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Santiago Albano Pilar
Santiago Albano Pilar (15 October 1946 – 12 April 2021) more popularly known as Jak Pilar, was a Filipino art historian, curator, and author. He was best known for chronicling Philippine art centered on the 19th and the 20th century in numerous publications in both the Philippines and overseas. Early life and career Pilar was born in the municipality of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte on 15 October 1946 to Elias Pilar, who served as the municipal judge of Bacarra from 1955 until 1975, and Jesusa Albano. He finished his primary and secondary education at the Vigan Minor Seminary and later transferred to the Convento de San Agustin. Pilar later graduated with a bachelor's degree in art history, at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Art historian After graduating in 1976, Pilar taught courses in art history and connoisseurship in both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts from 1977, until his retirement in 2011. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacarra
Bacarra, officially the Municipality of Bacarra (; ) is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,496 people. Geography The Municipality of Bacarra is bounded by the Municipality of Pasuquin to the north, by Vintar to the east; by Laoag to the south; and on the west by the South China Sea. It is one of the municipalities with the smallest land area in the province. Bacarra is situated from the provincial capital Laoag, and from the country's capital city of Manila. Barangays Bacarra is politically subdivided into 43 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. * Bani * Buyon * Cabaruan * Cabulalaan * Cabusligan * Cadaratan * Calioet-Libong * Casilian * Corocor * Duripes * Ganagan * Libtong * Macupit * Nambaran * Natba * Paninaan * Pasiocan * Pasngal * Pipias * Pulangi * Pungto * San Agustin I (Pob.) * San Agustin II (Pob.) * San Andres I (Pob.) * San Andres II (Pob.) * San Gab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Arceo
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man (pronounced differently). The name is becoming popular around the world and can be pronounced differently according that region. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.). Chinese terms * ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture. Of the four independently invented writing systems accepted by scholars, they represent the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liza Araneta Marcos
Marie Louise "Liza" Cacho Araneta Marcos ( Araneta; born August 21, 1959) is a Filipino lawyer and academic who has been the first lady of the Philippines since 2022 as the wife of Bongbong Marcos, the 17th and incumbent president of the Philippines. Born in Manila, Araneta Marcos graduated from Ateneo de Manila University and completed postgraduate courses at New York University. In addition to her law practice, she taught in various universities in the country and is a founder of MOST (Marcos, Ochoa, Serapio & Tan) Law Firm and M&A Associates. She met Bongbong Marcos in New York City in 1989 and married him in 1993. Araneta Marcos also served as the main strategist in her husband's presidential campaign and is seen as one of the key people influencing her husband's presidency. Early life and education Liza Araneta was born on August 21, 1959, in Manila, Philippines, to Manuel L. Araneta Jr., a Filipino basketball Olympian who was born in Iloilo City but was raised in Bago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Marcos
Aimee Romualdez Marcos-Bernedo (born May 2, 1979) is a Filipino musician and public figure known as the drummer of indie music band the Dorques. She is the adopted daughter of the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady Imelda Marcos. She was the only member of the immediate Marcos family to still be a minor when martial law was formally lifted in 1981 and when the Marcoses went into exile in Honolulu in 1986, and she has stayed away from politics. She is currently living in Cagayan de Oro with her husband, Cid Bernedo, and their son. Early life Aimee Marcos was born on May 2, 1979 to Teresita Romualdez, and was soon adopted into the family of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda, Romualdez's aunt. After the People Power Revolution ousted the Marcoses from power in 1986, Aimee joined the family in going into exile in Honolulu. In popular culture Marcos was portrayed by Lana Puda in the 2022 period drama A historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Virata
Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata (born December 12, 1930) is a Filipino former statesman and businessman who was the fourth Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. He is currently serving as the corporate vice chairman of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation. He is the eponym of the Cesar Virata School of Business, the business school of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Education While he was studying at Wharton School, Virata studied about American labor, steel industry, automotive industry, and many others which was not discussed when he was a student of the University of the Philippines. He also took money and banking as well as cost accounting and advanced money and banking courses, while doing so. In line with that, he realized that around a third of the things he was learning at Wharton were in reality, not applicable to the Philippine setting, specifically the automotive industry. Government service Finance minister He served as Finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya (born 16 September 1949) is a Filipino visual artist, curator, author, activist, and community leader. She is known for her printmaking, painting, mixed-media art, and installation art. She is also an author of various texts and books, as well as the co-founder of ''Kasibulan'', an artist collective in the Philippines. She also initiated the ''Pananaw'' (''Philippine Journal of Visual Arts''), of which she was the first editor. Cajipe-Endaya has become a main figure Filipino feminist and national liberation movements