Isagani R. Cruz

1) FSGO rejects the assumption that the impeachment of CJ Renato Corona is an attack on the Supreme Court as an institution.

2) FSGO believes that the impeachment and conviction of CJ Renato Corona are necessary to redeem and strengthen the Supreme Court.

3) FSGO asserts that CJ Renato Corona must be convicted because of a pattern of action that demonstrates a betrayal of public trust.

SOCIAL SCIENCES: Sanghiyang sa Mundo ng Internet (Rhoderick Nuncio, Vibal Foundation and DLSU).

POETRY: If I Write You This Poem, Will You Make It Fly (Simeon Dumdum Jr., Ateneo).

NON-FICTION PROSE: Sagad sa Buto (Romulo P. Baquiran Jr., UST).

LEISURE: Celebrations (Karla Prieto Delgado, Gianna Reyes Montinola, Cristina Roces-Garcia, Ginny Roces-de Guzman, Sylvia Roces-Montilla, and Vicky Veloso-Barrera, Anvil).

DESIGN: To Give and Not to Count the Cost (Felix Mago Miguel, Ateneo).

ALFONSO T. ONGPIN PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK ON ART: The Urian Anthology, 1990-1999 (Nicanor G. Tiongson, UP and Film Development Council of the Philippines).

BANGKO SENTRAL PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK IN ECONOMICS: Not awarded.

ISAGANI R. CRUZ PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK IN LITERARY CRITICISM: Banaag at Sikat: Metakritisismo at Antolohiya (Maria Luisa Torres Reyes, NCCA).

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Blue Angel, White Shadow (Charlson Ong, UST).

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE:  Lumbay ng Dila (Genevieve L. Asenjo, C&E and DLSU), citation.

CITATIONS: Watersheds (Grace Roxas, Wide Angle Media); The Great Men and Women of Asia (Ramon Magsaysay Foundation and Anvil).

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.

Evident Partisanship of the Supreme Court

(A Statement by the Former Senior Government Officials)

From its founding, FSGO has been critical of the Gloria Arroyo regime. In deference to President Aquino’s admonition to “treat her with respect,” we will not comment for now on her antics at NAIA Terminal 1 on the evening of November 15.

We are thankful that the Executive Branch has acted according to its sworn duty as one of the three co-equal branches of government.

We regret the evident partisanship in the Supreme Court’s November 15 en banc decision on the TRO. The eight votes in favor were all appointees in Arroyo’s second term. Of the five in contra, only Justice Jose Mendoza was appointed in that Arroyo term. 

Public servants must be reminded that no one is divinely appointed. The same holds true with the Court and its members. Furthermore, the Supreme Court, as with other lower courts, is expected to be a servant, not the master, of the people and certainly not beholden to the appointing power. 

The present Supreme Court as a body has been obviously partisan for Mrs. Arroyo. The Court has to gain its moral ascendancy and earn real authority for itself. We respectfully remind the Justices that exercise of their granted authority will be vitiated if and when they lose the real respect of their constituency. For any Supreme Court, that constituency is no less than the citizenry of our Republic. 

We call on the Justices not to further undermine the credibility of the Supreme Court as an institution.

CALL FOR PAPERS, PANELS & PRESENTATIONS

ICOPHIL-9:  The Philippines and the World

The Ninth International Conference on the Philippines

22-25 May 2012 at Michigan State University

The Ninth International Conference on the Philippines will be held at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA, May 22-25, 2012.  Held at approximately four-year intervals since 1980, this conference seeks to bring together specialists in all academic areas concerning  the Philippines or Filipinos anywhere in the world.  Within the context of disciplinary and cross-disciplinary sessions we aim to foster interdisciplinary conversations among academics, policy makers, and interested members of the global community that will bring about greater understanding of Philippine matters and address issues of importance for the future of the Philippines and Filipinos in the homeland and its diasporas. Depending upon funding, it is anticipated that some of the sessions will be internet-based to incorporate presenters located outside the United States.

We seek proposals for full panels and individual papers, as well as demonstrations of useful technologies and cultural presentations. Papers should be original works that have not been published or presented elsewhere. Most panels will run for 2 hours, with 30 minutes allocated to discussion. So in proposing panels, organizers should keep in mind a 90-minute window for all presentations, including introductions. When a panel includes a designated respondent (not required), that should also be figured within the 90 minutes of presentation. Individual papers that are not proposed as part of a panel will be scheduled within an appropriate disciplinary or problem-centered session.  One or more poster sessions will also be scheduled.  Innovative formats, including those utilizing social media, will be considered.

In addition to traditional disciplinary areas, papers and panels are sought on non-traditional topics and areas, such as agriculture, arts and humanities, banking and finance, criminal justice, design, education, engineering, food security, human and animal health, journalism and communications, law, literature, material culture, military affairs, music, natural resources, science and technology. All topics germane to the Philippines are welcome!

Submit panel and paper proposals by November 1, 2011 to:

ICOPHIL Committee

Asian Studies Center

Michigan State University

East Lansing MI 48824-1035

asiansc@msu.edu

The following members of the organizing committee at Michigan State University (MSU), the Philippine Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies (PSG), and the International Philippine Studies Conferences Board (ICOPHIL) are available to discuss participation and possible approaches:

The Organizing Committee at Michigan State University

Evangelyn (Vangie) Alocilja Department of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering alocilja@msu.edu

Rick Bernsten Department of Agricultural Economics bernsten@msu.edu

Roger Bresnahan Office of the Dean, International Studies & Programsbresnaha@msu.edu

Sheila Royo Maxwell School of Criminal Justice maxwel22@msu.edu

Terese Guinsatao Monberg Residential College in the Arts & Humanitiestmonberg@msu.edu

Sobha Ramanand Office of the Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies ramanand@msu.edu

Geri Alumit Zeldes School of Journalism alumitge@msu.edu

ICOPHIL Liaison Committee, Philippine Studies Group of the Assn. for Asian Studies

Mike Cullinane Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison mmcullin@wisc.edu

Barbara S. Gaerlan Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of California Los Angeles  bgaerlan@international.ucla.edu

Paul Rodell Department of History, Georgia Southern Universityrodell@georgiasouthern.edu

Cherubim A. Quizon Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Seton Hall University cherubim.quizon@shu.edu

The International Philippine Studies Conferences Board

Belinda A. Aquino Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa lyndy@hawaii.edu

Bernardita Reyes Churchill Philippine Studies Association (Philippines)nitachurchill@hotmail.com

 
Sponsorships and/or matching grants may be available to help defray the costs of travel and attendance by participants with demonstrable need. Address requests to Professor Bresnahan.

 “Copyright Concerns in Academic Publishing”

February 28, 2011

Conference Rooms 3 and 4, 2^nd Floor

Social Sciences Building, Ateneo de Manila University 

2:00 – 2:15                            Registration 

2:15 – 2:25                            Welcome Remarks               Ma. Luisa T. Camagay, President, PASAP            

2:25 – 2:35                            Introduction of Speaker     Maricor E. Baytion, Secretary, PASAP

2:35 – 3:00                           “Copyright Concerns in Academic Publishing and Introducing FILCOLS”

                                                                                  Alvin J. Buenaventura, Executive Director, FILCOLS 

3:00 – 3:30                           Open Forum 

3:30 – 3:45                           Closing Remarks        Isagani R.Cruz, Treasurer, PASAP

3:45                                         Snacks

Emcee

Thelma V. Jambalos, Vice President, PASAP

The Death of Gen. Angelo Reyes and the Meaning of Public Office is a Public Trust 

Unlike other cultures, our Filipino culture does not accord suicides by public figures one clear and definitive meaning. Thus the message of a Filipino dying in public by his own hand often ends up being contested, improvised and twisted by various interested parties. And so it is with the tragic death of General Angelo Reyes. Did he put a bullet through his heart in an ultimate admission of personal responsibility for whatever wrong he had committed? Or was his willful termination of his own life a sublime act of protest to assert his innocence against unfair yet unremitting persecution? 

The death of someone like Gen. Reyes who served our country for most of his life deserves our respect, prayers and reflection. This is a tragedy to one person, to his family and to many who believed and admired him for his personal, professional and public life. For his fellow Filipinos that Gen. Reyes left behind, his chosen timing and manner of exiting the public stage and this mortal world challenges us to seek some meaning and purpose from such a tragic loss. We, former senior government officials, choose to see the death of Gen Reyes in the light of the principle that public office is a public trust. 

We find no honor in a death without meaning to the welfare of our nation. 

Gen. Angelo Reyes took his own life in the midst of an investigation that exposed the corruption within the command structure of our military, corruption that had tainted him. For whom did Gen. Reyes die? If he died to escape the consequences of his involvement, or to put a lid on further revelations, or worse, to become a sacrificial lamb for all others more tainted than he, his was not an honourable death. The smug faces of unpunished corruption that visited his wake only further dishonour him. If, on the other hand, his death inspires our leaders to finally clean up the corrupt system in the military that ensnared him, he might yet be the last soldier to die in our people’s war against corruption. Gen. Reyes may have died by his own hand, but in truth, corruption killed him. As we pray for the forgiveness of his sins, we hope that his blood spilled on his mother’s grave will begin the cleansing of his beloved AFP, the government he protected and the nation he served. 

The death of Reyes should not be wished upon anyone, not even the Garcias, the Ligots, and the other alleged recipients of military graft, or even their alleged real protectors. That would be unchristian. But perhaps these lost souls in the people’s war against corruption should be reminded that moral death is as tragic as physical death.  And the suffering will be much longer. 

The investigation into high level corruption in the military should continue. 

