Category Archives: mass media

Tarabay iti Ortograpia ti Pagsasao nga Ilokano, maipablaaken

Posted on 08/02/2012 by mannurat

Marugian iti Agosto 20, 2012 a bilang ti BANNAWAG! Wen, mangrugi iti Agosto 20, 2012 a bilang ti Bannawag, maiserye ti opisial nga Ortograpia Ilokana a kas impaulog ti Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) iti babaen ti liderato da Jose … Continue reading →

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Naim-imas ti Marunggay no Maal-alaan

Posted on 06/19/2012 by mannurat

Naim-imas ti Marunggay No Maal-alaan Words: Cles B. Rambaud Music: Ariel S. Tabag From Ariel: Nalatak a daniw ni Apo Bannawag Editor Cles B. Rambaud ti “Naim-imas ti Marunggay No Maal-alaan” maipanggep iti kinaparabur wenno kinasayaat ti maysa a tao. … Continue reading →

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“There is no hell” –Miriam

Posted on 03/05/2012 by mannurat

Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago, responding to a front-page Inquirer article yesterday where a priest claimed that she should be consigned to the fires of hell, said: “Under Vatican 2, there is no hell; but even if there is, there is nobody there.” Santiago said that in theology, hell is not … Continue reading →

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On translation, by a master translator

Posted on 02/11/2012 by mannurat

Edith Grossman, the translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and other Latino writers, has an excellent essay, on, what else, translation. I like what she said, that (emphasis mine, bold): Publishers have their excuses, of course. A persistent but not very … Continue reading →

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Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know

Posted on 02/09/2012 by mannurat

By David Carnoy I know, I know. This is a column about cutting-edge electronics. So, apologies to gadget-heads as I take a brief sojourn into the land of self-publishing, which has become a lot more high-tech than a lot of people … Continue reading →

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Ebook sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction

Posted on 02/07/2012 by mannurat

By Antonia Senior guardian.co.uk Publishers face secrecy over sales and an absence of industry-wide data to help them plot strategy Kindle-owning bibliophiles are furtive beasts. Their shelves still boast classics and Booker winners. But inside that plastic case, other things lurk. … Continue reading →

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The Tagalog Media

Posted on 01/02/2012 by mannurat

by Firth McEachern This week I shall analyze the exclusion of local languages in media. First, I start with radio. Why is it that almost all the FM radio stations in Luzon are in Tagalog and English? I visited Pangasinan … Continue reading →

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