"President Aquino conferred yesterday the National Artist for Cinema distinction on the late action king, Fernando Poe Jr" -- (The Philippine Star, August 17, 2012).
In the aftermath of national sympathy on the death last month of Rodolfo Vera Quizon or Dolphy, the acknowledged King of Philippine Comedy, news was in the air that the National Artist Award would be posthumously confirmed on Dolphy in due course by President Aquino.
As far as I know, under the official guidelines of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the government agency that accepts, evaluates and recommends nominees for the National Artist Awards -- in turn for the President's final choice and awarding -- "the Order of National Artist shall not be conferred more frequently than every three years."
Given the foregoing, the question cannot now be helped but come to fore:: Can Dolphy indeed be conferred this highly coveted award this year, or next year or the year after next, without violating the NCCA mandate?
To be sure, this matter will soon be another hotly debated issue in our midst and times.
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