Gen. Reyes’ death could not and should not be blamed upon our legislators, no matter how hurtful their statements may have been. While more civility and courtesy could mark our congressional investigations, and invited "guests" to these proceedings could be treated better by their "hosts", it must be clear by now that these legislative inquiries serve a vital function in democratic governance. Thus far, the truth about high level corruption has obviously and apparently not been brought forth by agencies charged with this function. Neither the police, the NBI, the Ombudsman, nor the courts have shown any talent nor interest to bring forth to our people the truth about corruption at the highest levels of our government.  Despite their rantings and distractions during these public hearings, our senators and congressmen have been able to put names, faces, numbers and dates to the corruption that every citizen knows infects our officialdom. 

We continue to regard George Rabusa and Heidi Mendoza as heroes in our people’s war against corruption. They have nothing to be ashamed about in this tragedy.  Mendoza has apparently always been honorable in the discharge of her functions, while Rabusa had to confront and acknowledge his own sins in order to retrieve his own lost honor by finally telling the truth. 

We ask Commodore Rex Robles and the others who have special knowledge of the facts concerning corruption in the military that they pay their respects to Gen. Reyes by coming out with the truth, rather than expecting others to do their work for them.  Truth telling is the responsibility of everyone who knows the truth. 

Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez must go. 

The Ombudsman can no longer sustain her pretense that moves to oust her are merely partisan efforts by the critics of Gloria Arroyo.  There is nothing partisan about our people’s nearly universal desire to have a new beginning in the Office of the Ombudsman.  The whole nation wants its government to move along the tuwid na daan and this incumbent Ombudsman is one of the biggest boulders on their way. Everybody wants this boulder out. She no longer has any excuse for trying to stay. 

We remind the Supreme Court, and other lawyers, that in deciding the case on the impeachment of Merceditas Gutierrez, their final responsibility is not to search for arcane legal principles that would find fault in the effort, but to join the Filipino people in ridding ourselves of this boulder along our path towards a righteous and just Philippines. 

The death of Gen. Reyes reminds us that corruption kills. Most often, it kills poor Filipinos with hunger, disease, disaster or crime because the money meant to help or protect them was stolen.  It kills soldiers whose bullets ran out, whose guns fail, whose trucks ran out of gasoline, whose aircraft crashed due to poor maintenance, all because someone stole the money for their needs. Sometime, corruption kills those that partake of its evil fruit. 

The death of Gen. Reyes is finally a reminder that public office is a public trust. Those who occupy public office shall be held accountable, by our laws when possible; by public opinion, when necessary; by history, eventually; or by individual conscience, ultimately.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FOR 2009, GIVEN BY THE MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE AND THE NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD

Art [Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book on Art]:  The Life and Works of Marcelo Adonay, Volume 1,  Elena Rivera Mirano, Corazon Canave Dioquino, Melissa Corazon Velez Mantaring, Edna Marcil Martinez, Ma. Patricia Brillantes-Silvestre, Iñigo Galing Vito, and Patricia Marion Lopez (University of the Philippines Press)

This first volume is a testament to the huge amount of research needed in order to even just recreate for us the bright spots of Filipno arts during our colonial history. Marcelo Adonay is a very significant link in music to the period which produced a Rizal in literature, a Juan Luna and a Felix Resurrecion-Hidalgo in painting, and other artists, intellectuals, and revolutionists.  We are grateful that Elena Rivera Mirano and her group are able to give us a glimpse of Adonay’s life and, more importantly, give us a fuller appreciation of his superior talent as a composer of religious music.  We anxiously await the second volume.

Fiction [Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Philippine Language & Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Foreign Language]:  The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (Anvil Publishing)

Gina Apostol tells our revolutionary history – or fragments of our history – using a pastiche of writing from the academe, a diary, stories within stories, jokes, puns, allusions, a virtual firecracker of words. Her novel is fearlessly intellectual, anchored firmly on the theories of Jacques Lacan. But it is also funny and witty as it picks – lice, nits, and all – on the hoaxes in our history. It affirms, if it still needs to be affirmed, the power of fiction to shape and reshape the gaps in the narratives of our history as a nation. The main character here is History, and its protagonist, Imagination. For this audacious sword-play of a novel, the National Book Award is given to Gina Apostol’s The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata.

Graphic Literature:  Trese: Mass Murders, Ferdinand-Benedict G. Tan and Jonathan A. Baldisimo (Visprint)

Powerful, iconic characters comic book characters Darna, Zuma and Captain Barbell, among others, emerged fully-formed from the mind of Filipino comic creators. That creativity continues to this day, in all directions, in different ways. But in Trese, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo have a stunningly original idea, swathed in the irresistible spookiness of our folklore and the edged mythology of our urban legends. Alexandra Trese, the enigmatic paranormal investigator and her lethal bodyguards the Kambal helps the police when encountering cases that just don’t make any sense of the normal kind. In the process, Tan and Baldisimo offers us a peek into the supernatural embedded into Metro Manila’s badly lit corners. In the first volume, Trese: Murder on Balete Drive, we are introduced to Alexandra and her team, and the second volume, Trese: Unreported Murders, showed us one peculiar procedural after another. But it is in this third volume, Trese: Mass Murders, where we find out where and how Alexandra Trese came to be who and where she is. Instead of hemming us in, Trese: Mass Murders actually opens up another world of narrative possibilities. The rabid fan following Trese has earned is impressive, and that only adds to the fact that in Trese, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo has crafted a testament to the limitless capacity of the Filipino imagination, as well as one of the best Filipino comic books of all time. It is for those reasons that Trese: Mass Murders is given the National Book Award for Graphic Literature.

Literary Criticism/Literary History: Pungsod, Damming the Nation:  Region/Nation and the Global Order in Contemporary West Visayan Literature, Isidoro M. Cruz (University of San Agustin Publishing House)

Pungsod is a narrative of the nation, by the region, and for the global. Using contemporary West Visayan literary selections as its objects of study, this critical tour-de-force rethinks and dismantles myths and comfortable categories related to the dominant perception and construction of national and regional literatures. As a work of scholarship, it is intellectually intense, meticulously mapped, and down-to-pungsod-earth. Pungsod is a tenacious addition to our trove of Philippine literary and cultural studies.

Nonfiction Prose:  Wash, Only a Bookkeeper:  A Biography of Washington Z. Sycip,  Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (SGV Foundation)

“My life’s journey continues to be blessed with rich experiences, unique opportunities, and inspiring people. It is my hope that you will pick up a lesson or two from the memories of a bookkeeper,” writes Washington SyCip in the preface to Wash Only a Bookkeeper: A Biography of Washington Z. SyCip by Jose Y. Dalisay, published by The SGV Foundation and the AIM Scientific Research Foundation. One will pick more than two lessons with the unexpected and profound experiences of the titular Wash in a fascinating story that chronologically commences with Wash’s father and continues with the geographically and experientially diverse circumstances that Wash finds himself. Dalisay vividly chronicles the smart, sharp Wash’s introduction and rise through the ranks of accountants: who knew accounting could be so interesting? Wash Only a Bookkeeper then traces Wash’s odyssey from talented accountant to a great Filipino, including Wash’s ideas about the country and the continent we live in, as well as the tale of the iconic Asian Institute of Management. All this plus Dalisay’s elegant writing tell us what Wash Only a Bookkeeper reinforces: Washington Z. SyCip is anything but only a bookkeeper. For this, the National Book Award goes to Wash Only a Bookkeeper: A Biography of Washington Z. SyCip.

Poetry:  Aves, Jerry B. Gracio (University of the Philippines Press)

Kahanga-hanga ang koleksiyong ito ni Jerry B. Gracio dahil isang tunay na aklat ng tula na may iisang paksa – ibon o mga ibon:  mula sa iba’t ibang ibon sa mundo, hanggang sa mga mitikong lumilipad na nilalang na gaya ng aswang, tigmamanukin, at ibong adarna at mga lumilipad na pangarap at lunggati ng tao.  Palatandaan ito ng pambihirang imahinasyon ng makata bukod sa kaniyang makabagong talino upang bigyan tayo ng malungkot at masisteng pagtingin sa ating buhay ngayon.

Professions:  The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, Cesar L. Villanueva (Holy Angel University)

To non-lawyers, the law is often regarded as something that curtails our freedom, that limits  what we can and want to achieve, that keeps us from misbehaving, that makes us quake in fear that we might be violating it and as a consequence be fined or imprisoned.  Non-lawyers and perhaps even lawyers think of the law as something to get around, to find loopholes in, to use to our own personal advantage.  Rarely does a book on law make us feel that we can be better than ourselves.  The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, by Cesar L. Villanueva, makes those of us that lead corporations realize that the law is there to show us how to be socially responsible, how to ensure that our corporations make us a lot of money without exploiting our employees or our customers, how to exercise good corporate governance.  The book shows us how to read laws in their entirety, within a context of corporate social responsibility, within theories that are not only legal but sociological, not only textual but personal.  Because it has made the law not only more comprehensible but also more inspirational, the National Book Award for Best Book in Law is given to The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, by Cesar L. Villanueva, Holy Angel University.

Social Sciences:  Bakwit:  The Power of the Displaced, Jose Jowel Canuday (Ateneo De Manila University Press)

Narratives of human mobility are not history’s novelties. Bakwit is more than an impressive documentation of and a scientific inquiry into the movement and lives of the dispossessed, innocent casualty of three decades of armed conflicts in Mindanao; it is an absorbing “creation” of a human-interest story, a vivid portrait of the creative and enduring power of Everyman.  As Fr. Albert Alejo has stated in his commentary, “Canuday reminds us that the first and lasting fact in any rigorous and reverent social analysis is the resilience of the human spirit.” Bakwit moves beyond the realm of science and recalls us to our humanity.

