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2006 Palanca Awards
The 56th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2006, at the Dusit Hotel Nikko in Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. National Artist for Literature Edith Tiempo was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year’s awarding ceremony.https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2006/09/02/355911/56th-carlos-palanca-awards-winners-feted LIST OF WINNERS The 2006 winners are divided into four categories: English Division Short Story * First Prize: Socorro Villanueva, "Mahogany Water" * Second Prize: Myrza Sison, "Sink or Swim" * Third Prize: Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela, "Trips" Future Fiction * First Prize: No Winner * Second Prize: Corinna Esperanza A. Nuqui, "Suman" * Third Prize: Arturo Ilano, "A Monumental Race" Short Story for Children * First Prize: Ma. Celeste Flores-Coscolluela, "Cut" * Second Prize: Grace Dacanay Chong, "Big Brother" * Third ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palanca Awards
The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, popularly known as the Palanca Awards, are a set of literary awards for Philippine writers. Usually referred to as the "Pulitzer Prize of the Philippines", it is the country's highest literary honor in terms of prestige. Winning works are entered in the competition either as previously published pieces or in manuscript form. The Palanca Awards, organized by the Carlos Palanca Foundation, is one of the Philippines' longest-running awards programs. It was named after Carlos Palanca Sr. History Palanca Awards was established in 1950 to inspire and recognize Philippine writers, including poets, playwrights and screenwriters, and writers for children. In the 1960s, the Palanca Awards Committee started to fund the publication of Palanca Award-winning plays, and production funds were committed in 1975. In 2009, it added a category for poetry for children, in both Tagalog and English. Categories Starting on the 60th awards year, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusit Hotel Nikko
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Dusit () is the Thai name for Tushita, the fourth heavenly realm in Buddhist cosmology. The name may refer to: * Dusit District, a district of Bangkok *Dusit Palace, namesake of the district *Dusit Subdistrict, Bangkok, in Dusit District * Dusit Subdistrict, Nakhon Si Thammarat, in Tham Phannara District * Dusit International, a Thai hospitality company *Suan Dusit University, sometimes shortened as Dusit, formerly known as Suan Dusit Rajabhat University and part of the Rajabhat University system *Chut Thai Dusit, a dress style of the formal Thai national costume See also *Dusit (name) *Dusit Thani (other) Dusit Thani was a miniature city and micronation project created by King Vajiravudh of Siam. Dusit Thani may also refer to: * Dusit Thani hotel or Dusit Thani Bangkok The Dusit Thani Bangkok, often referred to simply as the Dusit Thani Hotel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makati
Makati ( ), officially the City of Makati ( fil, Lungsod ng Makati), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. Makati is the financial center of the Philippines; it has the highest concentration of multinational and local corporations in the country. Major banks, corporations, department stores as well as foreign embassies are based in Makati. The biggest trading floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange used to be situated along the city's Ayala Avenue, before the stock exchange moved their headquarters to the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. Makati is also known for being a major cultural and entertainment hub in Metro Manila. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 629,616 people making it as the 17th most populous city in the country and ranked as the 41st most densely populated city in the world with 19,336 inhabitants per square kilometer. Although its population is just above half a million, the daytime populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republika sang Filipinas * ibg, Republika nat Filipinas * ilo, Republika ti Filipinas * ivv, Republika nu Filipinas * pam, Republika ning Filipinas * krj, Republika kang Pilipinas * mdh, Republika nu Pilipinas * mrw, Republika a Pilipinas * pag, Republika na Filipinas * xsb, Republika nin Pilipinas * sgd, Republika nan Pilipinas * tgl, Republika ng Pilipinas * tsg, Republika sin Pilipinas * war, Republika han Pilipinas * yka, Republika si Pilipinas In the recognized optional languages of the Philippines: * es, República de las Filipinas * ar, جمهورية الفلبين, Jumhūriyyat al-Filibbīn is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Palanca Awards
The 55th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2005, at the The Peninsula Manila in Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. Dr. Emerlinda Roman, the first female president of the University of the Philippines, was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year’s awarding ceremony. Rodolfo R. Lana Jr., Manuel R. Buising, and Luis P. Gatmaitan were this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardees. Lana clinched his fifth first prize for “Milagroso” under the Dulang Pantelebisyon category. Buising clinched his fifth first prize for “Niños Inocentes” also under the Dulang Pantelebisyon category. And Gatmaitan clinched his fifth first prize for “Tapok at Banlik” under the Sanaysay category.The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/palanca-awardee/hall-of-fame LIST OF W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Palanca Awards
