Best friends Glendy Dalapag and Mecy Pacuribot are two of the most talented young ladies I’ve had the pleasure of working with last year. They were in my theater class under the Arts & Design track of Liceo de Cagayan University – Paseo del Rio. Whenever I asked the class to come up with creative… Continue reading Glendy & Maecy: Surviving Through Art
Category: CDO Personalities
Nico, the Artist
Nicolas Salcedo is a multitalented visual artist. I first met him in December 2017 at Liceo de Cagayan University Senior High School along Paseo del Rio. He was one of my grade 11 students in theater. I knew right there and then that he was more talented than he claimed to be. The following school… Continue reading Nico, the Artist
CDO Personality of the Week: Qrkoni Muyalde – CDO’s Country Boy with an Old Soul
Every time he stepped onstage and the lights shone on him while music played in the background, Qrkoni Muyalde would feel his adrenaline pump and he’d start singing and strumming on his guitar. He’d get more excited when he hears the audience clap and sing with him. For Qrkoni, the stage has become his life,… Continue reading CDO Personality of the Week: Qrkoni Muyalde – CDO’s Country Boy with an Old Soul
Arthur M. Nery: His Time Has Come
This article first came out in my column on Gold Star Daily’s Urban Life section back in October 2018. If you have been following Arthur’s musical journey, you already know that his first album under O/C Records, Letters Never Sent, was released last year. The album is available for download on Spotify and iTunes. I… Continue reading Arthur M. Nery: His Time Has Come