Design:  Palaspas:  An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines, Karl Fredrick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

Ang disenyo ng isang libro ay dapat na katulad ng disenyo ng isang bahay.  May mga bahay na, dahil napakaganda ng disenyo, ay hindi ka na makatulog o makakain o makakilos nang maayos dahil masyado mong hinahangaan ang itsura ng kuwarto, ng pader, ng ilaw, ng mga kung anu-ano.  Dapat na tumutulong sa awtor, nagpapakumbaba at hindi nagyayabang ang nagdisenyo ng isang libro.  Sa librong nanalo sa taong ito, tumutulong ang disenyo na maintindihan ng mambabasa kung paano gagawin ang nais ng awtor na gawin niya.  Malinaw na pinili ang uri, laki, at kulay ng mga letra, ang ayos ng mga litrato, ang uri at bigat ng papel, ang laki mismo ng libro, at ang ilalagay sa cover dahil hinahatid ng mga ito ang mensahe ng awtor.  Dahil masining ang pinapaksa ng libro, ang materyal na hawak ng mambabasa ay masining rin.  Sa madaling salita, bagay at nakaaambag ang disenyo sa nilalaman ng libro.  Dahil dito, ibinibigay ang National Book Award for Best Design sa librong Palaspas:  An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines, ni Elmer I. Nocheseda, na dinesenyo ni Karl Fredrick M. Castro, Ateneo de Manila University Press.

Publisher of the Year:  University of the Philippines Press

Nitong nakaraang taon, maraming publisher ang naglathala ng mahuhusay na libro.  Nakatanggap ng National Book Award ang Anvil Publishing, Ateneo de Manila University Press, Holy Angel University Press, SGV Foundation, University of San Agustin Publishing House, University of the Philippines Press, at Visprint, bukod pa sa ibang publisher na may mga librong nominado o nakasama sa short list.  Marami na at hindi lamang iilan, samakatwid, ang mga publisher na matagumpay na inaalok sa publiko ang pinakamatinong produkto ng ating mga manunulat.  Natutuwa kami sa Manila Critics Circle at National Book Development Board sa paglaganap ng kamalayang dapat na makabuluhan ang nilalaman, malinis ang pagkasulat, at masining ang disenyo ng mga librong nilalathala ng ating mga publisher.  Nais din naming bigyang-pansin ang pakikipagsabayan ng mga academic publishers sa mga matagal nang bihasa at kahangahangang commercial publishers.  Sa mga publisher na napapaloob sa akademya, isa ang maliwanag na laging mataas ang antas ng nilalaman at estilo ng mga libro hindi lamang sa iilang larangan ng karunungan kundi sa marami at iba iba, laging mapangahas at mapagpalaya sa pagpili ng ilalathala, laging sumusunod sa misyon ng pamantasan at ng komunidad ng pandaigdigang akademya.  Dahil marami sa nailathalang librong kasama sa mga nominado at nanalo, dahil patuloy na naniniwala na kaya ng karaniwang mambabasa na mag-isip nang malalim at magpalawak ng kamalayan, iginagawad ang National Book Award para sa Publisher of the Year sa University of the Philippines Press.

The next APWP meeting will be held in Perth, Australia in early December 2011, in conjunction with the 14th Biennial Symposium on Literatures and Cultures of the Asia Pacific Region at the University of Western Australia 5-8 December.

We’re pleased to be associated with and bring new people to this long-established gathering. It has engaged writers and scholars in the Asia-Pacific in literary dialogues for the past 28 years. The last biennial was held in Kuala Lumpur in 2009, organised by the International Islamic University Malaysia.

