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2023
• Oldest Rice Storage (Kamalig) (12/12/2023) - One day, I visited Nimfa Rueda's old warehouse in the heart of the city. To my astonishment, I discovered that it is the oldest traditional Rice Storage (Lumang Kamalig). It's an incredible historical landmark that I had never seen before, connecting . . .
  
  
2018
• Ang kakaibang obra ni Amangpintor (3/8/2018) - “PAWIS at dugo” ang puhunan ng mga alagad ng sining sa paglikha ng kanilang obra. Pinaghihirapan at ginugugulan ng oras upang maisakatuparan ang kanilang bisyon at matiyak ang natatanging kagandahan ng kanilang likha. Ang pintor na si Elito Vill . . .
  
  
2017
• Artist with blood on his hands (3/6/2017) - A folk artist who draws from—and is revered by—the folk community is Elito Villaflor Circa, the contemporary folk artist of Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija. Relatively young at 47, he is not only reverentially called “Amangpintor” (Father Pa . . .
  
  
2016
• Anahaw Faces blood-using painter behind Duterte art (12/4/2016) - Life is a continuous cycle. This is the philosophy of man who was dubbed as “Hair and Blood Artist of Nueva Ecija” named Elito V. Circa who believes in the process of reincarnation. The 46-year-old painter, residing in Brgy. Sto. Tomas, San Jose . . .
  
  
2010
• DR. MATTHIAS HALWART JOINS FIRI (8/19/2010) - Dr. Matthias Halwart has been appointed Fishery Resources Officer (Aquaculture) in the Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI) at FAO HQ effective 1 September 1999. Dr. Halwart brings with him many years of experience on aquaculture an . . .
  
  
2009
• Munting Daliring Kumakamot (12/1/2009) - Likas sa ating mga Pilipino ang maka-Dios, may paniniwala sa susunod na buhay at malikhain pagdating sa sining. Sa kabila ng ating kakulangan sa mga material na bagay, ninanais pa rin nating tumayo sa sariling pagsisikap upang matupad ang mga pinapan . . .