The Philippines Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow
KhoKhoi (aka KK/kkdelavida/mary alinney villacastin) is a movement-based media artist and plant, body & cultural heart worker. Raised in Seminole swamplands of South Florida, KK swims between unceded Lenape-Canarsie-Munsie lands (New York City) & Bantayan, Visayan Sea, Philippines. KK is a migrant proudly descended from fisherfolk & healers of Bantayan island, in the heart of … Read more
Ramon Santos (National Artist for Music – February 25, 1941) Greetings to National Artist Ramon P. Santos on his 82nd birthday! Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer, conductor, and musicologist, is currently the country’s foremost exponent of contemporary Filipino music. A prime figure in the second generation of Filipino composers in the modern idiom, Santos has contributed … Read more
Dr. Cristina Montiel In line with the celebration of 2023 National Women’s Month, we will be featuring our NAST PHL women for Agha Monday! Let’s get to know more about the empowered women of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL). Dr. Cristina J. Montiel is a notable specialist in the field … Read more
Today, March 13, 2023, is the 22nd death anniversary (March 13, 2001) of National Scientist Encarnacion Alzona (+), a distinguished historian, feminist, and Rizalist. National Scientist Alzona was a well-known educator and suffragist. She was a leader in the Filipino feminist movement of the 1930s and the first Filipino woman to earn a doctoral degree. … Read more
Introducing our Learning Facilitator for Waray…Ligaya Villablanca @chickenligaya @movingeyelands Born and raised in Tacloban City, Leyte, Ligaya Villablanca is a believer in the universality found in regional cinema. As an alumna of BFA Cinema from the University of San Carlos, she was an acting officer of CINEMATA for three consecutive years; Founded the film exhibition … Read more