ARIEL SOTELO TABÁG

Maysa a pabuya kultural nga imparang ti gobierno probinsial ti Cagayan babaen ti Cagayan Museum and Historical Research iti Tuguegarao City a pangrambak iti Pebrero a kas Nailian a Bulan ti Arte ti nangtignay iti rikna dagiti nagbuya tapno itandudoda ti arte ken kultura iti Tanap ti Cagayan. Napauluan iti “Anasaas iti Karayan (Ripples in the River)”, naiparang iti pabuya ti sangauyon a daniw, dallot, samiweng ken sala a tagipatgen dagiti Ilokano. Buklen dagiti nagpabuya dagiti mannaniw, kumakanta, mannala, ken concert artist manipud iti Kailokuan ken Tanap ti Cagayan. Kaaduan kadagiti naggapu iti ruar ti Cagayan ti kameng ti GUMIL Filipinas, gunglo dagiti mannurat nga Ilokano iti pagilian ken ballasiw-taaw nga indauluan ti presidentena a ni Elizabeth M. Raquel, ken ti Daniw ken Basi, maysa a tignay a mangitandudo iti Ilocano performing art a buklen ti Tres Tarappait, Samtoy Band ken dadduma pay a mannurat. Dinar-ayan dagiti nailian ken lokal nga opisial iti gobierno, ken dagiti tumultu...

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...