1.     Abad Santos, Vicente (+)

2.     Abiva, Thelma G.

3.     Abria, Norma

4.     Abueva, Napoleon V.

5.     Adorio, Mercedes P.

6.     Agno, Eduardo E.

7.     Agrava, Corazon

8.     Alcuaz-Reyes, Ma. Carmen

9.     Almendrala, Michael C.

10.  Amores, Irene D.

11.  Andrada, Anne-Marie L.

12.  Angangco, Ofelia R.

13.  Anglo, Emmanuel G.

14.  Angtuaco, Salvacion P.

15.  Aprieto, Virginia L.

16.  Arizabal, Antonio V. Jr.

17.  Asmundson, Ruth U.

18.  Ayuyao, Conrado

19.  Bacungan, Froilan M.

20.  Bacungan, Cleofe M.

21.  Barile, Dolores P.

22.  Bautista, Ma. Lourdes S.

23.  Bayan, Angelina A.

24.  Belardo, Luz O.

25.  Bernas, Antonio G.

26.  Bongga, Demetria C.

27.  Brillantes, Francisca B.

28.  Buenaventura, Cesar A.

29.  Buenviaje, Rufo Q.

30.  Bumanglang-Ruscoe, Rita D.

31.  Buzar, Jaime M.

32.  Calata, Alexander A.

33.  Alonge, Generoso

34.  Campos, Jose C. Jr.

35.  Capangpangan, Mario B.

36.  Caridad, Violeta B.

37.  Carreon-Hall, Edwina S.

38.  Castillo, Gregorio R.

39.  Celo, Virginia D.

40.  Ceniza, Riorita E.

41.  Cesar, Lorenzo G.

42.  Colayco, Ma. Teresa J.

43.  Coloso, Relicardo M.

44.  Conaco, Ma. Cecilia G.

45.  Concepcion, Proceso G.

46.  Cruz, Angel C.

47.  Cruz, Avelino V.

48.  Cruz, Isagani R.

49.  Dagot, Edilberto P. (+)

50.  Daut, Henry C.

51.  David, Vicente C.

52.  De Guzman, Leticia

53.  De La Paz-Bernardo, Corazon S.

54.  De Torres, Amor Q.

55.  Deauna, Melencio

56.  Dela Fuente-Castañeda, Anna Liza P.

57.  Dela Seña, Cesar A.

58.  Deocampo, Nicolas Francisco A.

59.  Deveza, Eden M.

60.  Diaz, Rony V.

61.  Diluvio, Catalina Y. (+)

62.  Dizon, Rolando R.

63.  Dorado, Salvacion L.

64.  Dy, Adriano C.

65.  Escarma, Renato A.

66.  Eclar-Dettmers, Veneranda B.

67.  Egipto, Emigdio E.

68.  Elequin, Flora T.

69.  Enriquez, Elizabeth L.

70.  Espina, Mutya P.

71.  Espino, Iluminada G.

72.  Estanislao, Jesus P.

73.  Fanega, Milagros D.

74.  Feria, Cristeta A.

75.  Fernan, Marcelo (+)

76.  Follosco, Ceferino L.

77.  Fortunato, Teresita F.

78.  Francisco, Juan R. (+)

79.  Franco, Ninfa F.

80.  Garrido, Dante E.

81.  Giagonia, Regino P.

82.  Goco, Raul I.

83.  Gomez, Edgardo D.

84.  Gonzales, Leonardo A.

85.  Gonzalez, Wilhelmina R.

86.  Gonzalez, Andrew A. (+)

87.  Gregorio, Reynaldo J.

88.  Gregorio, Juliet A.

89.  Guro, Elin Anisha C.

90.  Gutierrez, Hugo E. Jr.

91.  Hermosisima, Epifanio T. Jr.

92.  Hernandez, Carolina G.

93.  Hilado, Oscar

94.  Joaquin, Jaime C.

95.  Jose, Francisco Sionil

96.  Juan, Mabini L.

97.  Juliano, Jose O.

98.  Juntado-Hechanova, Loreto G.

99.  Juntereal, Filemon A. Jr.

100.         Kalalo, Asuncion

101.         Karganilla, Jane S.

102.         Kasilag, Lucresia R. (+)

103.         Lazaro, Patricio B.

104.         Lee, Zosimo E.

105.         Legaspi, Edelwina C.

106.         Licuanan, Victoria S.

107.         Lim, Benjamin P.

108.         Lim, Antonio C.

109.         Lim, Marie-Rose B.

110.         Magno-Gatmaytan, Maria Cielo D.

111.         Magos, Alicia P.

112.         Manalo, Primitiva

113.         Mangahas, Ruby K.

114.         Marcaida, Lucila M.

115.         Marfil, Marie Jocelyn U.

116.         Maximo, Vicente

117.         Medina, Belen T.

118.         Meimban, Adriel O.

119.         Mendoza, Rene E.

120.         Menil, Violeta C.

121.         Mercado-Lim, Ma. Isabel C.

122.         Nebres, Bienvenido F.

123.         Nobleza-Siscar, Ana Marie W.

124.         Noora, Ma. Rosario B.

125.         Obien, Razela M.

126.         Ochotorena, Zenaida L.

127.         Paderanga, Cayetano W. Jr.

128.         Paderanga, Maximo

129.         Palmes, Gloria A.

130.         Pedrosa, Anacleto M. Jr.

131.         Perez, Marcita M.

132.         Pineda, Antonio J.

133.         Posadas, Romeo D.

134.         Ramirez, Bernadette L.

135.         Ranariio, Ceferina H.

136.         Revil, Jovencio T.

137.         Reyes, Alicia L.

138.         Rimando, Philip M.

139.         Rivera, Richelle D.

140.         Rodriguez, Douglas C.

141.         Romero, Deogracias G.

142.         Rosas, Nilo L.

143.         Ruiz, Eliseo L.

144.         Sabater, Lourdes

145.         Salas, Ma. Lourdes C.

146.         Salazar, Robert

147.         Salazar-Clemeña, Rose Marie C.

148.         Salazar-Garner, Milagros T.

149.         Salvosa, Ray Dean D.

150.         San Diego, Aniano

151.         Saniel, Josefa M.

152.         Santos, Ramon P.

153.         Savellano, Julieta M.

154.         Servando, Myrna J.

155.         Silverio, Antonia C.

156.         Soliven, Aida G.

157.         Soriano, Jovinto D.

158.         Sumalde, Augusto C.

159.         Sylianco, Clara L.

160.         Sylianco-Wu, Lorraine L.

161.         Tan, Renerio

162.         Tayko, Perla Rizalina

163.         Tiongco, Dionisio C.

164.         Tiongson, Fabian

165.         Tolosa, Benjamin Gerardo I. Jr.

166.         Tordesillas, Edgardo

167.         Trinidad, Francisco

168.         Tumbagahan, Bonifacia B.

169.         Tumbocon, Florinda J.

170.         Tumbocon, Lolito S.

171.         Tuviera-Lecaroz, Soledad P.

172.         Uichanco, Edilberto A.

173.         Ulep, Soledad A.

174.         Umiila, Benwardo

175.         Vasquez, Nilda D.

176.         Veneracion, Andrea O.

177.         Vergara, Lydia

178.         Vertido, Cristeto C.

179.         Vicente, Florentino Z.

180.         Vicente, Josefina A.

181.         Vicente, Monico

182.         Villaflor, Leona L.

183.         Villarica, Pilar A.

184.         Vinzon, Celeste S.

185.         Von Heiland, Milagros F.

186.         Woelhap, Iluminada G.

187.         Yap, Teresa S.

188.         Zamora, Cecilia V.

189.         Zapanta-Lejano, Teresita

190.         Zerrudo, Jose V.

191.         Zialcita, Edgardo P.

Ugly Face of Trapo Politics

In the course of passing President Aquino’s reform budget for 2011, the House of Representatives allowed trapo politics to rear its ugly head. The House passed a malicious resolution calling for the resignation of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, the honourable Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles. And for what grave policy or program failure did the House ask for the head of the government’s effort to peacefully end insurgencies and rebellions? Sec. Deles allegedly insulted a first-term Muslim congresswoman in the course of explaining the peace process to her. The House does not pass resolutions like this simply because one of its members got insulted. 

Four possibilities about the real reasons for this resolution may be cited why this incident looks like the really ugly face of trapo politics. 

• One possibility is that this resolution is the handiwork of political backers of the midnight appointee at the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos whose removal and replacement, which these politicians blame on Sec. Deles, endanger the realization of their lucrative rackets at this new government office. 

• A second possibility is that the manufactured grievance was turned into an attack on a former Hyatt 10 member as an example of the growing influence in the House by former President now congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. 

• A third possibility is that this resolution calling for the resignation of a competent Cabinet member handling a sensitive mission is a naked attempt to create a possible political debt from the President who may want to keep such a Cabinet member. Payment for this debt may then be exacted at a high price later. 

• A final possibility is that this attack by the minuscule minority in the House could not have proceeded, much less succeeded, without at least the incompetence or maybe even the complicity of some leaders of the House majority supposedly behind the President. In this possibility, the factional infighting within the Cabinet may have now spilled over to the House majority.  

One, some or all these possibilities could be true. In any case, the resolution harms the country by falsely suggesting that the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process will have problems in securing political support for any peace agreement that might eventually be negotiated. The resolution also creates opportunities for needless intrigues between the Executive and the House of Representatives. A less than definitive response by the President to the resolution can signal weakness early in the administration’s term and could limit the reforms possible in this presidency that came to power with so much promise and hope. 

Certainly, the resolution should be rejected outright. Having differences in opinion with a congressman is not a justifiable basis for a Cabinet member to resign. Giving in to a resolution passed under duress in the final stages of deliberating the President’s first budget will only make his next five budget deliberations more costly.  

We, former senior government officials, believe that this incident is an opportunity for the President to demonstrate his leadership of the political coalition for reforms that supported his election. Taking the “daang matuwid” demands a new type of politics. The President should take steps to consolidate the House majority under the leadership of Speaker Belmonte. He must make it known that he regards this resolution as a failure of the House majority that should not be repeated. The President should also show in his statements and actions that he is strengthening, not weakening, the hand of Sec. Deles in dealing with the challenges of taking the “daang matuwid” to peace. Finally, the President should serve notice that politicians practicing trapo tactics like holding the budget hostage for malicious resolutions like this will be met with all measures available to the President to punish those who do these and reward those who fight these.

The NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD & The MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE

29^th NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

 FINALISTS

LITERARY DIVISION 

Fiction [Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Philippine Language & Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Novel in a Foreign Language]

1. Flames and Other Stories, Angelo R. Lacuesta (Anvil Publishing) [not for Laya Prize]
2. The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, Gina Apostol (Anvil Publishing)
3. Sibago, Abdon M. Balde Jr. (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House
4. Unang Ulan ng Mayo, Ellen Sicat (Anvil Publishing)

 Literary Criticism/Literary History

1. Pungsod Damming the Nation:  Region/Nation and the Global Order in Contemporary West Visayan Literature, Isidoro M. Cruz (University of San Agustin Publishing House)

 Nonfiction Prose 

1. Bilanggo:  Life as a Political Prisoner in the Philippines, 1952-1962, William J. Pomeroy (University of the Philippines Press)
2. The Drama of It:  A Life on Film and Theater, Daisy Hontiveros Avellana (Anvil Publishing)
3. Wash:  Only a Bookkeeper, A Biography of Washington Z. Sycip,  Jose Y. Dalisay Jr. (SGV Foundation)

 Graphic Literature   

1. El Indio:  A Graphic Novel, Francisco V. Coching (Vibal Foundation)
2. Trese: Mass Murders, Ferdinand-Benedict G. Tan and Jonathan A. Baldisimo (Visprint)

 Poetry

1. Aves, Jerry B. Gracio (University of the Philippines Press)
2. Bird Lands, River Nights and Other Melancholies, Jose Marte A. Abueg (University of the Philippines Press)
3. The Fashionista’s Book of Enlightenment, Carlomar Archangel Daoana (DBW)
4. The Highest Hiding Place:  Poems, Lawrence Lacambra Ypil (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

NON-LITERARY DIVISION

Professions

1. The Law and Practice on Philippine Corporate Governance, Cesar L. Villanueva (Holy Angel University)

Social Sciences

1. Bakwit:  The Power of the Displaced, Jose Jowel Canuday (Ateneo De Manila University Press)
2. Kalusugang Pampubliko sa Kolonyal na Maynila, 1898-1918:  Heographiya, Medisina, Kasaysayan, Ronaldo B. Mactal (University of the Philippines Press)
   

Art [Alfonso T. Ongpin Prize for Best Book on Art]

1. The Life and Works of Marcelo Adonay, Volume 1,  Elena Rivera Mirano, Corazon Canave Dioquino, Melissa Corazon Velez Mantaring, Edna Marcil Martinez, Ma. Patricia Brillantes-Silvestre, Iñigo Galing Vito, and Patricia Marion Lopez (University of the Philippines Press)
2. A Satire of Two Nations:  Exploring Images of the Japanese in Philippine Political Cartoons, Helen Yu-Rivera (University of the Philippines Press)

Design

1.      Mapping the Philippines:  The Spanish Period, Felix Mago Miguel, desinger (Rural Empowerment Assistance and Development Foundation)

2.      Palaspas:  An Appreciation of Palm Leaf Art in the Philippines, Karl Fredrick M. Castro, designer (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

3.      Palawan:  Land of Blessing, Felix Mago Miguel, designer (Provincial Government of Palawan)

4.      A Sudden Rush of Genius, Mandy Cabral, designer (Art Quest World Wide)

5.      Mga Tambay sa Tabi-Tabi:  Creatures of Philippine Folklore, Mela Advincula, Robbie Bautista, Liza Flores, and Leo Alvarado, designers ( Anvil Publishing) 

A quarter of a million Filipinos in more than 10,000 public schools now have library books donated through Books for Philippine Schools Foundation.

There are 10 million more Filipino public school students without library books.

OUR VISION

Every student in the Philippines has access to a school or public library.

OUR MISSION

To ensure that those that have more books, computers, and other learning technologies in life will share their intellectual wealth with those that have less.

To bridge the reading divide between those that have books and websites to read and those that have none.

To level the playing field in today’s knowledge-based, technology-driven economy by distributing books, computers, and other learning materials to underserved schools and communities in the Philippines.

OUR OFFICERS

Isagani R. Cruz, President
Vicente T. Tan, Vice President
David Jonathan Y. Bayot, Secretary
Angelita G. Santos, Treasurer
Sylvia Calma Lorenzana, Auditor

On Tuesday, August 17, 2010, Senator Edgardo J. Angara presided over a meeting with representatives from fifteen Embassies at the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Summit Lounge. Vilma Labrador of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts spoke on the role of the arts and culture sectors in providing the spine and engine of cultural expressions for the Festival, while Día del Galeón Festival Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez shared a detailed update on the events being organized for the historical fete. Senator Angara also broke the wonderful news that plans are underway for the Spanish Galleon, Andalucia, which is currently berthed at the Shanghai Expo, to dock in Manila and be a major centerpiece for the Philippine celebration of the first Día del Galeón Festival.

Representatives from China, Chile, Brazil and Mexico among others were in  attendance in the diplomatic briefing.  Embassies have showed their support by pledging to send representatives to ARTES TALLERES: THE WORKSHOP which will take place from September 20–October 8. ARTES TALLERES is a three-week interdisciplinary festival of workshops, demonstrations, exhibits, and performances highlighting the impacts of the Galleon Trade---the good, the bad, and everything in between.  A culminating activity will include a theatrical production of Mexican playwright, Miguel Sabido’s Juana la Loca . The play will involve workshop participants, local artists and a Spanish composer. It which will fuse Filipino and Spanish languages, and include indigenous art forms.  

