agosto 23, Aldaw ni Ninoy Aquino; Nobiembre 1, Aldaw dagiti Amin Santo; Disiembre 24, nayon nga espesial nga aldaw nga awan serrek; ken, Disiembre 31, Maudi nga Aldaw ti Tawen. Espesial a piesta opisial kadagiti amin a pagadalan ti Pebrero 22 (Edsa Revolution Anniversary). Ti proklamasion a maideklara a piesta opisial ti Eid’l Fitr ken Eid’l Adha a paset ti kannawidan ti Islam a maramrambakan kas rehional a piesta opisial iti Autonomous Region in Muslim

The Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), the biggest and longest-running book fair in the Philippines, turns 30 this year. The 30th Manila International Book Fair is set on Sept. 16-20, at the SMX Convention Center, Seashell Drive, Mall of Aisa Complex, Pasay City. For three decades now, MIBF has united local and foreign publishers, wholesalers, retailers, book lovers and collectors, librarians, authors and publishers’ representatives. Through economic ups and downs, it has also continuously contributed to the reading awareness of the Filipino by being the venue for book launches, dialogues with readers, and other book-related activities that reach out to a wide audience. Showcasing a huge number of books and learning materials are A-Z Direct Marketing, A Different Bookstore/Asian Books, Abe Wood Toys, Academic Book Sales, Adarna House, Adbox Book Distributors, Alexan Commercial, Anvil Publishing, Arc N Ciel/ Britannica, Asia/Pacific Circulation Exponents, Asiatype Distribution, Aten

‘Sa Amin May Sining’ is Quezon’s First at the GSIS Museum of Art Kuta ng Sining, an art center formed in 2005 right in the heart of the province, that is Lucena City, is proud to present for the very first time 17 contemporary Quezon artists together in “Sa Amin May Sining”, an art exhibition at the GSIS Museum of Art in Pasay City on August 7 to 29, 2009. Lucena City’s pride are Artemio Importante Bermido, Jr. who calls his paintings “Stimuli”; Buen Franklin Anthony Capulong Calubayan, one of the awarded 13 Artists of CCP 2009; Bianca Marquez who fascination with mosaics started in college and uses broken tiles, found objects and semi precious stones in her works; Monar D. Baldemor, son of internationally renowned painter Manuel Baldemor, and Jennifer San Agustin Sanchez, a practicing architect. While Lucban is most famous for its Pahiyas Festival, it has also produced various artists like Noel P. Bueza who uses flowers, birds, human figures, and historical churches as expressive ele

Veronica Velasco and Jinky Laurel’s “Last Supper No. 3’’ won Best Film in the full-length feature category of the all-digital 2009 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition, while Special Jury Prize was shared by two films — “Colorum’’ by Jon Steffan Ballesteros and “Ang Panggahasa Kay Fe’’ by Alvin Yapan. This was announced in the Cinemalaya awarding rites held Sunday at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. “Last Supper No. 3’’ was cited as Best Film “for its treatment of comedy as an accessible and artistic form, its satirical depictions of individual naivete and the social fabric, and its ability to give us something to laugh and think about at the same time…”. Based on a true story, “Last Supper No. 3 ’’ is a humorous look at the circuitous path the Philippine legal system takes to justice. The story’s lead character Wilson Nañawa (played by Joey Paras), an assistant production designer, is tasked to look for a Last Supper to use as a prop for a TV commercial. He find

Boston Gallery will be featuring two simultaneous solo exhibitions from July 11 to 31, 2009: Terra Nouva, a collection of recent semi-abstract landscapes gy Erwin Leano (Upper Gallery) and pensiEVE, Ninel Constantino’s second one-woman show of figurative paintings in oil on canvas (Lower Gallery). Terra Nouva unveils Erwin Leano’s recent landscapes in oil on canvas: desolate and uninhabited territories that veer towards abstraction in their representations of land and sky. Leano’s palette remains colored yet muted: capturing the nuances of dusk and dawn in uncharted land. This is a progression of his works from the artist’s last solo show. pensiEVE, Ninel Constantino’s secod one-woman exhibition, is a collection of figurative, almost illustrative paintings serving as an “ode to young women’s memories”, as the artist puts it. Terra Nouva and pensiEVE will run up to the 31st of July at Boston Gallery, #72 Lantana Street, Cubao, Quezon City. For inquiries, contact the gallery at 722-9205.

