National Book Development Month in Philippines

Kathleen writes “The National Book Development Board is the leading catalyst that provides direction and the environment for the stimulation and improvement of the book industry, especially in the regions. Books were also the foundation of the our people’s struggle for freedom. Their reading of Dr. Jose P. Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, Francisco Baltazar’s Florante at Laura, Marcelo H. del Pilar’s La Patria and Ministerio de la Republica Filipina, Emilio Jacinto’s Liwanag at Dilim opened our people’s minds and liberated them from centuries of bondage. June is National Book Development Month