Hugo Lambrechts, Ambassador of South Africa, was ecstatic about the workshop’s scheduled events and relayed the African influence on the Trade.  The First Secretary of the Chinese Embassy, Wu Jianhra, expressed enthusiasm and support while Miguel Angel George, Third Secretary of the Mexican Embassy,  announced collaborations with Museo Pambata for special events on October 8.  The festival has reawakened the cultural connection between Mexico and the Philippines, which were the two ports of entry during the Galleon era.  The Mexican Ministry of Education is now adding a chapter in all their schoolbooks on Philippine-Mexican ties during the Galleon Trade. 

The festival will focus on the impacts of the Galleon and it will mirror the three concerns of the United Nations for the year 2010: the protection of biodiversity as impacted by climate change, the advancement of seafaring concerns, as well as Cultural Rapprochement. The Philippine festival will add a new dimension to the Galleon trade as it will highlight the role and impact of the Filipinos during the trade as well as emphasizing indigenous art forms. 

Preparations are underway for the UNESCO-approved global observance of Día del Galeón scheduled for October 8 to remember its historic role as a trade route connecting continents and as a vessel of cultural exchange.

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Centralized approach
By representation of the RRO, the member authors and publishers cannot be discriminated against non-payment of license fee for copying. 

Economies of Scale
RRO can collect from end users and distribute fees to the individual copyright owners, in a way that is impossible for authors and publishers to accomplish individually or even as a small group.

WHAT IS IFRRO?
IFRRO is the international Federation of Reproduction Rights Organization which links together all collecting societies with national and international copyright owner’s organizations representing hundreds of thousands of creators worldwide. IFRRO is eligible to speak before major international copyright organizations, including WIPO and UNESCO. 

IFRRO’s objectives are:
1. To foster the creation of RROs worldwide
2. To facilitate formal and informal agreements and relationships between and in behalf of its members; and
3. To increase public and institutional awareness of copyright and the role of RROs in conveying rights and royalties between copyright owners and users. 

WHAT IS FILCOLS?
FILCOLS stands for Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. a non-profit, non-stock organization or collecting society in the Philippines that shall collectively manage the rights to reproduce the works of authors and publishers, thereby securing fair payment for the copying of their works. 

FILCOLS is the duly constituted RRO in the Philippines and endorsed by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Intellectual Property Philippines (IP Phils). 

FILCOLS is supported by the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), the country's largest book industry organization, and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) or the Writers Union of the Philippines, the largest organization of Filipino writers. 

FILCOLS is affiliated with IFRRO. 

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF FILCOLS?
1. To manage reprographic rights to literary, dramatic, scientific and educational works by authors and publishers and other rights owners (domestic and foreign).
2. To control the widespread unauthorized copying of copyrighted works by authors and publishers which deprives them of income they should have legally realized.
3. To determine and collect license fees provided for in the intellectual Property Code due for private purpose copying by means of reprography.
4. To distribute collected revenues to concerned right holders.
5. To provide members of FILCOLS better protection against infringement and illegal reproduction of their works and afford them legal assistance in case of administrative, civil and/or criminal actions.
6. To encourage and motivate more people to venture into book writing and publishing by ensuring protection of their intellectual property rights.
7. To promote a national culture of respect and awareness for copyright.

WHO CAN BE MEMBERS OF FILCOLS?
1. Authors
2. Publishers
3. Journalists
4. Artists
5. All Copyright Owners 

FILCOLS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
VIRGILIO S. ALMARIO – Chairperson, Author
KARINA A. BOLASCO- Vice Chairperson, Local Trade Books Publisher
LIRIO P. SANDOVAL – Treasurer, Book Development Association of the Philippines
ISAGANI R. CRUZ – Author
MARIANO L. KILATES – Author
ABDON M. BALDE, JR – Author
ERLINDA E. PANLILIO – Author
MAX S. GOMEZ – Local Textbook Publisher
ROLANDO DE VERA – Author, Foreign Publisher Representative
ALVIN J. BUENAVENTURA – Executive Director

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

ANNUAL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING PHILIPPINE BOOKS

GIVEN BY THE MANILA CRITICS CIRCLE

AND THE NATIONAL BOOK DEVELOPMENT BOARD

ANTHOLOGY

1981    Being Filipino, edited by Gilda Cordero-Fernando

            Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tulang Pilipino, edited by Virgilio S. Almario

1983    Readings in Philippine Cinema, edited by Rafael Ma. Guerrero

1984    Magsasaka: Ang Bayaning Di Kilala

1987    Kamalayan: Feminist Writings in the Philippines, edited by Pennie S. Azarcon

1988    Kurditan: Mga Kuwentong Iluko, edited by Jose A. Bragado, Reynaldo A. Duque, and Hermilinda T. Lingbaoan

1989    Man of Earth: An Anthology of Filipino Poetry and Verse from English 1905 to the Mid 50s, edited by Gemino H. Abad and Edna Z. Manlapaz

1990    Kudeta: The Challenge to Philippine Democracy

1991    Saving the Earth: The Philippine Experience, 2nd ed., edited by Eric Gamalinda

1992    Forbidden Fruit: Women Write the Erotic, edited by Tina Cuyugan

            Panahon ng Hapon: Sining sa Digmaan, Digmaan sa Sining, edited by Gina V. Barte

1993    A Native Clearing: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English since the '50s to the Present from Edith L. Tiempo to Cirilo F. Bautista, edited by Gemino H. Abad

1994   Coming to Terms: Writings on Mid-Life by 15 Women, edited by Lorna Kalaw Tirol

1995    An Anarchy of Families, edited by Alfred W. McCoy

            A Passionate Patience, edited by Ricardo M. De Ungria

1997       The Best of Lola Basyang: Timeless Tales for the Filipino Family, by Severino Reyes, edited by Bienvenido Lumbera, translated by Gilda Cordero-Fernando

1998       Filipiniana Reader: A Companion Anthology of Filipiniana Online, edited by Priscelina Patajo Legasto

1999       A Habit of Shores: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English, 60’s to the 90’s, The Sequence to A Native Clearing, edited by Gemino H. Abad (University of the Philippines Press)

2000    Intsik: An Anthology of Chinese Filipino Writing, edited by Caroline Hau (Anvil)

2001    Reflections on Philippine Culture and Society:  Festschrift in Honor of William Henry Scott, edited by Jesus T. Peralta (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

            Tribute:  An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Fiction, edited by Timothy R. Montes and Cesar Ruiz Aquino (Anvil Publishing)

2002    Cogito Ergo Sum and Other Musings on Science, edited by Queena N. Lee Chua (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

            From This Day Forward: Widows and Widowers Write, edited by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil Publishing)

2003    Consuming Passions:  Philippine Collectibles, edited by Jaime C. Laya (Anvil Publishing)

            Sleepless in Manila:  Funny Essays, etc., on Insomnia by Insomniacs, edited by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (Milflores Publishing)

2004    What the Water Said:  Alon Poems (University of San Agustin)

2006    The Manila We Knew, edited by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil Publishing)

2007    Cordillera in June:  Essays Celebrating June Prill-Brett, Anthropologist, edited by B. P. Tapang (University of the Philippines Press)

Mga Piling Dulang Mindanao, Unang Aklat, edited by Arthur P. Casanova (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House) 

ART

1982    Kayamanan: 77 Paintings from the Central Bank Collection, by Emmanuel Torres

1983    Household Antiques and Heirlooms, by Felice Sta. Maria

            Pangalay: Traditional Dances and Related Folk Artistic Expressions, by Ligaya Fernando Amilbangsa

1986    Kayamanan: Ma'I, Panoramas of Philippine Primeval, by Gabriel S. Casal, edited by Nick Joaquin

1988    People of the Philippine Cordillera: Photographs, 1934-1956, by E. Masferre

            Zobel:  Dancer, by Jaime Zobel de Ayala

1989    Subli: Isang Sayaw sa Apat na Tinig / One Dance in Four Voices, by Elena Rivera Mirano

1990    Still Life, by Jaime Zobel de Ayala

            The World of Damian Domingo: Nineteenth Century Manila, by Nick Joaquin and Luciano P.R. Santiago

1991    Simbahan: Church Art in Colonial Philippines, 1565-1898, by Regalado Trota

            Piña, by Lourdes R. Montinola

1992    Tuklas Sining: Essays on the Philippine Arts, edited by Nicanor G. Tiongson

1993    Art Philippines, edited by Juan T. Gatbonton, Jeannie E. Javelosa, and Lourdes Ruth R. Roa

            Legaspi: The Making of a National Artist, by Alfredo Roces

1994    Homage, by Jaime Zobel

1995    Treasures of the Philippine National Museum, by Maria Elena Paterno

1996       The Island, by Jaime Zobel and Jose Dalisay Jr.

1997       Beneath Philippine Seas, by Robert Yin

1998       Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo and the Generation of 1872, by Alfredo Roces

            Form and Splendor: Personal Adornment of the Northern Luzon Ethnic Groups, Philippines, by Roberto Maramba

1999    La Mesa: The Filipino Table, by Reynaldo Gamboa Alejandro and Josephine Labrador Hermano (Anvil Publishing, National Bookstore, and Sta. Barbara Publishing)

2000    Kiukok: Deconstructing Despair, by Alfredo Roces

2001    Three Centuries of Binondo Architecture, 1594-1898:  A Socio-Historical Perspective, by Lorelei D. C. De Viana (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

            Worship and Weave:  Towards Filipino Liturgical Vestments, by Dom Martin de Jesus H. Gomez OSB (Ayala Foundation and Monastery of the Transfiguration) 

ALFONSO T. ONGPIN PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK ON ART (P10,000)

