30/03/2026
CONGRATULATIONS! The USLS Artists’ Hub and the Santermo Writers Guild extend our warmest congratulations to Raymundo T. Pandan Jr. on receiving the Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas—the country’s largest and most prestigious organization of Filipino writers.
Atty. Raymundo “Rayboy” T. Pandan Jr. is a writer, lawyer, humanist, and award-winning author. He won the Grand Prize for his novel "Bittersweetland" at the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in 2022, among many other recognitions for his work. He has served as the former Dean of the University of St. La Salle College of Law and as a panelist in several national literary workshops, including the IYAS La Salle National Writers Workshop.