A new collection of poetry edited by Cirilo Bautista and Ken Ishikawa entitled “Crowns and Oranges: Works by Young Philippine Poets,” was launched recently as a tribute to youth and their intense and enjoyable contemplation of the future. The collection features works that respond to social and personal realities such as love and its different aspects on the one hand, and terror and war on the other hand. The poets also flesh out their childhood mythology and the cosmology of their growth to maturity. There is talk about death, the sanctity of memory and simple things, and the erection of monuments to moments when life pulses so strongly. Contributors include Anina Abola, Alexander Agena, Jr., Arnold Aldaba, Mark Angeles, Marthy Angue, Glenn Vincent Atanacio, Imelda Morales Aznar, Michael Balili, R. Javier Bengzon, Anna Bernaldo-Romulo, Marie Bismonte, Raymond John A. de Borja, Raymond Calbay, Catherine Candano, Karen Ann Capco, Jennifer Patricia A . Carino, Mark Anthony Cayanan, Jose

Ongoing until July 30, 2009 is “13:52 GAWA DOS,” the GSIS Museo ng Sining Lower Gallery art exhibition for the month of July. “13:52 Gawa Dos” looks at the state of Contemporary Philippine Art from the country’s largest metropolitan centers-Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. The exhibition, which tackles the diversity-similarity of aesthetics and art making in both regions as they affect and effect in the making of Philippine Art today, presents the works of Cebu City artists Bamble Beltran, Gary Carabio, Sio Montera, Palmy Pre-Tudtud, and Jes Evangelista, Josef Laureano, Amanda Legasto, Derrick Macutay, JCrisanto Martinez, and Marga Rodriguez. The GSIS Museo ng Sining Lower Gallery is located at the GSIS Building, Financial center, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City 1308 Philippines. For inquiries pleas call Ms. Leslie Fangonil at (632) 479-35-88 or Mr. Joey Martinez at (+63) 922-331-41-08. Online inquiries can be channeled thru info@artepinas.tk or log on to the website www.artepinas.tk.

The National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the National Committee on Literary Arts (NCLA) and the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practice (AILAP) are now accepting manuscripts for the UBOD series 2009. 12 writers who have not released book-length titles will be given a chance to have their first book published under UBOD New Authors Series. Four manuscripts written in four languages of each of the three major Philippine Island groups: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be chosen. The manuscript should be 40-60 pages in chapbook length. 20-40 poems or 5-10 short fiction. The most exceptional pieces in their manuscript shall be translated into Filipino or English. Send two copies of the manuscript to the Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practice (AILAP) c/o The Department of Filipino, 3 rd Floor Dela Costa Bldg., School of Humanities , Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights , Quezon City 1108. Include a CD of the manuscript and one page curriculum vitae with t

The Ateneo Institute of Literary Arts and Practices (AILAP) is accepting applicants for the 9th Ateneo National Writers’ Workshop (ANWW) set on 19-22 October. Submit a portfolio in triplicate of any of the following; five poems, three short stories written in Filipino or English with a title page bearing the author’s pseudonym and a table of contents. The portfolio must also be accompanied by a CD containing a file of the documents saved in MSWord or rich text format. All submissions must include a sealed envelope containing the author’s name, address, contact number, e-mail address and a one-page resume including a literary CV with a 1X1 ID picture. Eight fellows will be chosen. Food and accommodation will be provided. Address entries to ailap.admu.edu.ph or AILAP c/o Department of Filipino, School of Humanities, 3rd Flr. Dela Costa Bldg. Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City 1108. Deadline of submission will be on Aug. 30. For more information visit www.ailap.org.

