ARIEL SOTELO TABÁG

Napili ni Dr. Paul B. Zafaralla, retirado a propesor iti Unibersidad ti Filipinas iti Los Baños, a maysa kadagiti mapadayawan inton Agosto 29 a kas Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, pammadayaw a tinawen nga ipapaay ti Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) kadagiti mabigbig a mannurat iti pagilian. Kinuna ni Vim Nadera, agdama a presidente ti UMPIL, a mapadayawan ni Zafaralla gapu kadagiti dekalidad a salaysay ken panangamirisna kadagiti banag a mainaig iti arte ken kultura. Innayon ni Nadera a «nagserbi dagiti panagsukisok ni Zafaralla a nangiturong tapno mabigbig ti kinalaing ni artista a Pilipino, kasta met ti kinabaknang ti bukodna a kultura. » Tubo iti Pinili, Ilocos Norte, agsursurat ni Zafaralla kadagiti salaysay maipanggep iti kultura ken arte iti Iluko (Ilokano), English, ken Filipino (Tagalog). Kaduana a mapadayawan ita a tawen da Tomas F. Agulto (daniw iti Tagalog), Bartolome Tan Chua (daniw iti Tsino), Mario O’Hara (dulang pampelikula), Alfred Yuson (gapuanan iti In...

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...