2. WHAT IS THE REGION 16 KNOWN FOR?
? REGION 16- NCR IS KNOWN FOR THEIR FAMOUS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS WHICH ARE YEARLY VISITED BY
MANY TOURIST AROUND THE WORLD. ONE OF THESE ATTRACTIONS IS THE RIZAL PARK.
3. WHAT IS THE REGION 16 OF NCR?
? IT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO 17 LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUS) COMPRISING 16 CITIES AND ONE (1)
MUNICIPALITY: CALOOCAN, MALABON, NAVOTAS, VALENZUELA, QUEZON CITY, MARIKINA, PASIG, TAGUIG,
MAKATI, MANILA, MANDALUYONG, SAN JUAN, PASAY, PARA?AQUE, LAS PI?AS, MUNTINLUPA; PATEROS IS
THE LONE MUNICIPALITY IN THE REGION.
4. WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS OF REGIONAL LITERATURE?
? REGIONAL FICTION, ALSO KNOWN AS REGIONALISM, IS A LITERARY GENRE THAT FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC
GEOGRAPHIC REGION AND ITS PEOPLE, CUSTOMS, CULTURE, AND DIALECTS. THE GENRE EMPHASIZES THE
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE REGION, INCLUDING ITS LANDSCAPE, HISTORY, AND WAY OF LIFE.
5. THE FAMOUS WRITER¨S IN NCR
1..LUALHATI BAUTISTA
? LUALHATI TORRES BAUTISTA (BORN MANILA, PHILIPPINES DECEMBER 2, 1945) IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST
FILIPINO FEMALE NOVELISTS IN THE HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE LITERATURE. HER NOVELS
INCLUDE DEKADA `70, BATA, BATA, PA¨NO KA GINAWA?, AND `GAP?.
6. WORKS AS NOVELIST
?LUALHATI GARNERED SEVERAL PALANCA AWARDS (1980, 1983 AND 1984) FOR HER
NOVELS `GAP?, DEKADA `70 AND BATA, BATA´ PA¨NO KA GINAWA? EXPOSING
INJUSTICES AND CHRONICLING WOMEN ACTIVISM DURING THE MARCOS
ERA.GAP?, PUBLISHED IN 1980, IS THE STORY OF A MAN COMING TO GRIPS WITH
LIFE AS AN AMERASIAN. IT IS A MULTI-LAYERED SCRUTINY OF THE POLITICS BEHIND
US BASES IN THE PHILIPPINES, SEEN FROM ORDINARY CITIZENS LIVING IN
OLONGAPO CITY POINT OF VIEW.DEKADA `70 IS THE STORY OF A FAMILY CAUGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE TUMULTUOUS DECADE OF THE 1970S.
7. 2.LINDA TY CASPER
LINDA TY CASPER IS A FILIPINO WRITER WHO HAS PUBLISHED OVER FIFTEEN BOOKS, INCLUDING THE
HISTORICAL NOVEL DREAMEDEN AND THE POLITICAL NOVELS AWAITING TRESPASS, WINGS OF STONE, A
SMALL PARTY IN A GARDEN, AND FORTRESS IN THE PLAZA. SHE HAS ALSO PUBLISHED THREE COLLECTIONS
OF SHORT STORIES WHICH PRESENT A CROSS-SECTION OF FILIPINO SOCIETY.[1]
N 1992, TIDES AND NEAR OCCASIONS OF LOVE WON THE PHILIPPINE PEN SHORT STORY PRIZE; ANOTHER AT
THE UNESCO INTERNATIONAL WRITERS¨ DAY, LONDON; AND THE SEAWRITE AWARD IN BANGKOK ^TRIPTYCH
FOR A RUINED ALTAR ̄ WAS IN THE ROLL OF HONOR OF THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, 1977.[2]
HER NOVEL
8. PUBLISHED WORKSTHE TRANSPARENT SUN (SHORT STORIES), PESO BOOKS, 1963
THE PENINSULARES (HISTORICAL NOVEL), BOOKMARK 1964
THE SECRET RUNNER (SHORT STORIES), FLORENTINO/NATIONAL BOOK, 1974
THE THREE-CORNERED SUN (HISTORICAL NOVEL), NEW DAY, 1974
DREAD EMPIRE (NOVELLA), HONG KONG, HEINEMANN, 1980
HAZARDS OF DISTANCE (NOVELLA), NEW DAY, 1981
FORTRESS IN THE PLAZA (NOVELLA), NEW DAY, 1985
AWAITING TRESPASS (NOVELLA), LONDON, READERS INTERNATIONAL, 1985
9. 3.INGRID CHUA-GO
INGRID CHUA-GO IS A FILIPINO- CHINESE FASHION AND LIFESTYLE BLOGGER BASED IN MANILA,
PHILIPPINES. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER FASHION BLOG THE BAG HAG DIARIES AND HER SOCIETY BLOG,
MANILA SOCIAL DIARY. SHE BLOGS FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST-UK AND WRITES COLUMNS FOR THE BOTH
THE PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER AND LOOK MAGAZINE. SHE HAS ALSO CONTRIBUTED FASHION WEEK
PHOTOGRAPHS FOR ONLINE RETAILER LUISA VIA ROMA AND HARRODS OF LONDON. SHE CO-OWNS
ACCESSORY LAB, A JEWELRY STORE SPECIALIZING IN CRYSTALS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS JEWELRY.
