In the book, Mata gives the readers a portrait of President Ramon Magsaysay and also a glimpse of his harrowing firsthand accounts after the plane crash in Balamban, Cebu, which claimed the lives of the former president and 25 others, as its lone survivor. It was first published in 1957 and was co-penned with Vicente Villafranca.

Mila Magsaysay-Valenzuela and Joy Mata, daughters of the two respective Filipino icons, expressed their gratitude to those involved in organizing the book launch, including the University, which kept the legacy of their fathers alive.

“[Through this book], I hope that people realize that life is so fragile. And as fragile as it is, I hope it inspires people to live life with a lot of consequences and with integrity and love for country,” Mila said.

Mila also shared that they also conduct trekking activities that revisit the site of the plane crash in Cebu to commemorate the president’s death anniversary.

Memorabilia, photographs, and other items that offer a glimpse of the vibrant life of Mata, a Philets alumnus belonging to the class of 1959, were also exhibited in the lobby. He passed away in 2018.

In June 2023, Mata’s family donated 846 books from his Library. After turning over her late father’s books to the University, the new custodian of Mata’s books, Joy gathered her siblings and decided to publish a new edition, tapping Art Angel Commercial Quests, Inc. as the publisher.

“Although my father has already met his deadline, his little candle will continue to burn with so much warmth and light, especially [by] sharing his books with the readers at the UST Library and with everyone [through the] new edition of the book, One That Came Back,” Joy said.

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The Thomasian painter came from a family of artists in Angono, Rizal. Dedicated to bring positive change, the third generation Blanco has lent his creativity and artistic vision to significant projects in the country such as the Vigan Convention Center, the restoration of the Ayuntamiento Building in Intramuros, as well as becoming an instrument in establishing the Regional Art Guild of SOCCSKSARGEN in collaboration with the Department of Tourism.

He was also designated as the “Outstanding Citizen of the Town of Angono for Visual Arts and Music” in 2012, which attests to his advocacy as a multi-faceted artist in his hometown.

At present, Blanco serves as Angono, Rizal’s tourism youth ambassador. Their family runs the Blanco Family Museum and Art Gallery that curates and celebrates their family’s vibrant legacy in their hometown.

The Congress seeks to recognize the nine domains of the Philippine creative industries.

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Assoc. Prof. Chuckberry Pascual, PhD of the Research Center for Culture, Arts, and Humanities and the Department of Literature won the “Best Translated Book in Filipino” award for his translation of Miguel Syjuco’s award-winning novel entitled “Ilustrado”. In addition, Pascual also bagged the “Best Anthology in Filipino” plum for “Plus/+, at Iba Plus, Maramihan: New Philippine Nonfiction on Sexual Orientations and Gender Identities”, a book he co-edited with Rolando B. Tolentino, PhD.

RCCAH Director Prof. Maria Alexandra Chua, PhD of the Conservatory of Music brought home the “Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book in Art” for her book entitled “Julio Nakpil (1867-1969): Collected Works Volume I: Piano, Vocal and Chamber Music.”

Lastly, BFA-Advertising Arts alumnus Josel Nicolas co-illustrated the winning book in the “Best Book of Graphic Novel and Comics in English” category entitled, “Death be Damned.”

Organized by NBDB and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC), the annual prize honored the most outstanding book titles written, designed, and published in the Philippines, the National Book Awards celebrates the enterprising creative labor involved in book publishing. A total of 35 titles emerged as winners out of 235 nominations across 34 categories consisting of seven languages: Filipino, English, Bikol, Binisaya, Hiligaynon, Tausug, and Waray.

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The writeshop was facilitated by Dr. Eric B. Zerrudo, the USTGS-CCCPET Director and senior faculty member of the UST Graduate Master of Arts in Cultural Heritage Studies program. It was attended by police officers, public school teachers, municipal elected officials from barangay, municipal level, and provincial level, academe, historical society, department and unit heads of the LGU, cultural mappers, tourism sectors and the members of Dumagat Remontado, the indigenous peoples community in Montalban, together with the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representatives (IPMR) from province, municipal and barangay level.

The aim of the writeshop was to identify the key challenges, priority areas for activity, and objectives for cultural guidelines and cultural development. It also aimed to formulate strategies to guide future cultural policy and to involve civil society in particular artist, cultural workers and other members of the culture and arts sector in the preparation of these strategies and development plans.

The activity was graced with the presence of Mayor Ronnie S. Evangelista (Ret. Gen.) together with the Councilor Judith G. Cruz, Chairperson for Tourism and Cultural Affairs and Dr. Corazon Lacerna, the Provincial Tourism Officer.

Cultural development planning writeshop is the forward-looking activity that defines culture in a particular context to impact on development and is the latest service offered by USTGS-CCCPET for local government units.

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As a way of showing support to Original Pilipino Music (OPM) and to Filipino musicians, the UST Symphony Orchestra, the world-renowned UST Singers, Liturgikon Vocal Ensemble, Coro Tomasino, and other talented Thomasian musicians from the Conservatory of Music will all collaborate to take the centerstage and serenade the community, setting the Christmas mood in the campus glowing with Christmas décor.

The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe will also offer us a plethora of dance performances from the ethnic to contemporary genres. They will be stationed at the Benavides Park, near the revamped UST Tiger, and at the Arch of The Centuries.

The concert will be held in conjunction with the anticipated opening of the Christmas lights and campus decór and the traditional Agape.

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Based on the signed Memorandum of Agreement inked by UST Rector fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., PhD and CCP President Maria Margarita “Margie” Moran-Floirendo, CCP, the Sining sa Eskwela will be integrated into the academic offerings of the SHS, which offers the Music, Arts, and Design track and the Contemporary Philippine Art from the Regions across all strands. The support will include Sining Alamin, which involves exposure to performances and activities at CCP and curriculum-based apprenticeship; Arts Online Talk, which will feature artists and experts; and Arts Academy, which will capacitate basic education teachers.

The agreement will be in effect for an initial three years. Attending the MOA signing were UST officials led by the Rector, Senior High School Principal Mary Erika N. Bolaños, PhD, and Regent fr. Ermito G. de Sagon, O.P.

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The project aims to: 1) define the weaving traditions of the artisans of the third district of Leyte through the customized heritage online mapping experience (HOME) template; 2) add value to the tradition and creativity of artisans through design, skill, knowledge and collaborative lectures from the academe and the industry both from national and international levels; 3) evolve climate change protocols to safeguard the tradition and encourage the adaptability of the artisans through case study discussions with representatives from resilient artisanal communities; 4) propose support mechanism and reinforcement towards sustainability through integration in the formal basic education system, particularly in the livelihood education subject/course

USTGS-CCCPET Director Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo, PhD conducted the plenary orientation on intangible cultural heritage and safeguarding mechanism together with Ms. Beverly Bautista, USTGS-CCCPET Support Staff, who discussed the HOME Craft, the customized online template lodge in the Centers’ website. Board Member Anna Veloso-Tuazon delivered the Welcome Message to the participants from the municipalities of Villaba, Tabango, San Isidro, Calubihan and Leyte of the 3^rd District of Leyte.

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The UST Research Center for Culture, Arts, and the Humanities, formally established in 2018, is the hub of Thomasian scholars conducting researches in architecture, communication and media, economics, fine arts and design, literature and culture, musicology, and philosophy. Its three-pronged goal of producing new knowledge in the fields of culture, arts, and the humanities is realized “by providing a venue to emergent research that locates our nation’s identity and consciousness in a transnational imaginary and within a burgeoning technology-propelled public sphere.”

Among the Center’s most recent funded projects are the Newton Fund-supported “Mapping Ecological-Social Assets” project, the Philippine Music Industry mapping project funded by the NRCP, and the Julio Nakpil music anthology.

According to the January 6, 2022 notification letter, the NRCP Outstanding Institution Award is given to institutions in recognition of their dedicated support and/or significant contributions to the growth and development of basic sciences, humanities, and the arts in the Philippines.

