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Unforgettable encounters with the arts’ leading lights

From the weight and thickness of Pablo A. Tariman’s Encounters in the Arts alone and the starry names that fill the contents page and photo folio, the author has veritably compiled his life’s work. And what a compilation it is, with a knockout cover featuring international pianist and national treasure Cecile Licad and art patron Nedy Tantoco in the inset.

Unforgettable encounters with the arts’ leading lights

How the Marcoses handled an assassination attempt

Unlike Sara Duterte, Carlito Dimailig issued no threats and just did it. Fifty-two years ago this month, with martial law eleven weeks in effect, at around five in the afternoon of Dec. 7, 1972, Carlito Dimailig lunged at then First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos with a 12-inch bolo.

How the Marcoses handled an assassination attempt

FACT SHEET: Ang relasyon ng Pilipinas sa Interpol

Hindi maaaring pilitin ng Interpol ang mga awtoridad sa pagpapatupad ng batas ng Pilipinas na arestuhin ang isang indibidwal na may red notice. Ang mga tuntunin nito ay nagsasaad, gayunpaman, na "ang bawat miyembrong bansa ay maaaring magpasya kung anong legal na halaga ang ibinibigay nito sa isang red notice at ang awtoridad ng kanilang mga opisyal ng pagpapatupad ng batas na magsagawa ng mga pag-aresto."

FACT SHEET: Ang relasyon ng Pilipinas sa Interpol

FACT SHEET: The Philippines’ ties to the Interpol

The Interpol cannot compel Philippine law enforcement authorities to arrest an individual with a red notice. Its rules state that each member country can decide what legal value it gives to a red notice and the authority of their law enforcement officers to make arrests.

FACT SHEET: The Philippines’ ties to the Interpol