Art critic, fiction writer and former education minister Alejandro Roces was hand-picked by the government for the censor's job after his predecessor resigned over the banning of a sexually ...

MANILA, Philippines - Alejandro R. Roces, National Artist for Literature and STAR columnist, passed away yesterday morning at the Makati Medical Center due to complications from pneumonia.

MANILA, Philippines—Until he died of pneumonia on Monday, National Artist for Literature Alejandro R. Roces, 86, was the country’s best humorist and expert on the fiesta as a unique ...

Balbino—misspelled in the painting with a “v”—Mauricio was the brother-in-law of the first Alejandro Roces to come to the Philippines, from Asturias, Spain. Alejandro clearly has been a ...