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The slogan "Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan" (Filipino for "For the nation's progress, discipline is needed") [1] [2] was a political catchphrase created by the administration of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos after his declaration of martial law, as a justification for his authoritarian rule and in an effort to promote the "new society". [3]
Liwayway A. Arceo was born January 30, 1924. Arceo authored a number of well-received novels, She has written almost 50 novels, thousands of short stories, essays, and radio dramas, such as Canal de la Reina (1972) and Titser (1995) where the most popular. [1]
Lilia Quindoza was born in 1949 in Manaoag, in the Philippines' Pangasinan province. [1] [2] She grew up in Baguio, where she attended secondary school.[1]After graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1971, she obtained a master's in comparative literature in 1980 and a Ph.D. in Philippine studies in 1990 from the same institution.
Mga Kuwento ni Lola Basyang featured the character Lola Basyang who is characterized as an elderly woman fond of telling stories to her grandchildren. [2] The character is based on Gervacia Guzman de Zamora a neighbor of author Severino Reyes who was a matriarch of the Zamora family of Quiapo, Manila. [3]
Satanas sa Lupa (“Satan on Earth”), subtitled “nobelang pangkasalukuyan” [1] (“Present-day Novel”), is a 1970 [2] Tagalog-language novel by Filipino author and scriptwriter Celso Al. Carunungan , [ 3 ] one of the “titans of Philippine literature”. [ 4 ]
The National Youth Commission (Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon sa Kabataan), also known as the NYC, is a government agency in the Philippines that specifically addresses issues surrounding the Filipino youth. It was founded on June 30, 1995, via Republic Act 8044 or the "Youth in Nation-Building Act of 1995". [3]
The Philippines' Agricultural Training Institute (Filipino: Surian ng Pasanayang Pang-agrikultura, [3] abbreviated as ATI), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for training agricultural extension workers and their clientele; conducting multi-level training programs to promote and accelerate rural development; and ensuring that research ...
Stress is a distinctive feature in Tagalog. Primary stress occurs on either the final or the penultimate syllable of a word. Vowel lengthening accompanies primary or secondary stress except when stress occurs at the end of a word.