2001    Lugar:  Essays on Philippine Heritage and Architecture, by Augusto F. Villalon (Bookmark)

2002    Jose Honorato Lozano:  Filipinas 1847, ni Jose Maria A. Cariño (Ars Mundi, Philippinae)

2003    Designing Filipino:  The Architecture of Francisco Mañosa, by Eric S. Caruncho (Tukod Foundation)

2004    Album:  Islas Filipinas, 1663-1888, by Jose Maria A. Cariño and Sonia Pinto Ner (Ars Mundi)

2005    Tanaw:  Perspectives on the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Painting Collection, edited by Ramon E. S. Lerma (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) 

ALFONSO T. ONGPIN PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK ON ART (P20,000)

2006      Ani:  The Life and Art of Hermogena Borja Lungay, Boholano Painter, by Marjorie Evasco (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

             Brushstrokes from the Heart:  ArtPetron, The First Five Years, by Alice G. Guillermo (Petron Corporation)

2007     Salvador F. Bernal:  Designing the Stage, by Nicanor G. Tiongson (National Commission for Culture and the Arts)

2008    The Shared Voice: Chanted and Spoken Narratives from the Philippines, by Grace Nono (Anvil Publishing and Fundacion Santiago) 

ART STUDIES

2004    Rice in the Seven Arts, edited by Paul Blanco Zafaralla (Asia Rice Foundation and Metrobank Foundation) 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1993    A Calendar of Rizaliana in the Vault of the Philippine National Library, by Ambeth R. Ocampo 

BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY

1983    The Aquinos of Tarlac: An Essay on History as Three Generations, by Nick Joaquin

1984    The Making of a Subversive, by Hernando J. Abaya

1987    The World of Rafael Salas: Service and Management in the Global Village, by Nick Joaquin

1990    Jaime Ongpin the Enigma:  A Profile of the Filipino as Manager, by Nick Joaquin

1993    Memory's Fictions: A Personal History, by Bienvenido N. Santos

1994    La Orosa: The Dance-Drama that is Leonor Goquingco, by Nick Joaquin

1996    Breaking the Silence, by Lourdes Reyes Montinola

            In Excelsis: The Mission of Jose P. Rizal, Humanist and Philippine National Hero, by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria

            Tide of Time, by Marisse Reyes McMurray

1999    Living with the Enemy: A Diary of the Japanese Occupation, by Pacita Pestaño-Jacinto (Anvil Publishing)

2000    Lives at the Margin: Biography of Filipinos Obscure, Ordinary and Heroic, edited by Alfred W. McCoy (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

            Teacher to Tycoon: The Life & Times of Trinidad Diaz Enriquez, by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil)

2001    A Life Shaped by Music:  Andrea Ofilada Veneracion and the Philippine Madrigal Singers, by Marjorie Evasco (Bookmark)

2002    Memoirs of a Communist, by Jesus B. Lava (Anvil Publishing)

2003    Rosario de Guzman-Lingat, 1924-1997:  The Burden of Self and History, by Soledad S. Reyes (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2004    A Cofradia of Two:  Oral History on the Family Life and Lay Religiosity of Juan D. Nepomuceno and Teresa G. Nepomuceno of Angeles, Pampanga, by Erlita P. Mendoza (Holy Angel University)

            Erick Slumbook:  Paglalakbay Kasama Ang Anak Kong Autistic, by Fanny A. Garcia (Anvil Publishing)

2005    The Last Full Moon:  Lessons on My Life, by Gilda Cordero Fernando (GCF Books)

2006    Beyond the Great Wall:  A Family Journal, by Mario I. Miclat (Anvil Publishing)

            Kapitan:  Geny Lopez and the Making of ABS-CBN, by Raul Rodrigo (ABS-CBN Publishing)

            Myself, Elsewhere, by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (Nakpil Publishing)

2007    From Barrio to Senado:  An Autobiography, by Juan M. Flavier.

Legends & Adventures, by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (Circe Communications)

Maria Kalaw Katigbak:  A Charmed Life, by Monina Allarey Mercado (Anvil Publishing)

2008     Afro-Asia in Upheaval: A Memoir of Front-line Reporting, Amando Doronila (Anvil Publishing) 

BUSINESS / ECONOMICS / FINANCE

1993    Tungo sa Patakarang Industriyal ng Pilipinas, by Tereso S. Tullao Jr

1995    Investment Management & the Philippine Stock Market, edited by Alberto R. Ilano and Roberto S. Mariano

2004    Driven:  How to Make it in Philippine Business, by Class 1971, Asian Institute of Management

            Wealth Within Your Reach:  Pera Mo, Palaguin Mo!, by Francisco J. Colayco (Colayco Foundation for Education)

2005    The Bangko Sentral & the Philippine Economy, edited by Vicente B. Valdepeñas Jr.  (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)

            Setting Frameworks:  Family Business and Strategic Management, by Elfren Cruz (Anvil) 

BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS PRIZE FOR BEST BOOK IN BUSINESS, ECONOMICS OR FINANCE (P10,000)

2006   Coconut:  The Philippines’ Money Tree, by Renato M. Labadan (RM Labadan and Associates and University Research and Resource Development) 

CARTOONS

1997       Pinoy Nga!, by Jess Abrera

2000    The Best of A. Lipin: Cartoon Strips, 1985-2000, by Jess Abrera (Inquirer Books and Anvil) 

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

1990    Cordillera Tales, by Maria Luisa B. Aguilar Cariño

1991    Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit, by Rene O. Villanueva, translated by Ramon C. Sunico

1993    Why the Piña Has a Hundred Eyes and Other Classic Philippine Folk Tales about Fruits, by Neni Sta. Romana Cruz

1994    Earthquake!, by Maria Elena Paterno

1995    The Mats, by Francisco Arcellana

            Treasury of Stories, by E. Arsenio Manuel and Gilda Cordero-Fernando

1996    Incredible Mysteries: Natural Wonders of the Philippines, by Maria Elena Paterno, Roberto S. P. de Ocampo, and Francisca Flores-Caberoy

            Papel de Liha / Sandpaper, by Ompong Remigio

1997       Ang Pamana ni Andres Bonifacio, by Emmanuel Encarnacion

1998       Mayroon Akong Alagang Puno, by Carla M. Pacis, translated by Danilo M. Reyes

2000    The Brothers Wu and the Goodluck Eel: A Tale from the Philippine Islands, by Fran Ng (Tahanan Books for Young Readers)

            Cinco de Noviembre, by Rene B. Javellana, S.J. (Negros Musem and Bookmark)

            A Sea of Stories: Tales from Sulu, by Carla M. Pacis (Bookmark)

2001    Once Upon a Time, by Fran Ng, adapted from the works of Hans Christian Andersen (Tahanan Books for Young Readers)

            Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Lola, o Kung Bakit Matatag ang mga Pinay / Lola’s Extraordinary Hair, or Why Pinays are Strong Women, by Rene Villanueva (Adarna House)

2004    The Christmas Fireflies, by Girl Valencia (Papertree Publishing)

            The Greediest Rajahs and the Whitest Of Clouds, by Honoel Ibardolaza (Adarna Books)

2005    The Yellow Paper Clip with Bright Purple Spots, by Nikki Dy-Liacco (Adarna House)

2006    Bad Kings, by Gilda Cordero Fernando (Anvil Publishing)

The Cat Painter, by Becky Bravo (Adarna House)

2007    The Boy Who Touched Heaven / Ang Batang Humipo sa Langit, by Iris Gem Li, translated by Roberto Añonuevo (CANVAS and Adarna House) [see Juan C. Laya Prize for Best Fiction] 

COMICBOOK

1999    The Mythology Class, by Arnold Arre (Alamat Group of Comics)

2000    Trip to Tagaytay, by Arnold Arre (Tala Studios & Quest Ventures)

2001    Isaw, Atbp., by Vincent Michael Simbulan, Arnold Arre, Marco Dimaano, and Carl Vergara (Quest Ventures)

2002    Ang Kagila-Gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni ZsaZsa Zaturnnah, by Carlo Vergara (Alamat Comics, Carverhouse Creations, and Quest Ventures)

2003    Mars Ravelo’s Darna, edited by Zach Yonzon (Mango Comics)

            Siglo:  Freedom, edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Vincent Simbulan (Mango Books, Quest Ventures, and Kestrel IMC)

2005    Siglo: Passion, edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Vincent Simbulan (Kestrel IMC, Mango Books, and Quest Ventures) 

COOKBOOK / FOOD

1994   The Coconut Cookery of Bicol, by Honesto C. General

1995       Kasaysayan ng Kaluto ng Bayan, by Milagros Santiago Enriquez

1996       The Secret Is in the Sauce: Cookbook for Noncooks, by Marianne Gonzalez de Leon

1998    Filipino Cuisine: A Centro Escolar University Centennial Collection

2000    In My Basket: The Cookbook, by Lydia D. Castillo (Bookmark)

2001    The Best of Food Magazine, edited by Norma Olizon-Chikiamco (ABS-CBN Publishing)

2002    Kape:  A Philippine Coffee Cookbook, by Vicky Veloso Barrera and Chit U. Juan (Anvil Publishing)

2003    Comfort Food, edited by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio (Anvil Publishing)

2004    The Adobo Book:  Traditional and Jazzed-Up Recipes, by Reynaldo Gamboa Alejandro and Nancy Reyes-Lumen (Anvil Publishing)

            Philippine Markets:  Homage to the Hardworking Men and Women of the Market, by Karla P. Delgado (Centro Escolar University)

2005    Gabay sa Pagkain ng Gulay-Dagat, by Paciente A. Cordero Jr.  (Far Eastern University Publications)

            Slow Food:  Philippine Culinary Traditions, edited by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio and Felice Prudente Sta. Maria (Anvil)