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This virtual ��ê�ٱ�-à-��ê�ٱ� entitled “The Other World: The Challenges and Anxieties of Translation”, held on November 17, 2021 via livestream, was a part of UST Publishing House‘s “UST Author Lecture Series” in the Manila International Book Fair 2021 (MIBF 2021), where Thomasian authors shared their knowledge on literature and on developing one’s craft.��

Challenges of translation

While translating Hidalgo’s two critically acclaimed books, Pascual shared the challenges he faced in the process, citing the translation of the female voice in the books from English to Filipino. “Iniisip ko baka mamaya ideal translator ni Ma’am [Hidalgo] ay babae rin, so isa iyon sa mga bagay na dapat kong i-overcome habang sinasalin ko ang mga libro,” he said.

Likewise, Hidalgo noted that her two books embodied different voices. Nonetheless, she lauded Pascual for giving justice to its Filipino translation. “Generally, my narrator is a woman and often a woman like myself, iba ang boses ng ‘The Ballad of a Lost Season’ sa ‘Where the ‘Moon Only Rages’, which are fairy tales,” she said. “[Pascual] was able to get that voice and translate it, which is to me a marvel,” she added.

Moreover, Pascual underscored that Filipino poet Gemino Abad’s theory, which is writing “from” English, guided him in translating English works. “Isinasalin ko lang [ang mga akda] pabalik, so may pagsundo. At isang paraan din sa pagsundo ng mga akda ni Ma’am Jing [Hidalgo] ay ang pagpapalitaw ng pagkakautang niya roon sa oral tradition,” he said, noting that Hidalgo’s works harked at the stories from her generation’s grandparents.

Both the translated works, Kundiman ng Panahong Naiwan and Sa Bayan ng Nagngangalit na Buwan: 9 na Kuwentong Bayan, were published by the UST Publishing House.

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Looking back at old works

For Hidalgo, revisiting her old works published more than a decade ago, felt like it was written by a “very young woman” or another person. “When I read the book in translation, it was the strangest feeling: it was like revisiting an old place and then you see your former neighbors, or people you used to know, and they are speaking in another language, so that it seems to me that they are different people, including the character who was based on me,” Hidalgo said.

“It’s like meeting strangers, but the strangers that you used to know, so they are partly familiar and partly unfamiliar.” she added.

An award-winning fictionist and a renowned travel writer, Hidalgo has authored more than 30 books of fiction, travel, essays, and reference materials. Some of her notable works are Catch a Falling Star, Stella and other Friendly Ghosts, Creative Nonfiction (a manual and a textbook), and Collected Stories and Tales, to name some.

The moderator of this event was Prof. John Jack G. Wigley, PhD of RCCAH and Department of Literature.

Revisit the literary conversation between Thomasian authors .

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Besting 208 artworks which tackled the theme of climate action, with 30 artworks selected by the Consortium in the semifinals, Dumas became the first top awardee of the international competition that aims to recognize “the value of creativity as a powerful resource for sustainable development and climate action”.

“Joining this competition was not only a chance to represent my country, but also to champion our call for climate action, that art is a powerful tool to make current issues and problem easier to understand for everyone,” Dumas said in his .

Nexus

His winning digital artwork entitled “Nexus” depicts a familiar sight to the Filipinos living in the contemporary world: an image of a left hand holding a plastic bag and straw, often used as an alternative to glass bottles, with the index and middle fingers banacing a burning cigarette that emits leaves as its smoke. “[Nexus] is a visual representation of how our simple everyday lifestyle affects our environment, ecosystem, and how we struggle to live,” the artist explained.

As a part of the United Nation’s 2030 agenda, sustainable development goals, and initiatives to provide support, the winning artworks will be auctioned in 2022.

According to its website, the DigitalArt4Climate is “an unprecedented multi-stakeholder partnership initiative which uses blockchain technology to turn art into digital assets or NFTs, which can be collected and traded, thus opening up a socio-technological innovation space which helps to unlock extraordinary potential for resource mobilization and climate empowerment”.

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