It’s a special non-working holiday today in Bataan in observance of the 220th birth anniversary of the great Filipino poet and orator Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar.

National Literature Month (Pambansang Buwan ng Panitikan) was formally launched in Orion, Bataan, where Balagtas (Francisco Baltazar), the great ...

On April 2, 1788, Tagalog poet and author Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar was born. Among his greatest works were “Florante at Laura” and “Orosman at Zafira.” Balagtasan, a Filipino form ...

Francisco Balagtas, also known as Francisco Baltazar, considered one of the greatest Filipino literary laureates, wrote the epic Florante at Laura while in prison. He dedicated this masterpiece to his ...

Balagtas, also known as Francisco Baltazar, was born on April 2, 1788 in Balagtas, Bulacan. He passed away at the age of 74 on February 20, 1862. Google displayed on its home page clickable ...