Negros Occidental loses fierce historian-journalist Modesto Sa-onoy
At his peak as a journalist, Modesto Sa-onoy co-founded The Visayan Daily Star on April 12, 1982
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Saturday, 12 September · 5 stories
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2 Negrense national artists: One painted people’s struggles, the other lit the stage
Their lives in art were different. One continues to live with the community that became central to his work; the other is remembered for a career that helped shape how theater was presented to audiences.
Entertainment
Kilyab’s Karl Ramirez turns Bicol pop into call for good governance
By putting Bicol music at the center of his work, this musician inspires a new generation of artists to celebrate their roots and use their craft to push for change
Cebuano short film ‘Bato’ng Bunga’ mines from memory, digs into exploitation
A grandson turns his lolo's mysterious illness into magical realism in Cebu's lone entry at this year's Sine Kabataan festival
Record fairs and borrowed nostalgia
'We are an obsessive lot, record collectors, touched by a bit of madness and resigned to the reality that our obsession will only be challenged by the onset of arthritic knees and hearing loss'
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