By Gigi Muñoz David Manila Standard Education Secretary Jesli Lapus has signed Department of Education Order 74 nullifying the 35-year-old bilingual directive laid down in the 1970s on English and Filipino as the only languages of instruction. Neither of the languages is the first language (L1) of most Filipinos. Lapus said findings of various local initiatives and international studies in basic education have validated the superiority of the use of the learner’s mother tongue or L1 in improving learning outcomes and promoting Education For All. He added the Order 74 institutionalizes the use of mother tongue as a fundamental educational policy and program in the department in the whole stretch of formal education including preschool and in the Alternative Learning System. The policy widely referred to as mother tongue-based multilingual education aims to improve learning outcomes and promote EFA. Lapus cited findings from international and local research such as learners acquire readi

The use of the mother tongue as primary medium of instruction from pre-school up to at least grade three is now a Department of Education policy, Secretary Jesli A. Lapus announced last July 14. DEP-ED Order No. 74, series of 2009, nullifies the 35-year old bilingual directive laid down in the 1970s on English and Filipino as the only languages of instruction. Neither English nor Filipino is the first language (L1) of most Filipinos. The historic policy widely referred to as mother tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) aims to improve learning outcomes and promote Education for All (EFA), Lapus said. Citing findings from international and local research, he stated that:  Learners acquire reading skills more easily in their first language (L1) than in a second language (L2);  Pupils who start to speak, read and write in their L1 learn an L2, like English, more quickly than those exclusively taught in an L2.  Learners develop cognitive, linguistic and academic competenci

By VIM NADERA GODOFREDO REYES, The Pride of Ilocandia, Dr. Paul Zaparalla’s English translation of Eliseo Bragado Contillo’s Tan-ok ti Kailokuan , the biography of Dr. Godofredo S. Reyes, is supposed to be published soon. However, Dr. Reyes could not wait for the said book about him, foreworded by Juan S.P. Hidalgo Jr., a former managing editor of Bannawag, and edited by Cles Rambaud, editor of Bannawag, the best-selling weekly Iloko magazine, where he used to contribute. The Poet Laureate of Ilocandia-- who excelled in Bucanegan or the extemporaneous verbal joust in Iluko-- died from a “lingering illness” on July 5 at the age of 91. A businessman, mayor, governor, congressman, educator, and founder/president/chairman of the board of St. Mary’s College in his hometown in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur-- Dr. Reyes practiced medicine in Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, and Nueva Ecija after serving as the battalion surgeon of the 66th Infantry that fought in Northern Luzon during World War II. During the

By VIM NADERA GODOFREDO REYES, The Pride of Ilocandia, Dr. Paul Zaparalla’s English translation of Eliseo Bragado Contillo’s Tan-ok ti Kailokuan , the biography of Dr. Godofredo S. Reyes, is supposed to be published soon. However, Dr. Reyes could not wait for the said book about him, foreworded by Juan S.P. Hidalgo Jr., a former managing editor of Bannawag, and edited by Cles Rambaud, editor of Bannawag, the best-selling weekly Iloko magazine, where he used to contribute. The Poet Laureate of Ilocandia-- who excelled in Bucanegan or the extemporaneous verbal joust in Iluko-- died from a “lingering illness” on July 5 at the age of 91. A businessman, mayor, governor, congressman, educator, and founder/president/chairman of the board of St. Mary’s College in his hometown in Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur-- Dr. Reyes practiced medicine in Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan, and Nueva Ecija after serving as the battalion surgeon of the 66th Infantry that fought in Northern Luzon during World War II. During the

Paksang Diwa: “Wikang Filipino: Mula Baler Hanggang Buong Pilipinas” Mga Gawain/Aktibidad Gawad Surian sa Sanaysay 2009 Ang Gawad Surian sa Sanaysay 2009 ay timpalak sa pormal na pagsulat ng Sanaysay sa Wikang Filipino na magkatuwang na itinataguyod ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino na kaalinsabay na ginaganap sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa. Layunin: Maitaas ang antas ng paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa pagsulat; Komprehensibong mailahad ang tema Tuntunin: 1. Bukas ang timpalak sa lahat, maliban sa mga kawani ng KWF. 2. Orihinal ang lahok, hindi salin sa ibang wika at hindi pa nalalathala. 3. Kakanselahin ng KWF ang ipinagwaging lahok sa timpalak at hindi na muling makasasali pa sa alinmang timpalak ng KWF ang sinumang nahuli at napatunayang nagkasala ng pangongopya. 4. Ang manalo sa unang gantimpala nang nakaraang taon 2006 hanggang 2008 ay hindi maaaring sumali. 5. Ang paksa ng Timpalak ay “Wikang Filipino-Binhing sa Baler Nag-ugat, sa Buong Bansa’y Lumaganap”. 6. Ang lahok

