UMPIL Congress on August 25
PRESS RELEASE Literature and Writers' Welfare The Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (Umpil) would like to invite writers and lovers of literature in its 33rd National Writers Congress on August 25, 2007, Saturday, to be held at the Pulungang Recto, College of Arts and Letters Building, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. The session will start at exactly 9:00am and will last until 5pm. The Congress theme is "Literature and Writers' Welfare." Four noted writers will receive the prestigious Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, sculpted by renowned international artist Manuel Baldemor. Senator Francisco Pangilinan III will be the guest of honor, and will speak about his legislative vision for writers and Philippine literature in general. Atty. Louie Calvario of Intellectual Property Office will expound recent developments in intellectual property rights agenda, while Ms. Debbie P. Gaite of Filscap (Filipino Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers...