 He was born on August 18, 1926 to Ernesto Alcala

and Elpidia Zarate in Daraga, Albay. Through a

scholarship from Manila Timesgranted by the
publisher Ramón Roces, he obtained a degree of
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of
the Philippines(UP) in 1950. He became a professor
at the same university from 1951 to 1981. He also
received the Australian Cultural Award accompanied
by a travel study grant in 1975.[1][2][3]
 He started his cartooning career in 1946 while still
attending school. After World War II, he created his
very first comic strip,
 SLICE OF LIFE-
 MANG AMBO
 KALABOG EN BOSYO
 Born: 4 May 1954 (age 65 years), Manila

 Full name: Raymundo Cipriano Pujante
Cayabyab

 Music group: Ryan Cayabyab Singers

 Awards: Awit Award for Best Musical
Arrangement, more

 Education: University of the
Philippines, University of the Philippines
Diliman, more
 Ryan Cayabyab, also known as Mr.
C, is a Filipino musician, composer
and conductor. He was the
Executive and Artistic Director for
several years for the defunct San
Miguel Foundation for the
Performing Arts. He was named a
National Artist of the Philippines
in 2018.
 Mr C” is perhaps the most famous
Filipino composer in recent
history.His works range from
commissioned full-length ballets,
theater musicals, choral pieces, a
Mass set to unaccompanied chorus,
and orchestral pieces, to commercial
recordings of popular music, film
scores and television specials.
 Kay ganda Ng ating musika
 Da coconut nut
 Kailan
 Can this be love
 Paraiso
 Kumukutikutitap
 born April 4, 1930) is
a Filipino playwright, puppeteer, and
educator known as the "Grande
Dame of Southeast Asian Children’s
Theatre."[1][2][3] She was recognized
in 2018 as a National Artist of the
Philippines for Theater - a
conferment which represents the
Philippine state's highest recognition
for artists.[4][5]
 Filipina author, educator, and
puppeteer. Trained in government
schools, Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio
graduated from the University of
the Philippines in literature with
an interest in set design
 Anim na dulang pilipino para sa mga bata
 Ang ating sinderela
 Treatrong mulat sa pilipinas
 Ang paghuhukom
 (February 12, 1931 – February 20, 2019) was a
Filipino architect considered as one of the
most influential Filipino architects of the 20th
century[1] for having pioneered the art of
Philippine neovernacular architecture.[2] His
contributions to the development of
Philippine architecture led to his recognition
as a National Artist of the Philippines for
Architecture in 2018.[3][4][
 Mañosa is a name unknown to you, the same
likely cannot be said of his iconic works. The
architect known for his modern interpretation of
Philippine architectural design and use of
indigenous materials is behind the Coconut
Palace, world-famous Amanpulo Resort in
Palawan, Pearl Farm in Samal Island, Shangri-La
Hotel in Mactan, and the San Miguel building in
Mandaluyong, among others. For his pioneering
vision and promotion of indigenous Filipino
architecture, Mañosa has garnered many
accolades, both locally and internationally.
 Born: 4 September 1943 (age 76 years),
Zamboanga del Norte
 Education: University of San Carlos
 Filipino historian and critic of Philippine
literature best known as for his books on
Philippine history. He is acclaimed by various
writers and critics as the Visayan Titan of Letters,
due to his immense contribution to Visayan
literature.[1] He was recognized in 2018 as
a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature
- a conferment which represents the Philippine
state's highest recognition for artists.[2][3]
 Mojares is a multi-awarded writer, historian, and
literary critic. His works include Origins and Rise of
the Filipino Novel, The War Against the Americans,
and books about eminent Filipinos, such as Vicente
Sotto, Pedro Paterno, Isabelo delos Reyes, and Trinidad
Pardo de Tavera. He has won several National Book
Awards from the Manila Critics Circle and founded the
Cebuano Studies Center, a library and research center
dedicated to Cebuano culture and history.

 Mojares has authored books on Philippine history,
literature, and politics, including studies on three
eminent Filipino intellectual

 Waiting for mariang makiling
 Origins and riseof the Filipino novel
 The war against the Americans.
 Born on March 20, 1913 in Lambunao, Iloilo, Atty.
Ramon L. Muzones was the eldest; Anita; Angelica;
Lourdes; Manuel; Dionisio; Maria, a retired public
school

 EVERY artist, in whatever medium of devotion,
dreams and aspires of the top and most prestigious
award – the National Artist of the Philippines
Award.

 On Oct. 24, 2018, in conferment rites at Malacañang
by President Rodrigo Duterte, Atty. RAMON L.
MUZONES, a native of Lambunao, Iloilo and Iloilo
City, was conferred the National Artist of the
Philippines Award for Literature.
 Posthumous though the honor, it was a source of great joy and pride
for all Ilonggos, as the literary works of Muzones were written in the
native tongue, Hiligaynon. The sheer volume of 61 novels in the
Ilonggo dialect pulled him through the tough and meticulous vetting
by the committee on the selection of National Artists of the
Philippines.
 Muzones is the preeminent name in West Visayan fiction. He is best
known for his Hiligaynon novel Margosatubig: The Story of
Salagunting, about a fictional Muslim state in Mindanao and the
struggles of its hero, Salagunting, to wrest it from the clutches of
usurpers. A tale that combines intrigue, romance, pre-colonial lore,
fantasy, and adventure, it unfolded as a series in the Hiligaynon
magazine Yuhum. In 1989, he received the Gawad CCP para sa
Sining, an award given every 3 years to artists whose works have
enriched their art form. His proclamation as National Artist is
posthumous as Muzones died in 1992
 Shri-Bishaya (1969)

 Malala nga Gutom (Malignant Hunger,1965)

 Babae Batuk sa Kalibutan (Woman Against the
World,1959)

 Ang Gugma sang Gugma Bayaran (Love with Love
Be Paid, 1955)

 Si Tamblot (1948)

 Margosatubig (1946)
• (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio
City, Philippines), better known as Kidlat
Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent
lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor
whose films are commonly associated with
the Third Cinema movement through their
critiques of neocolonialism. For his
contributions to the development of Philippine
independent cinema, he was recognized in 2018
as a National Artist of the Philippines for Film
- a conferment which represents the Philippine
state's highest recognition for artists.[1]
 Widely regarded as the father of independent
Philippine cinema, Kidlat Tahimik (real name: Eric
de Guia) is known for creating films that
humorously but evocatively critique
neocolonialism. A native of Baguio City, Tahimik
has garnered numerous international and local
awards for his films. His first, Perfumed
Nightmare (1977), won the International Critics
Award at the Berlin Film Festival. He has gone on
to inspire generations of Filipino filmmakers to
forge on with their independent vision, regardless
of commercial considerations. In 2009, he received
the UP Gawad Plaridel Award, the University of
the Philippines’ highest award.

 Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux
(2015)

 Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi (1996)

 Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1983-1994)

 Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons (1990-1992)

 Turumba (1983)

 Who Invented the Yoyo? ...

 Mababangong Bangungot/Perfumed Nightmare (1977)
