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Elpidio Rivera Quirino became president on April 18, 1948 and won his election and held the position until December 30, 1953.

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Today, I remember dear artists, writers, and publishers whose lives I shared all too briefly:

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Alejandro R. Roces was, very simply, a freedom fighter. Although he actually bore arms as a guerrilla captain during the Japanese occupation, his main battlefield was the hearts and minds of Filipinos.

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Before I came to know Alejandro R. Roces (Anding) personally, his family and mine were actually living across each other on Taft Avenue for years before the war.

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Alejandro R. Roces, National Artist for Literature and STAR columnist, passed away yesterday morning at the Makati Medical Center due to complications from pneumonia. He would have been 85 this July.

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Phil-Canadian pianist Liam Arcellana Hertzsprung, 19, grandson of Emy Yuvienco Arcellana and the late National Artist for Literature Francisco Arcellana, gave a rcital last week at the UP Abelardo Hall’s mini-theater.

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Among many others, the article “Dagdag Bawas” by the highly admired and respected Lito Zulueta, and the guidelines on the selection of National Artists which Tintin Bersola read over DZMM point to the virtual nullification of these guidelines by Palace arbiters.

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Eminent tenor George T. Yang will give a concert entitled “Yang Klassics, Timeless Classics” on Jan. 29, 2009, at the CCP main theater. He will be assisted by the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Mantaring, the first career man to occupy the NBI directorship would never be so rash as to do so – since he knows that Bulaong is a Palace "favorite." Career men who rose from the ranks don’t have the itch to commit political suicide by challenging, so early in the game, the high and the mighty.
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                    [Title] => Presidential appointees for Cebu in 1950
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Elpidio Rivera Quirino became president on April 18, 1948 and won his election and held the position until December 30, 1953.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133848 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1236815 [AuthorName] => Clarence Paul Oaminal [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 862236 [Title] => In memoriam [Summary] =>

Today, I remember dear artists, writers, and publishers whose lives I shared all too briefly:

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Alejandro R. Roces was, very simply, a freedom fighter. Although he actually bore arms as a guerrilla captain during the Japanese occupation, his main battlefield was the hearts and minds of Filipinos.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134791 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1365384 [AuthorName] => Isagani Cruz [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 690193 [Title] => Anding's talent to amuse [Summary] =>

Before I came to know Alejandro R. Roces (Anding) personally, his family and mine were actually living across each other on Taft Avenue for years before the war.

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Alejandro R. Roces, National Artist for Literature and STAR columnist, passed away yesterday morning at the Makati Medical Center due to complications from pneumonia. He would have been 85 this July.

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Phil-Canadian pianist Liam Arcellana Hertzsprung, 19, grandson of Emy Yuvienco Arcellana and the late National Artist for Literature Francisco Arcellana, gave a rcital last week at the UP Abelardo Hall’s mini-theater.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 496873 [Title] => A raging controversy/September events at CCP [Summary] =>

Among many others, the article “Dagdag Bawas” by the highly admired and respected Lito Zulueta, and the guidelines on the selection of National Artists which Tintin Bersola read over DZMM point to the virtual nullification of these guidelines by Palace arbiters.

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Eminent tenor George T. Yang will give a concert entitled “Yang Klassics, Timeless Classics” on Jan. 29, 2009, at the CCP main theater. He will be assisted by the Manila Philharmonic Orchestra.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360525 [Title] => The ArtPetron awards / Eugene Onegin re-set [Summary] => Now on its sixth year, the ArtPetron Contest steadfastly honors its commitment to provide incentive, encouragement and impetus to young, talented artists. A meager 200 entries were submitted during the first year of the ArtPetron Contest; on its sixth year, the entries have exceeded 800 from all over the archipelago in the following categories: oil, water-based media and photography.
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Mantaring, the first career man to occupy the NBI directorship would never be so rash as to do so – since he knows that Bulaong is a Palace "favorite." Career men who rose from the ranks don’t have the itch to commit political suicide by challenging, so early in the game, the high and the mighty.
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