The 2009 Cinemalaya independent film festival and competition, now on its fifth year and billed “Cinemalaya Cinco,” will unveil 20 new digital films that will compete on July 17-26, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Some 25 new independent films will also be premiered during the Festival. Ten films will compete in the full length category including five newbies: Pepe Diokno of “Engkwentro,” GB Sampedro of “Astig (Mga Batang Kalye),” Vic Acedillo, Jr. of “Ang Nerseri (The Nursery),” Jerrold Tarog of “Mangatyanan (The Blood Trail),” and Alvin Yapan of “Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe”. Director-writer Pepe Diokno is the youngest person ever to be awarded a Cinemalaya grant, at only 21 years old. Completing the 10 are “24K” by Ana Agabin, “Colorum” by Jon Steffan Ballesteros; “Dinig Sana Kita” by Mike E. Sandejas; “Last Supper No. 3” by Veronica Velasco and Jinky Laurel; and “Sanglaan” by Milo Sogueco. Competing in the short film category are: “Behind Closed Doors” by Mark Philipp Espina

The National Book Development Board (NBDB), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA), Vibal Foundation, and Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP) are giving aspiring poets a chance to have their poems posted in LRT trains as part of the Tulaan sa Tren readership promotion campaign. Rules and guidelines: 1. The contest is open from 22 June 2009 until 22 July 2009 to all Filipino citizens of all ages. 2. The NBDB will accept original, unpublished poems with the theme Journeys/Paglalakbay. Entries may be in English, Filipino, or any of the regional languages (with English or Tagalog translation if written in a regional language) and should be up to 200 words long. Only one (1) poem per author will be accepted. 3. The Board of Judges will select three (3) winners each for the English and Filipino categories. For each category, the Grand Prize winner will receive P5,000.00, second prize winner will receive P3,000.00, and third prize winner will receive P2,000.00. Winning entries

“Iti panagsaknap ti globalisasion a mamagbalin kadatayo amin iti lubong a maymaysa ti uritna a pakapukawantayo a babbabassit a pagilian, nasken nga itandudotayo ti bukodtayo nga identidad ket subliantayo ti bukodtayo a namaris a napalabas, iti tay-ak ti kultura ken pakasaritaantayo. Daytoy met ti pagpuonantayo a rumang-ay.” Daytoy ti kinuna ni Sen. Edgardo J. Angara bayat ti pannakaiparang ti sumagmamano nga eksena ti sarsuela a “Baler sa Puso Ko” kadagiti agiwarwarnak iti pasken a naangay iti Intramuros, Manila itay Hulio 16. Maiparangto ti “moderno a sarsuela” bayat ti panangrambak ti ili ti Baler iti probinsia ti Aurora iti maika-400 nga anibersario ti pannakapundarna a kas ili inton Agosto 12-15. Kinuna pay ni Angara, tubo iti Baler, a gapu met laeng itoy gannuat ti opisinana iti pannakitinnulong ti National Commission for Culture and the Arts ken dadduma pay nga ahensia a “panagsubli iti kultural ken historikal a napalabas”, natakuatanda a namsek iti kinabaknang iti tay-ak ti kult

Mayalnag inton Hulio 16 ti baro ken maikapat a libro ti Nakem Conferences, ti Sukimat: Researches on Ilokano and Amianan Studies. Mayalnag ti nasao a libro iti Mariano Marcos State University, Laoag City. Manamnama a dumar-ay iti nasao a pasken dagiti partisipante iti main-inaw a Mother Language Education Forum, dagiti opisial kadagiti pagadalan, lider-politikal kadagiti gobierno lokal, ken amin nga adda pannakainaigna iti pannakaitantudo ti kultura iti Kailokuan. Inedit da Dr. Aurelio Solver Agcaoili ti Nakem Conferences International ken ti Unibersidad ti Hawai’i; Dr. Anabelle Castro Felipe ti Nakem Conferences Philippines ken Mariano Marcos State University College of Teacher Education; ken Dr. Alegria Tan Visaya, presidente ti Nakem Conferences Philippines, sekretaria ti Board of Regents ken propesora iti MMSU Graduate School, ti nasao a libro. Addaan ti libro iti pakauna a balikas babaen ken ni Dr. Miriam Pascua, presidente ti Mariano Marcos State University ken maysa kadagiti mam