The 57th Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature was held on September 1, 2007, at The Peninsula Manila in Makati to commemorate the memory of Don Carlos Palanca Sr. through an endeavor that would promote education and culture in the country. Senator Mar Roxas was Guest of Honor and Speaker at this year's awarding ceremony. This year saw the discontinuation of the Dulang Pantelebisyon category in the Filipino Division, after seventeen years. Also discontinued is the Future Fiction category, English and Filipino, after seven years. Nicolas B. Pichay was this year's Palanca Hall of Fame awardee. He clinched his fifth first prize for “Tres Ataques de Corazon” under the Full-Length Play category. The said award is given to writers who have won five (5) first places in any category.http://www.palancaawards.com.ph/index.php/palanca-awardee/hall-of-fame The 2007 winners are divided into four categories: English Division Short Story * First Prize: Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Tiempo
Edith Cutaran Lopez-Tiempo (April 22, 1919 – August 21, 2011), ABS-CBN News. Retrieved August 21, 2011.was a poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic in the English language.Edith L. Tiempo Philippine National Artists for Literature She was conferred the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Francis Alfar
Dean Francis Alfar (born 2 January 1969), is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and the Exotic Gothic series. He is the author of the novel ''Salamanca'' (Ateneo Press, 2006), as well as three collections of short fiction - ''The Kite of Stars and other stories'' (Anvil Publishing, 2007), ''How to Traverse Terra Incognita'' (Visprint, 2014), and ''A Field Guide to the Roads of Manila'' (Anvil Publishing, 2015). His literary awards include ten Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature (Palanca Awards) — including the Grand Prize for Novel — as well as the Manila Critics' Circle National Book Awards for the graphic novels Siglo: Freedom and Siglo: Passion, and the Philippines Free Press Literary Award. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawrence Ypil
Lawrence Lacambra Ypil is a poet and nonfiction writer from Cebu, Philippines. Ypil is currently a Lecturer at Yale-NUS. He earned his first Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry) while on a Fulbright fellowship at Washington University in St Louis, and another MFA in Non-Fiction Writing from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. ''The Highest Hiding Place: Poems'' won the 2011 Madrigal-Gonzalez First Book Award and was a finalist for the Gintong Aklat Awards in 2010. Ypil's second book, ''The Experiment of the Tropics'' was the co-winner of the 1st Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize (with Jenifer Sang Eun Park's ''Autobiography of A Horse: A Poem''). It was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards in Gay Poetry and on the Editor's Long List for The Believer Believer(s) or The Believer(s) may refer to: Religion * Believer, a person who holds a particular belief ** Believer, a person who holds a particular religious belief *** Believers, Christians with a religious fai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Magtoto
Liza Magtoto is a Filipino playwright, scriptwriter, feature writer and editor best known for the plays "Game of Trolls," "Care Divas," and "Rak of Aegis." She has also won the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature several times, for her plays “Despedida de Soltera”, “Agnoia”, “Nay Isa”, “Paigan”, and “Rated PG.” Her work has also featured prominently several times at the Virgin Labfest of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival The Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival is a film festival in the Philippines held annually during the month August at the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and various cinemas. Its aim is the development and promotion of Fi .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Magtoto, Liza Filipino women writers Filipino dramatists and playwrights Filipino women dramatists and playwrights Palanca Award recipients ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Diamond M
Jim or JIM may refer to: * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy * OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * ''Jim'' (album), by soul artist Jamie Lidell * Jim (''Huckleberry Finn''), a character in Mark Twain's novel * Jim (TV channel), in Finland * JIM (Flemish TV channel) * JIM suit, for atmospheric diving * Jim River, in North and South Dakota, United States * Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Native American chief * ''Journal of Internal Medicine'' * Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer, commonly known as JIM * Jim (horse), milk wagon horse used to produce serum containing diphtheria antitoxin * "Jim" (song), a 1941 song. * JIM, Jiangxi Isuzu Motors, a joint venture between Isuzu and Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG). * Jim (Medal of Honor recipient) See also * * Gym * Jjim * Ǧīm * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribu (film)
''Tribu'' (English language, English: ''Tribe'') is a 2007 Filipino crime drama film directed by Jim Libiran, released in its home country of the Philippines. It stars real life gang members from the film's setting in Tondo, Manila. The tagline is: "Every night, juvenile tribes prowl the streets of Tondo. An explosive hiphop, freestyle gangsta celebration of inner city Manila." Most of the actors were residents of Tondo, and many were active in street gang activities in the area during the making of the film. Fifty-two members of six rival gangs agreed to work together to finish the movie. ''Tribu'' won several awards, including Best Actors and Best Film at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival, Best Actor Ensemble at the Cinemanila International Film Festival and the Gawad Urian Awards. Tribu also won the ''Pari de l'Avenir'' Bet of the Future Award at the Festival Paris Cinéma the only non-European film to do so. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
