Contemporary 02 eLMS Activity 4

Michelle Joy Bemanos STEM401
03-10-23
Instructions
Look for at least one (1) article, in a broadsheet or in a reputable news website, which talks about
a controversy regarding the proclamation or selection of National Artists. Paste the article in a
Word document and answer the questions below:
1. What is the controversy stated in the article?
2. Who are involved in the controversy?
3. What are the actions taken by the following groups or individuals regarding the controversy?
Malacañan Palace
NCCA and CCP
The person who is/is not proclaimed as National Artist
Other National Artists
Supreme Court
4. How was the controversy resolved by the groups and individuals involved?
National Artists: Nora Aunor excluded

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Nathalie Tomada - The Philippine Star
October 24, 2018 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang released yesterday the list of seven new National
Artists, but actress Nora Aunor was not among them.
The artists will be feted today during the conferment ceremony of this year’s National
Artist Awards to be led by President Duterte, a media advisory sent by Malacañang
yesterday said.
The new batch of National Artists is composed of Francisco Mañosa (architecture), Eric
de Guia also known as “Kidlat Tahimik” (film), Ramon Muzones and Resil Mojares
(literature), Ryan Cayabyab (music), Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio (theater) and Lauro
“Larry” Alcala (visual arts).
Duterte will also confer the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan or National Living Treasure
Award to Ambalang Ausalin, Estelita Bantilan and Yabing Masalon-Dulo.
Also to be feted are Rizal Park Hotel (Adaptive Reuse Awardee), local government of
San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte (Heritage Education and Interpretation Awardee), local
government of Angeles City (Heritage Program Support Awardee) and local government
of Magalang, Pampanga (Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Awardee).
National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) project coordinator Sabrina Tan
said Aunor was automatically nominated to become National Artist because she was
included in the previous shortlist of nominees.
In 2014, former president Benigno Aquino III said he removed Aunor from the list of
awardees because of issues linking her to illegal drug use.
“Sa aking pananaw yung national artist binibigyan natin ng honor na ito, puri na ito ay
malaki ang ambag sa lahing Pilipino at dapat tularan (In my opinion, the national artist is
an honor given to Filipinos who can become role models),” Aquino said at a press
conference in Pampanga on July 1, 2014.
“Ang naging problema ko lang dun ay alam naman natin lahat…na-convict po sya sa
drugs (My only problem is we all know she was convicted for drugs),” he added.
Claire Espina, the lawyer who handled Aunor’s case in California, had denied that the
actress was convicted.
Malacañang has not issued a statement on why Duterte, who is known for his tough
stance on narcotics, excluded Aunor from the list of awardees.
Nevertheless, some quarters from the film industry are questioning Aunor’s being left
out again.
Aunor’s name was submitted to Malacañang since she was already elected in the
previous selection in 2014. “She should have been included but unluckily, was not
included again,” said Teddy Co, NCCA commissioner for the arts, who was privy to the
selection process.
Director Brillante Mendoza, who has worked with Tahimik and Aunor, told The STAR,
“She’s an institution for what she has achieved. But I think it’s a matter of timing, and I
think a person shouldn’t be judged for the life she lived because what we are
recognizing is the craft and also her contribution to the industry. I don’t know, maybe it’s
not the time yet but she deserved it as well. I even thought there were two awardees for
film.”
The arts community has been waiting with bated breath for the announcement of the
2018 National Artists since July.
But it seems worth the wait, as the “arts community is happy, no questionable names,”
said Co.
He said that the current administration has been hands off with the selection process.
“Wala naman. I think they understand what happened before, which created so much
controversy, so hands-off sila dyan,” he said, referring to the controversial proclamation
as National Artists of four individuals via presidential prerogative of then president
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, when the four had not been nominated by the selection
committee.
That controversial proclamation was brought before the Supreme Court, which ruled
that the President may remove names submitted by the NCCA and Cultural Center of
the Philippines (CCP) but not add names that did not go through the selection process.
“I assure this batch went through the proceedings. It’s a very impressive batch. Major
achievers lahat. Lahat dumaan sa process, unlike in 2009. All of them are very
deserving.”
The selection goes through a tedious process of three rounds, which starts with a
nomination, Co revealed. “It’s a panel of experts in the first round, which is different from
the panel of experts in the second round. First round, the peers from each discipline, for
example for visual arts, the ones who are going to vote are experts in visual art. Those
that make it to the second round, they will be voted on by another panel of experts,
three per discipline but all of them will be voting across all the arts, so they don’t need to
vote only for film or music, they can vote for anybody in the arts. Pagdating sa third
round, the voting panel consists of the joint boards of the CCP and the NCCA board,
plus all the living National Artists.”
According to the NCCA website, recipients are entitled to the following privileges: the
rank and title of National Artist; gold-plated medallion minted by the Bangko Sentral ng
Pilipinas (BSP) and citation; and a lifetime emolument and material and physical
benefits comparable in value to those received by the highest officers of the land.
Living awardees get a minimum of P200,000 cash award, net of taxes; minimum lifetime
personal monthly stipend of P50,000; and medical and hospitalization benefits not exceeding
P750,000 per year; life insurance policy by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
and or/ private insurance companies from date of conferment of the award, in the event that the
National Artist is insurable; a state funeral; a place of honor at state functions, national
commemoration ceremonies and all other cultural presentations. Posthumous awardees get a
one-time minimum cash award of P150,000. – With Alexis Romero

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