Pimmusay ni Lt. Col. Onofre Gundran Lagmay (ret.) ti Philippine Air Force ken mannurat iti BANNAWAG idi Mayo 26, 2009 iti tawenna a 72 gapu iti atake iti puso. Inulilana ti kaingungotna, ni dati a Nida Estolonio ti Bulan, Sorsogon, dagiti annakda a da Carina Jennifer Lagmay-Mendoza, Nelsa Lea Lagmay-Dabu, Omar Lucky E. Lagmay, Delailah E. Lagmay, Onofre E. Lagmay Jr., ken Bill Clinton E. Lagmay; ken dagiti mamanugang ken appokoda. Naipablaak ti sabali a bersionna iti Bannawag, Hulio 13, 2009.

Angayen ti GUMIL Oahu, ti gunglo dagiti mannurat nga Ilokano iti Oahu iti maysa a pabuya iti Radford High School Cafeteria, 4361 Salt Lake Blvd., Honolulu, Hawaii inton Agosto 8, 2009. Maawagan daytoy iti “Rabii ti Kultura Ilokana”, maipabuya ditoy dagiti nagkauna a sala, bukanegan, kinnantaran, suelto, drama, ken sarsuela. Daytoy met ti umuna a gundaway a mangiparang ti GUMIL Oahu iti sarsuela. Maipanggep daytoy iti pannakarekrut dagiti Ilokano nga agtrabaho kadagiti plantasion ti unas ken pinia iti Hawaii idi 1936. Yaw-awis ti GUMIL Oahu ti idadar-ay iti nasao a pabuya dagiti amin a mangipatpateg iti kultura ken literatura ni Ilokano. Adda $15 a donasion a mausarto met laeng kadagiti proyekto ti GO iti pannakaparang-ay ken pannakasaluad ti kultura ken literatura ni Saluyot. (Sandy Lasquero) Bannawag, Hulio 13, 2009.

“Manila” directed by prize-winning directors Adolf B. Alix Jr. and Raya Martin, will open the 2009 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition on July 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater). This will be the film’s Philippine premiere after it’s successful screenings in the 62nd Festival de Cannes and the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Piolo Pascual co-produced and stars in this film which pays tribute to great Filipino directors Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. The film features Pascual in two different roles. In the first episode, he plays William, a drug addict, who tries to reconnect his ties with people close to him – a fair-weathered girlfriend, an unforgiving mother who has a secret past, and a comatosed matron lover he wants nothing to do with. Slowly, as night falls, he learns that there is no one left to trust, not evenb his own self, in the second part, he essays the role of Philip who works as a b

Paksang Diwa: “Wikang Filipino: Mula Baler Hanggang Buong Pilipinas” Mga Gawain/Aktibidad Gawad Surian sa Sanaysay 2009 Ang Gawad Surian sa Sanaysay 2009 ay timpalak sa pormal na pagsulat ng Sanaysay sa Wikang Filipino na magkatuwang na itinataguyod ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino na kaalinsabay na ginaganap sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa. Layunin: Maitaas ang antas ng paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa pagsulat; Komprehensibong mailahad ang tema Tuntunin: 1. Bukas ang timpalak sa lahat, maliban sa mga kawani ng KWF. 2. Orihinal ang lahok, hindi salin sa ibang wika at hindi pa nalalathala. 3. Kakanselahin ng KWF ang ipinagwaging lahok sa timpalak at hindi na muling makasasali pa sa alinmang timpalak ng KWF ang sinumang nahuli at napatunayang nagkasala ng pangongopya. 4. Ang manalo sa unang gantimpala nang nakaraang taon 2006 hanggang 2008 ay hindi maaaring sumali. 5. Ang paksa ng Timpalak ay “Wikang Filipino-Binhing sa Baler Nag-ugat, sa Buong Bansa’y Lumaganap”. 6. Ang lahok

