Three years have come and gone and it’s the season once again for that classy circus which, to the informed, is just as exciting as the national elections: the national artist awards. The deadline has been met and all those nominations—thick portfolios over which much energy has been expended, along with prayers and crossed fingers—have been submitted.
Soon the directors of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts will be deliberating on the array of materials, testimonials and catalog of accomplishments before them.
Let’s see now what we have heard, having no insider information.
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