A multi-awarded poet, essayist, and literary translator, he received the Southeast Asian Writers (S.E.A.WRITE) Award from the Royalty of Thailand in 2007 and the Ani ng Dangal Award from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in 2009.

He is currently the Secretary General of the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL) and the OIC-President of the Filipinas Institute of Translation (FIT).

He was admitted as an Associate at the Nida School for Translation Studies 2014 held at the Fondazione Universitaria San Pellegrino in Misano Adriatico, Italy.

Some of his poems have been translated into English and Bahasa and anthologized in international publications such as The 35th Anniversary S.E.A.Write Award Anthology (2013), The Sounds of Asia (2011), The SEAWrite Anthology of ASEAN Short Stories Poems (2008), Antologi Puisi dan Kemanusiaan (2004), and ASEANO: An Anthology of Poems from Southeast Asia (1995).

He co-edited with Galileo Zafra two volumes on the development of the Filipino language, Sawikaan 2005 (University of the Philippines Press, 2006) and Ambagan 2011 (University of the Philippines Press, 2014).

Baquiran Jr. Kayo ang Boss Ko sa Daang Matuwid (Aklat Bulawan, 2012), a collection of selected speeches by His Excellency Benigno S.

He writes a regular column on Poetry, Language, and Culture in Liwayway, the countrys oldest popular national literary magazine.

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Nadera Jr., he has performed the Balagtasan, traditional poetic joust in significant occasions in the Philippines and in cities abroad like Singapore, Honolulu, Hawaii, San Francisco, California, and New York City.

He represented the Philippines in Reaching the World 2013 Conference of the Asia-Pacific Writers Translators Association (Bangkok, Thailand, 2013), 2nd Korea-ASEAN Poets Literature Festival (Pekanbaru, Indonesia, 2011), and the 10th Kuala Lumpur World Poetry Reading (Malaysia, 2004).

Since 2006, he has been the producer and host of Harana ng Puso, a radio musical show that features kundiman, balitaw, danza, and other traditional and classic Philippine songs, which airs nationwide over DWBR 104.3 FM, DZRB 738 KHZ, and DZRM 1238 KHZ every Sunday, 8:00 10:00 PM.

The 4th International Conference on Language and Communication: Interdisciplinary Discourses in Language and Communication (Refereed Proceedings).

Bangkok: Graduate School of Language and Communication, National Institute of Development Administration, 2013.

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Sulib:Mga Usapin ng Pagkabansa 1899-1935, Piling Pag-aaral sa ating Kasaysayn.

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