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Larry Alcala 100 Years: Tribute Exhibit & 100 Komikeros

In celebration of the centenary of National Artist for Visual Arts Larry Alcala, the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) 2026, in partnership with the...

PICOF returns this July as an open festival

The Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF) returns on July 10–12, 2026 at Ayala Malls The 30th, Pasig City, bringing together Filipino and international creators, creatives, publishers, readers,...

CCP celebrates Pride Month with TIG facade lighting until July 4

In celebration of Pride Month 2026, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) lights up the facade of the Tanghalang Ignacio Gimenez (TIG) at...

‘Let us not to the forgetting of our tales’

Indulge me for a while and let me make the roughest of conjectures: The lowest possible estimate for the total number of oral literary...

More than old houses: Why conservation matters in a changing Philippines

In the heart of Quiapo stands the historic Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, a living witness to the nation's struggle for independence, cultural identity, and collective memory. Its...

Portrait by premier Filipino painter Damian Domingo rediscovered, went unnoticed for nearly 200 years

EXCLUSIVE: An important 1833 portrait by Damian Domingo, considered to be the father of Philippine painting, went unnoticed for centuries and has now been...

How a CCP scholar dances beyond the spotlight

More than a movement, dance is a discipline, a form of self-discovery, and a lifelong commitment to sharing a piece of oneself with others....

Americana, on his back

My grandfather was shipped out of the Philippines in the 1920s, and landed in Stockton, California—less as a starry-eyed immigrant, and more as imperial...

4th Refugee Film Festival champions youth voices, stories of solidarity

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Philippines celebrated World Refugee Day by hosting the 4th Refugee Film Festival at the Natividad Fajardo-Rosario Gonzalez...

ASEAN strengthens regional cooperation for the protection of cultural heritage

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Cultural Properties Regulation Division, reopens the ASEAN Regional Dialogue: Building Foundations for Cooperation...