Who says LIRA Stands for Literatura ni Rio Alma?

When the Rio Alma Poetry Clinic was offered by Prof. Virgilio Almario at the Children’s Communication Center (CCC) where he served as executive director, we were completely clueless. By we, I mean Ariel Dim. Borlongan, Edwin Abayon, and myself who placed third, second, and first respectively in the Gantimpalang Collantes or the Surian ng Wikang Pambansa (SWP)’s Talaang Ginto para sa Tula. Right after the awarding ceremonies at the National Library on April 2, 1985, in celebration of the 197th birth […]