Victor Denis T. Nierva

. I SHALL BEGIN THIS wit h a period. Which is wrong. Very wrong. And you know that this—this—is even wrong.

MAHÎBOG AN BALAOG na na himo kan nakakaagi pa sanáng Juliana Arejola-Fajardo Workshop sa Pagsurat-Bikol. Sa ika-anom taon, malinaw an tabang na pagláom na itinatao kaini sa kabilogan kan literaturang Bikol. Nagpapahiling ini na may laad an aspektong ini kan satong kultura.

MY RECENT odysseys devoted to taking pictures of promotional materials of our esteemed trapoliticians have sidetracked me into a conclusion that I would have failed them if they were my students in a course on Typography. Or the other way around: I might have failed to open their minds and enrich their tastes on the looks and disposition of an excellent print design.

HONÀ KO, TAMA NA an kabalintunaan para ipasabot an sarong klase nin pag-agrangay. Alagad matapos magluwas an ‘Vestiges of progress’ digdi sa column ko pirang semana na an nakakaagi, naenkaminar ako kan pirang mga katood sa internet na bilogon logod bilang sarong paghiro o movement an agrangay sa palta-rason nang pagbugtak nin mga karatulang kulang na sanang hayagan nang sabihon kan mga politiko na iboto sinda sa paaboton na pirilian.

Nabua, Camarines Sur--“AKO NA ginikanan ninyo, rinugba ninyo ako (I who conceived you, you have destroyed).” In the internet site Nabua Forum, this statement is found marqueed over a picture of the demolished Gabaldon school building in Nabua, Camarines Sur. The building is currently the cause of protest among concerned Nabueños disgusted with the unreasonable demolition of a supposedly heritage structure by the local government here.

IF THERE is something we’ve learned from the recent Bikol Arts Festival—which Naga City hosted, it is the full realization that in many ways we have lost our touch with what Bikol culture really is. And yet, the whole festival came in and out, despite this, and made clearer the very picture of our hunger—and resolve— to present something ‘more’ Bikol next time.

AN PAG-ORGOLYO sa sadiring rona dai naipapahiling sa paghangaw sana kan mga tataramon na “orgolyo ko an banwaan ko” o kun bako man “ogma ako na ako Bikolano.”  Ini isinasabuhay, siring dugong minadalagan sa satong mga ugat asin siring man sa doros na satong hinahangos.