2006    The Governor-General’s Kitchen:  Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes, 1521-1935, by Felice Prudente Sta. Maria (Anvil Publishing)

            Potluck, Hidalgo Bonding:  A Family Heritage Cookbook, edited by Jaime C. Laya and Adelaida Lim (Anvil Publishing) 

CULTURAL CRITICISM

2004    Fantasy-Production:  Sexual Economies and Other Philippine Consequences for the New World Order, by Neferti Xina M. Tadiar (Ateneo de Manila University Press) 

CULTURAL STUDIES

2006    Kasaysayan at Pag-unlad ng Dulaang Pambata sa Pilipinas, by Arthur P. Casanova (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

           Treading Through:  45 Years of Philippine Dance, by Basilio Esteban S. Villaruz (University of the Philippines Press and Philippine Folklife Museum Foundation) 

DICTIONARY

2001    A Dictionary of Philippine Plant Names, by Domingo A. Madulid (Bookmark)

DOCUMENTATION

1985    The Politics of Culture, edited by Nicanor G. Tiongson

1996    Duet for EDSA: Chronology of a Revolution, by Angela Stuart Santiago

            Duet for EDSA: Looking Back, Looking Forward, edited by Lorna Kalaw Tirol

DRAMA

1982    Bayan-Bayanan at Iba Pang Dula, by Bienvenido M. Noriega Jr.

1983   Pares-Pares, by Bienvenido M. Noriega Jr.

1984    Juan Tamban, by Malou Leviste Jacob

1985   Pilipinas Circa 1907, by Nicanor G. Tiongson

1987    Philippine Drama: Twelve Plays in Six Philippine Languages

1988    May Isang Sundalo, by Rene O. Villanueva

1993    Madilim ang Gabi sa Laot at iba pang mga Dula ng Ligaw na Pag-ibig, by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

1994    Teatro Pulitikal, by Malou Jacob

1995       Deuterium / Mga Idolong Romantiko, by Bienvenido M. Noriega Jr.

1996       Kuwentong Kutsero, by Epifanio G. Matute

1998    Apat na Dula, by Rene O. Villanueva

2000    Almanac for a Revolution, by Nicholas Pichay (Philippine Centennial Commission and University of the Philippines Press)

2001    May Katwiran ang Katwiran at iba pang Dula, by Rolando S. Tinio (University of the Philippines Press)

2002    Mga Dula sa Magkakaibang Midyum, by Frank G. Rivera (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

2003    Sa Sariling Bayan:  Apat na Dulang May Musika, by Bienvenido Lumbera (De La Salle University Press)

2004    Oyayi:  Sarswela ng Pamilyang Pinoy, by Frank G. Rivera (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

2006    Mga Premyadong Dula, by Lito Casaje (De La Salle University Press)

2007    Tatlong Paglalakbay:  Isang Trilohiya ng Mahahabang Dula, by Tony Perez.  The Collected Works of Tony Perez, Volume 4 (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House) 

EDITING

1992    Salvaged Prose, by Emmanuel Lacaba, edited by Jose F. Lacaba

1995    Declaracion de la Doctrina Christiana en Idioma Tagalog, by Juan de Oliver OFM, edited by Jose M. Cruz SJ

            Sermones, by Francisco Blancas de San Jose OP, edited by Jose Mario D. Francisco SJ

1999       The Dominicans and the Philippine Revolution, 1896-1903, edited by Fidel Villaroel OP, texts translated by Luis Antonio Mañeru and Fidel Villaroel OP (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

2000    Lina Flor: Collected Works, edited by Soledad S. Reyes (Anvil)

2002    The Critical Villa:  Essays in Literary Criticism by Jose Garcia Villa, edited by Jonathan Chua (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2006    Great Scott!:  The New Day William Henry Scott Reader, edited by Bezalie Bautista Uc-Kung (New Day Publishers) 

EDUCATION

2004    Helping Our Children Do Well in School:  10 Successful Strategies from the Parents’ Best Practices Study of the Ateneo de Manila High School, by Queena N. Lee-Chua and Ma. Isabel Sison-Dionisio (Anvil Publishing)

            A Companion Manual to Helping Our Children Do Well in School:  10 Successful Strategies from the Parents’ Best Practices Study of the Ateneo de Manila High School, by Queena N. Lee-Chua and Ma. Isabel Sison-Dionisio (Anvil Publishing)

2005    Edukasyong Pampubliko:  Ang Karanasan ng Kabite, 1898-1913, by Emmanuel Franco Calairo (Cavite Historical Society)

            University Traditions:  The Humanities Interviews, edited by Ramon C. Sunico (Ateneo de Manila University)

2006    Daughters True:  100 Years of Scholastican Education, 1906-2006, edited by Neni Sta. Romana-Cruz, Paulynn Paredes Sicam, Karina Africa Bolasco, and Ma. Ceres P. Doyo (St. Scholastica’s College) 

ENVIRONMENT

1995       A Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins in the Philippines, by Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan

1998    Environment and Natural Resources Atlas of the Philippines

2000    The Last Great Forest, by Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan (Bookmark)

2001    Key Conservation Sites in the Philippines:  A Haribon Foundation and BirdLife International Directory of Important Bird Areas, by Neilaldrin D. Mallari, Blas R. Tabaranza Jr., and Michael J. Crosby (Bookmark)

            The Philippine Forest:  Our Living Heritage, by Karla P. Delgado (Centro Escolar University) 

ESSAY / CREATIVE NONFICTION

1981   Spy in My Own Country, by Sylvia L. Mayuga

1982    Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage: The First Quarter Storm and Related Events, by Jose F. Lacaba

1984    Occasional Prose, by Adrian Cristobal

1986    The February Revolution and Other Reflections, by Miguel A. Bernad SJ

            Little Reports, by Juan T. Gatbonton

1987    A Nation for Our Children: Human Rights, Nationalism, Sovereignty: Selected Writings, by Jose W. Diokno

1988    Culture and History: Occasional Notes on the Process of Philippine Becoming, by Nick Joaquin

1989    A Voice from the Hills: Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People, by Francisco Col-om Polenda, translated and edited by Richard E. Elkins

1990   Flowers from the Rubble: Essays on Life, Death and Remembering, by Conrado de Quiros

            The Philippines, by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil and Manuel D. Baldemor

            Rizal Without the Overcoat, by Ambeth R. Ocampo

1991    Mean Streets: Essays on the Knife Edge, by Rosario A. Garcellano

            How Do You Know Your Pearls are Real?: On Single Parenthood & Other Ms. Adventures, by Barbara C. Gonzalez

1992    Earth, Fire & Air: Essays of a Decade, by Sylvia L. Mayuga

            Inumang Pinoy, by Edilberto N. Alegre

1993   Pasquinades, by Adrian Cristobal

            Pinoy Forever: Essays on Culture and Language, by Edilberto N. Alegre

1994   Points of Departure: Essays on Christianity, Power, and Social Change, by Mario V. Bolasco, edited by Edicio de la Torre

1995    Twisted, by Jessica Zafra

1996    The Novel of Justice: Selected Essays, 1968-1994, by N.V.M. Gonzalez

1997    Coming Home, by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

1998    Flying over Kansas, by Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas

            Love in the Time of Camera, by Simeon Dumdum Jr

1999    Personal: Mga Sanaysay sa Lupalop ng Gunita, by Rene O. Villanueva (Anvil Publishing)

2000    Mysteries & Memories, by Doris Trinidad (Giraffe Books)

            UP into the 21^st Century and Other Essays, by Francisco Nemenzo (University of the Philippines Press)

2001    Letras y Figuras:  Business in Culture, Culture in Business, by Jaime C. Laya (Anvil Publishing)

2002    My Pledge of Love Cannot be Broken and Other Essays on, Alas, More Fragile and Edible Things, by Simeon Dumdum Jr. (UST Publishing House)

            Whatever: A New Collection of Later Essays, 1987-2001, by Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2003    Porn Again:  Midlife Outtakes and Mistakes, by Jose Javier Reyes (Anvil Publishing)

2004    Between the Centuries, by Sylvia L. Mayuga (University of the Philippines Press)

            Looking for Jose Rizal in Madrid:  Journeys, Latitudes, Perspectives, Destinations, by Gregorio C. Brillantes (University of the Philippines Press)

2005    The Cardinal’s Sins, The General’s Cross, The Martyr’s Testimony and Other Affirmations, by Gregorio C. Brillantes (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2006    Science Solitaire: Essays on Science, Nature, and Becoming Human, by Maria Isabel Garcia (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2007    Pagmumuni-muni at Pagtatalak ng Sirenang Nagpapanggap na Prinsesa:  Mga Piling Maikling Sanaysay, by J. I. E. Teodoro (Imprenta Igbaong)

Tongues on Fire, by Conrado de Quiros (Anvil Publishing) 

FICTION

1981    Utos ng Hari at Iba Pang Kuwento, by Jun Cruz Reyes

1982    Finalities, by Edilberto K. Tiempo

            The Praying Man, by Bienvenido N. Santos

1984    Oldtimer and Other Stories, by Jose Y. Dalisay

1987    Southern Harvest: A Collection of Stories, by Renato E. Madrid

            Tutubi, Tutubi, 'Wag Kang Magpahuli sa Mamang Salbahe, by Jun Cruz Reyes

            What the Hell For You Left Your Heart in San Francisco: A Novel, by Bienvenido N. Santos