and Philippine art. Her advocacy of women centers around Philippine history and culture. Early life and education Cajipe-Endaya was born in Manila, Philippines. Her father, Dr. Pedro M. Cajipe was a survivor of the Bataan Death March, while her mother Felipa Baisas (a daughter of Francisco E. Baisas), was a pharmacist and chemistry teacher. Cajipe-Endaya's work emerged from the period of ferment during the 1960s and 1970s in the Philippines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing. The severity of the condition is variable. Pneumonia is usually caused by infection with viruses or bacteria, and less commonly by other microorganisms. Identifying the responsible pathogen can be difficult. Diagnosis is often based on symptoms and physical examination. Chest X-rays, blood tests, and Microbiological culture, culture of the sputum may help confirm the diagnosis. The disease may be classified by where it was acquired, such as community- or hospital-acquired or healthcare-associated pneumonia. Risk factors for pneumonia include cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sickle cell disease, asthma, diabetes, heart failure, a history of smoking, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manila Times
''The Manila Times'' is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines. It is published daily by The Manila Times Publishing Corp. (formerly La Vanguardia Publishing Corporation) with editorial and administrative offices at 2/F Sitio Grande Building, 409 A. Soriano Avenue, Intramuros, Manila. It was founded on October 11, 1898, shortly after news that the Treaty of Paris (1898), Treaty of Paris would be signed, ending the Spanish–American War and transferring the Philippines from Spanish to American sovereignty. It presently bills itself as having the fourth-largest circulation of the newspapers in the Philippines, beating the ''Manila Standard'', but still behind the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', the ''Manila Bulletin'' and ''The Philippine Star''. The current publisher and president and chief executive officer (CEO) and executive editor is Dante Francis "Klink" Ang II. On May 1, 2017, its chairman emeritus Dante Ang was appointed by President Rodrigo Dutert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of The Philippines
The National Museum of the Philippines () is an umbrella government organization that oversees a number of national museums in the Philippines, including Ethnography, ethnographic, Anthropology, anthropological, Archaeology, archaeological, and visual arts collections. From 1973 until 2021, the National Museum served as the regulatory and enforcement agency of the government of the Philippines in the restoring and safeguarding of significant cultural properties, sites, and reservations throughout the country. The mandate has since been transferred to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. The National Museum operates the National Museum of Fine Arts (Manila), National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Anthropology (Manila), National Museum of Anthropology, and the National Museum of Natural History (Manila), National Museum of Natural History, all located in the National Museum Complex (Manila), National Museum Complex in Manila. The institution also operates b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo
Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla (February 21, 1855 – March 13, 1913) was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José Rizal, Marcelo del Pilar, Mariano Ponce, and Graciano López Jaena, although he neither involved himself directly in that movement, nor later associated himself with the First Philippine Republic under Emilio Aguinaldo. His winning the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the gold win of fellow Filipino painter Juan Luna, prompted a celebration which was a major highlight in the memoirs of members of the Philippine reform movement, with Rizal toasting to the two painters' good health and citing their win as evidence that Filipinos and Spaniards were equals. Early life and education Hidalgo was born in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Luna
Juan Luna de San Pedro y Novicio (, ; October 25, 1857 – December 7, 1899) was a Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activism, activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artists. His winning of the gold medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts, along with the silver win of fellow Filipino painter Félix Resurrección Hidalgo, prompted a celebration which was a significant highlight in the memoirs of members of the Propaganda Movement, with the fellow ''Ilustrados'' toasting the two painters' good health and the brotherhood between Spain and the Philippines. Well regarded for work done in the manner of European academies of his time, Luna painted literary and historical scenes, some with an underscore of political commentary. His allegorical works were inspired by classical balance, and often showed figures in theatrical poses. Biography Early life Born in the town of Badoc, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orientations
''Orientations'' is a bimonthly print magazine published in Hong Kong and distributed worldwide since 1969. History ''Orientations'' was launched in 1969 by Adrian Zecha (who was later the founder of Aman Resorts) to showcase Asian art and culture through a dedicated magazine. The name was a play on the word 'Orient' which was what Asia was referred to back then. Under Elizabeth Knight in 1981, the editorial was reshaped to focus on Asian Art. Yifawn Lee is the current publisher and editor who joined the magazine in 2008. In 2014, she founded ''Asian Art Hong Kong'' as a platform to provide art-related lectures and events. In 2021, Asian Art in Hong Kong was rebranded as ''Orientations Art Circle''. In 2020, the print magazine was also launched as a digital edition. Description ''Orientations'' is a bimonthly print magazine on the many and varied aspects of the arts of East and Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, from the latest sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
