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Carlos Polestico Garcia KR (Tagalog: [ˈkaːɾ.los poˌlɛːs.tɪˈxo gɐɾˈsiː.ɐ]; November 4, 1896 – June 14, 1971), often referred to by his initials CPG, was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth President of the Philippines.
President Carlos P. Garcia introduced the Filipino First policy. The policy of Garcia, was a response to the impact of free trade and American economic dominance in the Philippines for years following the World War II. It is meant to assert greater Filipino role over the country's economy if not to gain control of it by promoting "Filipino ...
Carlos P. Garcia: Filipino first! [2] Manuel Manahan: Manahan is my man [3] 1961: Carlos P. Garcia: Filipino first! [2] Diosdado Macapagal: Poor boy from Lubao [2] 1965: Diosdado Macapagal: Poor boy from Lubao [2] Ferdinand Marcos: This nation can be great again [2] 1986: Corazon Aquino: Tama na! Sobra na! Palitan na! lit. Enough! It's too much ...
Bisaya magazine is considered the barometer for Visayan literary artist. Many Cebuano literary stalwarts made their names in the pages of Bisaya: Natalio Bacalso, Severino Retuya, Marcel Navarra, Piux Kabahar, Sulpicio Osorio, Estrella Alfon, Lina Espina-Moore, and President Carlos P. Garcia.
He experimented with different kinds of art media such as oil, acrylic, and watercolor. He also tried making sculpture and mixed media. He uses the "incision painting" this method is applied on the stop surface by carving out the artist’s desired pattern on the stone materials and layering paint or plaster on the stone surface.
Filipino Struggles Through History, alternatively known as the History of Manila is a series paintings which depicts select events from Philippine history. [6] It composes of 10 canvas panels collectively measuring 2.7 meters (8.9 ft) high and 79.4 meters (260 ft) wide. [3]
Carlos Villa died in 2013, but palpable traces of his presence remain. There is a black-and-white photograph of his arm, taken some time around 1973, an image whose surface bears a series of ...
He is a National Artist of the Philippines. He formerly served as the chairman of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), the government agency mandated to promote and standardize the use of the Filipino language. On January 5, 2017, Almario was also elected as the chairman of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). [2]