» Read discussion on National Artist 05/25/11 (UPDATED 10:20 PM) National Artist for Literature Alejandro "Anding" Roces passed away on Monday morning, his long-time colleague and family friend Cecile Guidote Alvarez told GMA News Online. He was 86.
03/14/11 ALTHOUGH Bencab already got a MOKA (Most Outstanding Kapampangan Award) in 1994, most Kapampangans still get surprised when told that the National Artist is a Kapampangan. They think that because he resides in Baguio City, where he set up the Baguio Arts Guild and built the Bencab Museum, he must be Ilocano or Igorot. Actually, he was born in Malabon, but his parents, Democrito Cabrera and ...
01/22/10 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero, National Artist for Drama, was simply Freddie to those who were privileged to work with the innovative playwright, director and friend.
08/19/09 Critics of the 2009 National Artist awardees on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stop President Gloria Arroyo from conferring the rank and title of National Artist to four of the seven awardees this year.
08/10/09 MANILA - It was only during the Aquino administration that the National Artist awards was free of controversies, while presidential prerogative was worst under President Arroyo, several artists said on Monday.
08/10/09 Malaca?ang has hinted at a possible dialogue with those contesting this year"s choice of National Artist awardees, in an attempt to ease tensions caused by the selection.
08/09/09 AT AGE 90, DR. Edith Lopez Tiempo, National Artist for Literature (1999) is coming home to her mother town, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, where a grand homecoming and tribute awaits her today, August 10, at the Nueva Vizcaya State University-Bayombong Campus.
08/04/09 Controversy is nothing new to the National Artist awards, but the latest batch of nominees has upset some people enough to threaten to protest later this week. | 