10. GILDA CORDERO- FERNANDO.
CORDERO-FERNANDO HAS TWO LANDMARK COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES: THE BUTCHER, THE BAKER AND
THE CANDLESTICK MAKER (1962) AND A WILDERNESS OF SWEETS (1973). THESE BOOKS HAVE BEEN COMPILED
AND REISSUED LATER AS STORY COLLECTION (1994). ANOTHER BOOK, PHILIPPINE FOOD AND LIFE, WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1992. TOGETHER WITH ALFREDO ROCES, CORDERO-FERNANDO WORKED ON FILIPINO HERITAGE, A
10-VOLUME STUDY ON PHILIPPINE HISTORY AND CULTURE PUBLISHED BY LAHING PILIPINO IN 1978.
AFTERWARDS, SHE FOUNDED GCF BOOKS WHICH PUBLISHED A DOZEN TITLES THAT DEAL WITH VARIOUS
ASPECTS OF PHILIPPINE CULTURE AND SOCIETY. CORDERO-FERNANDO HAS ALSO WORN NUMEROUS OTHER
HATS AS A VISUAL ARTIST, FASHION DESIGNER, PLAYWRIGHT, ART CURATOR AND PRODUCER. IN FEBRUARY
2000, SHE PRODUCED A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL EXTRAVAGANZA ENTITLED LUNA: AN ASWANG ROMANCE´..
11. 5.NICK JOAQUIN
NICOMEDES M?RQUEZ JOAQU?N
? HE IS CONSIDERED[BY WHOM?] ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FILIPINO WRITERS IN ENGLISH, AND THE
THIRD MOST IMPORTANT OVERALL, AFTER JOS? RIZAL AND CLARO M. RECTO.
12. JOAQU?N WAS BORN IN PACO, MANILA, ONE OF TEN CHILDREN OF LEOCADIO JOAQU?N, A COLONEL UNDER
GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO IN THE 1896 REVOLUTION, AND SALOME M?RQUEZ, A TEACHER OF ENGLISH
AND SPANISH. AFTER BEING READ POEMS AND STORIES BY HIS MOTHER, THE BOY JOAQU?N READ WIDELY
IN HIS FATHER¨S LIBRARY AND AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF THE PHILIPPINES. BY THEN, HIS FATHER HAD
BECOME A SUCCESSFUL LAWYER AFTER THE REVOLUTION. FROM READING, JOAQU?N BECAME INTERESTED
IN WRITING.
? AT AGE 17, JOAQU?N HAD HIS FIRST PIECE PUBLISHED, IN THE LITERARY SECTION OF THE PRE-WORLD
WAR II TRIBUNE, WHERE HE WORKED AS A PROOFREADER. IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE WRITER AND
EDITOR SERAF?N LANOT. AFTER JOAQU?N WON A NATIONWIDE ESSAY COMPETITION TO HONOR LA NAVAL
DE MANILA, SPONSORED BY THE DOMINICAN ORDER, THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS AWARDED HIM
AN HONORARY ASSOCIATE IN ARTS (A.A.
13. WORKS
MAY DAY EVE (1947)
PROSE AND POEMS (1952)
THE WOMAN WHO HAD TWO NAVELS (1961)
LA NAVAL DE MANILA AND OTHER ESSAYS (1964)
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS FILIPINO (1966)
TROPICAL GOTHIC (1972)
A QUESTION OF HEROES (1977)
JESEPH ESTRADA AND OTHER SKETCHES (1977)
NORA AUNOR & OTHER PROFILES (1977)
RONNIE POE & OTHER SILHOUETTES (1977)
REPORTAGE ON LOVERS (1977)
REPORTAGE ON CRIME (1977)
? AMALIA FUENTES & OTHER ETCHINGS (1977)
14. THE STORY ABOUT BATA BATA PAANO KA GINAWA BY
LUALHATI BAUTISTA
? LUALHATI TORRES BAUTISTA (DECEMBER 2, 1945 C FEBRUARY 12, 1989) WAS A FILIPINA WRITER,
NOVELIST, LIBERAL ACTIVIST AND POLITICAL CRITIC. HER MOST POPULAR NOVELS INCLUDE DEKADA `70;
BATA, BATA, PA¨NO KA GINAWA?; AND `GAP?.
15. SUMMARY OF THE THEMES, PLOT, SYMBOLISM, CONFLICT AND CONFLICT,
OF ^BATA, BATA´ PA¨NO KA GINAWA? ̄ BY LUALHATI BAUTISTA:
? THE NOVEL BEGAN WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ABOUT THE GRADUATION DAY FROM
KINDERGARTEN OF MAYA, LEA¨S DAUGHTER. A PROGRAM; AND A CELEBRATION WERE HELD. IN THE
BEGINNING, EVERYTHING IN LEA¨S LIFE WAS GOING SMOOTHLY C HER LIFE IN CONNECTION WITH HER
CHILDREN, WITH FRIENDS OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER, AND WITH HER VOLUNTEER WORK FOR A HUMAN
RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. BUT LEA¨S CHILDREN WERE BOTH GROWING-UP C AND LEA COULD SEE THEIR
GRADUAL TRANSFORMATION. THERE WERE THE CHANGES IN THEIR WAYS AND PERSONALITIES: MAYA¨S
CURIOSITY WAS BECOMING MORE OBVIOUS EVERY DAY, WHILE OJIE WAS CROSSING THE BOUNDARIES
FROM BOYHOOD TO TEENAGE TO ADULTHOOD.