Legend has it that one evening in the year 1945, the then would-be National Artist for Music and Lyrics Felipe de Leon looked out the window and saw his beloved Manila leveled to the ground. World War ...

MANILA, Philippines — "Payapang Daigdig" by National Artist for Music Felipe de Leon was written bearing his hope for peace. In the "Sounds Familiar" column by Philstar's Baby Gil dated Dec. 18, 2019, ...

The destruction wreaked by World War II was especially devastating in the Philippines’ capital city of Manila. On Christmas night in 1946, just a year after the war’s end, a young Filipino musician ...

Lea Salonga sings this beloved Philippine carol, Payapang Daigdig, in her native tongue. Payapang Daigdig, a beloved Philippine carol, is sometimes regarded as the Filipino equivalent of the Austrian ...

Payapang Daigdig, a beloved Philippine carol, is sometimes regarded as the Filipino equivalent of the Austrian carol “Silent Night,” as both carols refer to the stars as harbingers of peace in the ...