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| | NEW EDITION OF 'FLORANTE AT LAURA' OUT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The new, modern edition of Florante at Laura was edited by poet and University of the Philippines scholar Virgilio Almario. |
 | | Through a Malacañang proclamation, the day was celebrated as a special non-working holiday in Bulacan, Balagtas birthplace, and in Pandacan, Manila, where he wrote his master work, as well as in Orion, Bataan, where he married and died. |
 | | The launching of the new Florante at Laura also featured the release of Oples latest book, Nation-building through Language, which covers his writings on the national language for over a decade. |
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