Arts and Culture
Arts and Culture
Duterte to sign bill abolishing Road Board
By Jelly Musico/PNA MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte will sign into law a bill abolishing irregularities-ridden Road Board “as soon as” it is submitted to him, Malacañang said on Tuesday. “Yes. That has been...
Arts and Culture
Western Visayas museum opens textile gallery
By Cindy Ferrer/PNA ILOILO CITY -- The Western Visayas Regional Museum opened on Saturday a gallery featuring the weaving tradition of the region. Dubbed “Habol Panay: The Woven Artistry Philippine Textiles”, the exhibit...
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NCCA partners with Bacolod school for performing arts scholarship
By Nanette Guadalquiver/PNA BACOLOD CITY -- The National Commission for Culture and the the Arts (NCCA) has tapped the Colegio de San Agustin (CSA)-Bacolod in providing scholarships for short certificate courses on arts...
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‘Habol Panay’ textile gallery to open in West Visayas
PR/PNA MANILA -- A permanent textile gallery, called the “Habol Panay”, will open at the National Museum’s Western Visayas Regional Museum in the Old Iloilo Provincial Jail at the Capitol Grounds in Iloilo...
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Museo Aguinaldo brings experience to the blind
By Gladys Pino/PNA KAWIT, Cavite – The ‘Museo ni Emilio Aguinaldo’ or MEA is now officially a museum, ‘also’ for the blind, as it translated several art collections into 3D objects, tactile...
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How this Tausug artist was forged in the crucible of war
By Rey-Luis Banagudos/PNA ZAMBOANGA CITY -- In February 1974, the proud town of Jolo was totally burned down and bombed to oblivion. On the eighth day of that month, hordes of Moro rebels...