This week in PinoyCentric:

• We say goodbye to Yoyoy Villame, comedian and folk singer, who died last Saturday of cardiac arrest. Villame is remembered for the humorous song “buchikik,” among others.
• Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell is remembered by her friends in a posthumous tribute at the Oarhouse.
• Mike Ligalig’s Visayan poetry waxes nostalgic over unrequited love and lost romances.
• Win a trip to Paris: Moleskine, in collaboration with Air France, launches a challenge to Asian travelers to design their ultimate travel journal.
• “Ang Pagkarapa” tells of a Filipino family keeping the faith by commissioning a Holy Week tableau every year.
• Birdwatcher and founding member of the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines Mads Bajarias writes about a stunning painting by wildlife illustrator Oscar Figuracion Jr. and all the memories it brought back.
• A Philippine Institutions 100 class in UP launches “Isang Bakla sa Hukbo ni Aguinaldo,” a play which won third place in the 1998 Centennial Literary Awards.
• The Ika Nga Komiks contest is still open until midnight on June 2nd.
• As always you are invited to discover and join our FLICKR group.

Photo: “Kidnap” by manfrommanila

© All rights reserved