Ket iti ipapanaw ni Dr. Reyes, pagtamdan nga ama, Palubosandak mangidaton sumagmamano a linia; Iti Manangngaasi, Naparabur nga Ama a Nailangitan, Para iti malalaki a Mannaniw Laureado ti Kailokuan: O Apo a Dios, iti isasangbay ni anakmo a Godo, Awatem kadi ‘diay dua nga imana tapno di masdo, Umay Kenka Ama a Mannakabalin aginana, Sika nga adda’t langit, ubbog adu a liwliwa. Ania man dagiti nakitam nga inna nagkurangan, Apomi a Dios yetnagmo koma ti pammakawan; Iturongmo, Apo, ti inna pagtugawan dita langit, Tapno awantot’ sumangpet kenkuana a saniit. Alaem dita pagariam, O Amami a Manangngaasi, Ni adipenmo a Godo, pagtangtangsit Ilokano a puli, Itedmo kenkuana napardas a pammendision, Ket itedmon, Ama, iti anakmo nabang-ar a parbangon. Kas politiko, mangisursuro, mannurat ken mangngagas, Imbukbokna amin a talugading nga awan labas, Adut’ tinultulonganna a kakabsat ken kakailian Tapno iti kalgaw wenno nepnep dida mayaw-awan. Idi isu ti nangrienda iti gunglo dagiti Ilokano a mannurat Awa

Nalatak kadagiti readers ti Bannawag gapu iti daydi kolumna a “Ti Salun-atyo”. Ngem nalabit adu pay ti ditay ammo maipanggep itoy maay-ayat a doktor… Ni ELISEO B. CONTILLO "MALAGLAGIPDAKANTO, Doktor!" Daytoy ti sangkakuna dagiti gagayyem, kakailian, kaprobinsiaan, ken isu amin a nakalangenlangen ni Dr. Godofredo S. Reyes (1918-2009) idi maiwaragawag a pimmusayen ti pagtamdan a doktor, mannurat ken mannaniw, ken politiko itay Hulio 5. Higante iti amin a tay-ak a binaddekanna, isu ti Laureado a mannaniw iti Kailokuan, national vice president ti Veterans Federation of the Philippines (VFP) para iti Rehion Uno, ken Chairman of the Board ken Presidente ti St. Mary's College agingga iti ipupusayna. Maaw-awagan a kas Grand Old Man iti tay-ak ti politika, maysa ni Dr. Reyes kadagiti manmano a politiko a pulos a di namansaan ti naganna bayat ti panagtakemna iti gobierno kadagiti nadumaduma a nangangato nga akem. Nagadal iti Medisina iti University of the Philippines (UP) a nangile

IDI kalman (Hulio 5, 2009), nakaawatkami iti text da Appo Paul Blanco Zafaralla ken Honor Blanco Cabie. Awanen ni Dr. Reyes. Pls pass it on. Dayta ti linaon ti text. Nangitanamitimkami iti kararag. * * * Itoy Hulio 12, 2009, maangay ti miting ti GUMIL Filipinas idiay Balay ti GUMIL iti Suso Beach, Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur. Kadagiti Gumiliano ken Gumiliana, ammodan ti estoria daytoy a Balay ti GUMIL. A maysa laeng daytoy kadagiti bunga ti nabalitokan a panagpuspuso da Apo Godofredo Reyes, ti Laureado a Mannaniw ti Ilokandia, ken Doktora Dedicacion Agatep-Reyes. Karit daytoy iti tunggal Gumiliano ken Gumiliana. A sapay koma ta agbalin met laeng ti Balay ti GUMIL a maysa kadagiti batonlagip daytoy a nabalitokan a panagpuspuso. * * * Agsublitayo iti Hulio 12 a miting. Apagisu koma pay a panagkortesia kada Apo Pedong daytoy. Ngem napan metten. Agtuloy latta ketdi ti grupo. Ngem sabalinton a ritual ti maangay. * * * No dikam agerrado, namitlo laeng a naasitganmi ni Apo

