Maangay ti espesial a board meeting ti GUMIL Filipinas, ti gunglo dagiti mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas ken iti ballasiw-taaw, inton Enero 11, 2009, 9 A.M., iti 14 Ayungin St., Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon City babaen ti panangsangaili da agkaingungot a Dionisio ken Eden Bulong, kas impakaammo ni Baldovino Ab. Valdez, presid...

Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr. delivering his keynote speech. . GUMIL Metro Manila 42nd Anniversary and Christmas Celebration. December 21, 2008. Seated (LR): Mrs. Tabugadir, Ma. Rose A. Cabie, Fina Derit, Sherma E. Benosa, Zita Fagaragan. (Standing): Juan S.P. Hidalgo, Jr., Ross Derit, Martin Rochina, Jake F. Ilac, Virgilio Tabugadir...

  For 18 years now, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has been organizing the National Arts Month (NAM) in the month of February with a series of festivities and activities mounted throughout the country celebrating Filipino artistry and promoting the arts and the artists. For 2009, the celebration takes ...

    Below are some of the pictures taken during the 2008 Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino awarding ceremony, December 6, 2008 at Santa Maria, Bulacan. Among the Ilokano winners who attended the event were Ariel S. Tabag (first prize, poetry); Daniel L. Nesperos (first prize, short story; fourth prize, poetry); Guillermo Conception ...

Schedule of Activities Coalescence – Science and Art Photographs by Dr. Gil Jacinto 13 November 2008 – 16 January 2009 The Edge Gallery G/F, UP Vargas Museum The UP Jorge B. Vargas Museum will open Coalescence – Science and Art on 13 November 2008, Thursday, 6:00 PM at the Edge Gallery, a photo exhibition by Dr. Gil Jacint...

Filipino author, Miguel Syjuco, wins this year’s Man Asian Literary Award for his novel, Ilustrado. A “fictional account of a young Filipino caught within a notorious scandal spanning over the Philippine history,” Ilustrado is also this year’s Palanca grand prize winner in the novel category. Authors who made it to the ...

Naimbag a damag para kadagiti mannurat nga Ilokano. Itay nabiit, dua nga abong iti internet ti naiyalnag para kadagiti mannurat nga Ilokano: ti Daligcon Journal (http://daligconjournal.weebly.com) nga imatonan ni Nelson Daligcon, ken ti Basi & Daniw (http://www.basirepublic.blogspot.com) nga impatakder da Ariel S. Tabag ke...

Wen gagayyem, saan laengen a blog no di ket maysan a naan-anay a website ti taeng ti Gumil Metro Manila. Kumbaga, saan laengen nga agab-abang, no di ket naan-anayen a ‘home-owner’ ti gunglotayo. Nupay madama pay laeng ti panagiyurnos dagiti natataraki a kakabsat a da Jake Ilac, Ariel Tabag, ken Mighty Rasing iti baro nga abo...

This year’s short story and poetry writing contests (Iluko Division) sponsored by the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) are dominated by Bannawag entertainment editor, Ariel S. Tabag (poetry) with his poem, “Panangarakup iti Ipus ti Layap”; and former Liwayway Publishing House employee, Daniel L. Nesperos (short story)...

Winners in the First Premio  (Gawad) Reynaldo A. Duque Iluko Short Story Writing Contest have been named after deliberations by the board of judges at the UP Diliman, Quezon City, the sponsors secretariat said. The winners are Jovito Amorin of Ilocos Sur,  [Kabbalay (House Rat)], first prize; Sherma Benosa of Nueva Vizcaya, [D...