Nick Lizaso assumes CCP presidency

Long-time Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) trustee Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the new president of the country’s leading temple of the arts, and was duly given the vote of confidence by the board of directors. The elections were held on June 13 as Lizaso takes over the reins from Raul Sunico, CPP president since 2009.

Lizaso is a grandnephew of Jose Corazon de Jesus, lyricist of the patriotic anthem “Bayan Ko” and esteemed as “Hari ng Balagtasan.”