Hulio 6, 2009 Patgenmi a Kamannuratan, Maladingitankami a mangipakaammo a pimmusayen ni Apo Godoredo S. Reyes, Laureado a Mannaniw iti Ilokandia, 90, idi Hulio 5, 2009. Madama ti pannakiinnumanmi kadagiti maseknan iti dadduma nga impormasion mainaig iti pannakaidulinna. Nawaya daytoy nga e-mail ad (gumil.filipinas@gmail.com) kadagiti makaipaay itoy tapno maidanontayo kadagiti kamannuratan. Sapay koma ta iti Sidong ti Namarsua, agbiag nga agnanayon ni patpatgentayo nga Apo Godo! Iti nagan ti liderato ti GF, Ariel S. Tabag GF Sec. Gen.

Perro Berde , the only cultural Philippine magazine in Spanish at present, was recently launched at the Instituto Cervantes in Manila. The magazine was initiated by a group of Filipino and Spanish writers residing in Manila. Sponsored chiefly by the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines and the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional y Desarollo (AECID), Perro Berde is the most recent attempt to revive the tradition of Spanish language periodicals in the country. In addition to Spanish, the magazine is written in Filipino and in some 16 languages spoken in the Philippines. The first issue of Perro Berde features the illustrations of Spanish artist Cesar Caballero, as well as major contemporary Filipino writers such as Bienvenido Lumbera, Marjorie Evasco, Marra Lanot, Joi Barrios, Roland Tolentino, Francis Macansantos, and Sid Hildawa. A special tribute is rendered in the magazine to the latter, who passed away in 2008, in the first ever publication of Spanish translations of his p

(Kadagiti estudiante iti haiskul ken elementaria iti Ilokandia, padasenyo man daytoy no kualipikadokayo.) DIWA Learning Systems Inc. invites grade school and high school students who subscribe to the Scholastic Enhancement Materials (SEM) Kalusko s and Tambuli to join this year’s creative writing search Gawad Tambuli with theme “Aking Mithi, Isang bagong Pilipinas”. Contestants will be asked to write a poem or short story in Filipino looking forward to a positive future in anticipation of the 2010 elections. The competition is divided into two parts: The “Kaluskos Paligsahan sa Pagsulat ng Tula”, which is open to all subscribers of Kalusko s magazine, and the “Tambuli Paligsahan sa Pagsulat ng Maikling Kuwento” which is open to all subscribers of Tambuli magazine. The creative works must not have been published before and must be submitted with a letter from the teacher or adviser certifying that the poem was written by the student. Entries should be submitted on or before Aug. 14 to

(Kadagiti agrukbab ken ni Harry, agawaanyo.) NATIONAL Bookstore is now accepting reservations for the trade paper format of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . People who reserve on or before July 6 get 20 percent off their copy. Books must be claimed on July 7 to 15 to avail of the offer. No downpayment is required. Reserve online by downloading the form at www.nationalbookstore.com. Manila Bulletin, July 4, 2009, p. F-2.

Rimmuar itay nabiit ti baro a libro dagiti daniw iti Ingles (naipatarus manipud iti Iluko wenno Ilokano) ni Dr. Aurelio S. Agcaoili, ti Kallautang— Poetics of Diversity, Displacement, and Diaspora: Ilokanos in the Americas Writing . Impatarus ni Agcaoili iti Ingles dagiti dandaniw dagiti napili a mannurat nga agindegen iti Canada ken Estados Unidos ken nangsurat pay iti maysa a kritikal nga introduksion mainaig kadagiti daniw a putar dagiti mannaniw a nangtaming iti padas a panangpanaw iti ili ken panagindeg iti sabali a pagilian. Itoy a panangisaganana iti libro, nakaawat ni Agcaoili iti maysa a competitive grant manipud iti Office for Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity iti Unibersidad ti Hawai’i. Mairaman dagiti mannaniw a nairaman iti libro da Melchor Agag Jr., Mario A. Albalos, Arnold C. Baxa, Jeremias Calixto, Cristino Inay, Prodie Gar. Padios, George Pagulayan, Francisco T. Ponce, Cresencio Quilpa, Corazon Quiamas, Perlita Tapec Sadorra, Pacita Cabulera Saludes, Herman G. T