Fernando Amorsolo had spent his memorable childhood days, in Daet, Camarines, and Norte in Bicol region. There, he began his rudiments of education in a public school. At home, he was perseveringly mentored, the language of Spanish for both reading and writing purposes. Unfortunately, his father died so suddenly. Therefore, he and his family had no choice but to go to Manila, and lived with a wealthy individual,

Surigao City is the capital of Surigao del Norte on Mindanao, the second largest island in the Philippines. Marked by rolling hills, a very special topographic feature of the city are the more than two dozen islands and islets. They are separated from the mainland by the Hinatuan Passage, which connects Mindanao Sea to the Pacific Ocean.

BAGUIO CITY—This city celebrated the Chinese Lunar New Year by popularizing Chinese calligraphy and painting, through an exhibit of Baguio landscapes by a father-and-son team of artists.

He was the second painter to be named National Artist, posthumously like his predecessor, Fernando Amorsolo. But where one could go to the Ayala Museum and see a number of Amorsolo, there is no such place where one could go and see Carlos “Botong” Francisco’s paintings in some depth, except at the City Hall of Manila in the anteroom of the Mayor’s Office.