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                    [ArticleID] => 1257378
                    [Title] => A Cebuano’s Premio Zobel
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The visionary and truly ahead of his time, Don Enrique Zobel, had several dreams for the Philippines and one of his ardent wishes was for the Filipino to earnestly continue the use of the Spanish language.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1292169 [AuthorName] => Edu Jarque [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1073891 [Title] => A Book Launch Befitting the Premio Zobel [Summary] =>

Peninsulares and insulares – just about every prominent family was represented at Georgina Padilla y Zobel’s book launching.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 995851 [Title] => Cheers for ‘The Mango Bride’ [Summary] =>

It isn’t every day or even every year that a Filipino author gets published by Penguin Books — I can think of only Jose Rizal, Jose Garcia Villa, Jessica Hagedorn, and Miguel Syjuco, off the top of my head — so when Marivi Soliven told me a couple of years ago that her new novel The Mango Bride (New York: NAL Accent, 2013) had been picked up by a division of Penguin, I immediately sent her a congratulatory note.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135214 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804847 [AuthorName] => Butch Dalisay [SectionName] => Arts and Culture [SectionUrl] => arts-and-culture [URL] => http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4486/1tkm.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 964871 [Title] => Monaco’s charming singers /Zobel-awarded book launch /Thai embassy donates to SSC [Summary] =>

Founded in 1974, The Little Singers of Monaco gave their first Philippine performance at the FEU auditorium under the sponsorship of Prince Albert. Consul of Monaco Fortune Ledesma welcomed the audience headed by Dr. Lourdes R. Montinola, chair of FEU’s board of trustees.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 530986 [Title] => New CCP president named [Summary] =>

Former ambassador to Spain Isabel Caro Wilson is the new president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). Elected by the Board of Trustees last week, Wilson was presented to the CCP staff during their general assembly last Dec. 8 by CCP chair Emily Abrera.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 385578 [Title] => Premio Zobel [Summary] => To my dear Chinese colleagues and readers, may we all prosper in luck and fortune this Year of the Fire Pig. Kung Hei Fat Choi!
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135074 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804795 [AuthorName] => Johnny Litton [SectionName] => Allure [SectionUrl] => allure [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372286 [Title] => / Max / The Premio Zobel Book [Summary] => Maximo V. Soliven – Max to everyone – was made of granite and steel. To the public, he appeared indomitable, invincible, indefatigable and invulnerable, for which reason his sudden death was terribly unsettling, having drastically contradicted his seeming durability.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135822 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348942 [Title] => A Coveted Spanish Award [Summary] => In formal ceremonies held recently at the Spanish embassy residence, the highly coveted and prestigious King Juan Carlos I Officer’s Cross, Order of Isabel la Catolica, was conferred on Rosalinda L. Orosa, cultural columnist-essayist of The Philippine STAR, and Jose Maria Taberne, director of Oficina Tecnica de Cooperacion Espanola, by H.E. Ambassador Ignacio Sagaz.

Miss Orosa received the award for her assidious promotion of the Spanish language and avid projection of Spain’s cultural presence in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309044 [Title] => A Treatise For Spanish [Summary] => Spanish is indispensable in unraveling our history, literature, culture and identity, in strengthening our economy through increased trade with Latin America, and in forging ahead for our very survival when Spanish will be a universal language.

Past Philippine presidents fervently espoused the preservation and promotion of Spanish. Here is what they wrote (translation supplied)
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 86009 [Title] => Premio Zobel’s grand 81st anniversary bash [Summary] => Premio Zobel, dahlings, which just happens to be the country’s oldest literary prize, celebrated its 81st Anniversary at the Sky Top of Makati’s first grand lady, the InterContinental Hotel.

The latest awardee is that lady who brought style and class to many a Cosmo Manille old-wealth famille. She’s none other than Doña Lina Obieta De Sevilla, directress and founder of the Fundacion De La Lengua Hispanica En Filipinas which aims to re-integrate Spanish in domestic studies.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531900 [AuthorName] => Maurice Arcache 1 [SectionName] => Fashion and Beauty [SectionUrl] => fashion-and-beauty [URL] => ) ) )
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