Kris Aquino for National Artist Award!

President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino The Last, I mean The Third, is absolutely correct—a National Artist should be a paragon of morality. Never mind that a nominee had taken his or her craft to a new height of excellence. What really matters most is moral character, consistent with the president’s pursuance of a “tuwid na daan.”

Now, somebody very close to BS Aquino could really fill the bill—his youngest sister Kris. She’s hailed as the Philippines’ version of Oprah, the undisputed queen of American television and host extraordinaire. Kris mentioned this comparison when she interviewed American actor-singer Jamie Foxx in her ABS-CBN program. (There was a report that Oprah Winfrey thought of suing her for defamation. Fortunately or unfortunately, this turned out to be a hoax.)