1988    State of War, by Ninotchka Rosca

1989    Planet Waves, by Eric Gamalinda

1990    Herstory, by Rosario Cruz Lucero

            Men of the East and Other Stories, by Charlson L. Ong

1991    Laro sa Baga, by Edgar Reyes

1992    Killing Time in a Warm Place, by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

            Pagsalunga: Piniling Kuwento at Sanaysay, by Rogelio R. Sicat

1993    Tales for a Rainy Night, by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo

1994    Eros, Thanatos, Cubao:  Mga Piling Katha, by Tony Perez

1995       Penmanship, by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

1996    Kung Wala na ang Tag-araw / Ano Ngayon, Ricky?, by Rosario de Guzman Lingat

1997    Bibliolepsy, by Gina Apostol

            Letting Go and Other Stories, by Susan S. Lara

1998    Lassitude and Other Stories, by Carlos Cortes

            Mens Rea and Other Stories, by Lakambini Sitoy

1999    Catch a Falling Star, by Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo (Anvil Publishing)

            A Normal Life and Other Stories, by Reine Arcache Melvin (Ateneo de Manila University Office of Research and Publications)

            White Turtle:  A Collection of Short Stories, by Merlinda Bobis (De La Salle University Press)

2000    Etsa-Puwera, by Jun Cruz Reyes (Philippine Centennial Commission and University of the Philippines Press)

            Life Before X and Other Stories, by Angelo Rodriguez Lacuesta (University of the Philippines Press)

            My Sad Republic, by Eric Gamalinda (Philippine Centennial Commission and University of the Philippines Press)

2001    Suite Bergamasque:  The Boulevard Stories, by Bobby Flores-Villasis (Giraffe Books)

2002    Smaller and Smaller Circles, by F. H. Batacan (University of the Philippines Press)

            Testament and Other Stories, by Katrina Tuvera (Anvil Publishing)

2003    Daisy Nueve:  Stories Weird, Wonderful, Whatever, by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento (Anvil Publishing)

            Feast and Famine:  Stories of Negros, by Rosario Cruz Lucero (University of the Philippines Press)

            Mayong, by Abdon M. Balde Jr. (UST Publishing House)

            The Sky Over Dimas, by Vicente Garcia Groyon (De La Salle University Press) 

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION (P20,000)

2007    The Boy Who Touched Heaven / Ang Batang Humipo sa Langit, by Iris Gem Li, translated by Roberto Añonuevo (CANVAS and Adarna House)

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE (P20,000)

2004    Hunyango sa Bato, by Abdon M. Balde Jr.  (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

2006   (H)istoryador(a), by Victor Emmanuel Carmelo D. Nadera Jr.  (University of the Philippines Press)

Ang Sandali ng mga Mata, by Alvin B. Yapan (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2007   Mga Gerilya sa Powell Street, by Benjamin Pimentel (Ateneo de Manila University Press) 

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST NOVEL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (P20,000)

2004    People on Guerrero Street, by Leoncio P. Deriada (Seguiban Printers)

            Women of Tammuz, by Azucena Grajo Uranza (Bookmark)

2006    Banyaga:  A Song of War, by Charlson Ong (Anvil Publishing)

           The Jupiter Effect, by Katrina Tuvera (Anvil Publishing) 

SHORT FICTION

2004    Cadena de Amor and Other Short Stories, by Wilfrido D. Nolledo (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House)

            On Cursed Ground and Other Stories, by Vicente Garcia Groyon (University of the Philippines Press)

2006    Maligayang Pagdating sa Sitio Catacutan:  Mga Kuwentong Kasisindakan, Aklat 1, by Tony Perez (Anvil Publishing)

            Malagim ang Gabi sa Sitio Catacutan:  Mga Kuwentong Kasisindakan, Aklat 2, by Tony Perez (Anvil Publishing)

            Pagluwas, by Zosimo Quibilan Jr.  (University of the Philippines Press)

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IN A PHILIPPINE LANGUAGE (P20,000)

2005    Calvary Road:  Mga Kuwento sa Balighong Panahon, by Abdon M. Balde Jr. (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House) 

JUAN C. LAYA PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (P20,000)

2005    White Elephants, by Angelo Lacuesta (Anvil)

FILM / FILM CRITICISM

1995    Fields of Vision, by Joel David

1998    Native Resistance: Philippine Cinema and Colonialism, 1898-1941, by Clodualdo del  Mundo Jr.

2000    Richard Gomez at ang Mito ng Pagkalalake, Sharon Cuneta at ang Perpetwal na Birhen at iba pang Sanaysay ukol sa Bida sa Pelikula bilang Kultural na Texto, by Roland B. Tolentino (Anvil)

2003    Cine:  Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines, by Nick Deocampo (National Commission for Culture and the Arts)

2005    Making Documentaries in the Philippines, by Isabel Enriquez Kenny (Anvil)

2006    Postmodern Filming of Literature:  Sources, Contexts and Adaptations, by Joyce L. Arriola (University of Santo Tomas Publishing House) 

FOLKLORE

1991    Encyclopedia of Philippine Folk Beliefs and Customs, edited by Francisco R. Demetrio SJ

1993    Maguindanaon Folktales, edited by Marne L. Kilates

2005    Myth, Mimesis and Magic in the Music of the T’boli, Philippines, by Manolete Mora (Ateneo de Manila University Press) 

HISTORY

1982    Cracks in the Parchment Curtain and Other Essays in Philippine History, by William Henry Scott

1985    Philippine Cartoons: Political Caricature of the American Era, 1900-1941, by Alfred McCoy and Alfredo Roces

1986    Rizal and Spain: An Essay in Biographical Context, by Miguel A. Bernad SJ 

1987    The History of the Burgis, by Fe Maria C. Arriola, and Mariel N. Francisco

1988   Contracting Colonialism: Translation and Christian Conversion in Tagalog Society under Early Spanish Rule, by Vicente L. Rafael

1990    Caragua Antigua: The Hispanization and Christianization of Agusan, Surigao and East Davao, by Peter Schreurs MCS

            The Roots of the Filipino Nation, by Onofre D. Corpuz

1991    Beginnings of the Filipino Dominicans: A Critical Inquiry into the Late Emergence of Native Dominicans in the Philippines and Their Attempt at Self-Government, by Rolando V. de la Rosa OP

1992    Looking for the Prehistoric Filipino and Other Essays in Philippine History, by William Henry Scott

1993    Kasaysayang Panlipunan ng Maynila, 1765-1898, by Maria Luisa T. Camagay

1994    Barangay: Sixteenth-Century Philippine Culture and Society, by William Henry Scott

            Breaking Through: The Struggle within the Communist Party of the Philippines, by Joel Rocamora

            Cavite before the Revolution, 1571-1896, by Isagani R. Medina

1995       Working Women of Manila in the 19th Century, by Ma. Luisa Camagay

1996       An Economic History of the Philippines, by Onofre D. Corpuz

            Light Cavalry, by Horacio de la Costa, SJ

            The Tragedy of the Revolution, by Adrian E. Cristobal

1998    Filipinos and the Revolution: Event, Discourse, and Historiography, by Reynado C. Ileto

            The World of 1896, edited by Lorna Kalaw Tirol

1999    100 Events that Shaped the Philippines, edited by Virgilio S. Almario (Adarna Book Services and National Centennial Commission)

            Mindanao: A Portrait, edited by Rene B. Javellana SJ (Bookmark)

2000    Presidential Plunder: The Quest for the Marcos Ill-Gotten Wealth, by Jovito R. Salonga (University of the Philippines)

            White Love and Other Events in Filipino History, by Vicente L. Rafael (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2001    Bearers of Benevolence:  The Thomasites and Public Education in the Philippines, edited by Mary Racelis and Judy Celine Ick (Anvil Publishing)

2003    Occupation ‘42, by Benito J. Legarda Jr. (De La Salle University Press)

2004    Japanese Pioneers in the Northern Philippine Highlands:  A Centennial Tribute, 1903-2003, edited by Patricia Okuba Afable (Filipino-Japanese Foundation of Northern Luzon)

2005    Davao:  Reconstructing History from Text and Memory, by Macario D. Tiu (Ateneo de Davao University)

            To Love and to Suffer:   The Development of the Religious Congregations for Women in the Spanish Philippines, 1565-1898, by Luciano Santiago (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

2007    Kolonyal na Patakaran at Nagbabagong Kamalayang Filipino:  Musika sa Publikong Paaralan sa Pilipinas, 1898-1935, by Raul C. Navarro (Ateneo de Manila University Press)

The Saga of La Naval:  Triumph of a People’s Faith, edited by Lito B. Zulueta (Dominican Province of the Philippines) 

HISTORY AND ESSAY

2002    Selected Essays on the Filipino and His Problems Today / Selected Studies in Philippine Colonial History / Selected Homilies and Religious Expectations / Selected Writings of His Youth, 1927-45, by Horacio de la Costa SJ, edited by Roberto M. Paterno (2B3C Foundation, Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, and Ateneo de Manila University) 

JOURNALISM

1993    The Politics of Logging: Power from the Forest, by Maritess Danguilan Vitug

1995    Boss, edited by Jose F. Lacaba

1996    Patrimony: 6 Case Studies on Local Politics and the Environment in the Philippines, edited by Sheila S. Coronel

1997       Wordsmith with a Slingshot: The Gerry Gil Book, by Generoso Gil Jr., edited by Jaime S. Ong

1998    Pork and Other Perks: Corruption and Governance in the Philippines, edited by Sheila S. Coronel

1999    Robbed: An Investigation of Corruption in Philippine Education, by Yvonne T. Chua (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)

2000    Betrayals of the Public Trust:  Investigative Reports on Corruption, edited by Sheila S. Coronel (Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism)

            Public Faces, Private Lives, by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol (Anvil Publishing)

            Under the Crescent Moon:  Rebellion in Mindanao, by Marites Vitug and Glenda Gloria (Center for Social Policy and the Institute for Popular Democracy)

2001    The Fall of Joseph Estrada:  The Inside Story, by Ama