and grants giving agency for the preservation, development and promotion of Philippine arts and culture. • It serves as the state’s initiative to promote and develop art and culture awareness in the country. • For almost 50 years, CCP has been serving as the premier venue in the Philippines for culture and the arts. • It has hosted numerous shows and exhibitions on both performance and visual arts. • It also responsible for bringing together the different arts from various regions. • It was created with a vision of “ a Filipino society with citizens informed of their history, who love their country and are proud of their cultural heritage.” • Promotes “Philippine history and cultural heritage through research, dissemination, conservation and sites management. • Through the efforts of NHCP, Filipino may have “awareness and appreciation of the noble deeds and ideals of our heroes and other illustrious Filipinos, to instill pride in the Filipino race and to rekindle the Filipino spirit through the lessons of history.” • History makes the citizens aware and appreciative of the country’s struggles and triumphs. • The country’s repository of archaeological artifacts, national treasures and rare specimens found and produced in the country. • The main task of this institution is to solicit, document, preserve, exhibit and promote the natural and artificial wonders of the Philippines. • Natural History Musuem • National Art Gallery
SPOLIARIUM – the most valuable
artwork housed in the National Museum. - the largest painting in the Philippines. - the winning masterpiece at the Exposition de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain in 1884. - Was then called the American Circulating Library to serve as “memorial to American servicemen who died in the Philippine soil”. - Is home to rare books and documents such as Acta de la Proclamacion de la Independencia del Pueblo Filipino and the manuscript of the trial of Andres Bonifacio. - providing access to the resources for our people’s intellectual growth, citizenship building, lifelong learning and enlightenment. - Goes back to the Treaty of Paris in 1898 which stipulated the handover or cession of documents from Spanish to American authorities and provided for the preservation of documents. - guardian to over 400 documents from the Spanish era dating 1552 – 1900 and various records from the American period to the Republic. - Was created via Republic Act No. 7104: Congress shall establish a national language commission composed of representatives of various regions and disciplines which shall undertake, coordinate and promote researches for the development, propagation and preservation of Filipino and other Philippine languages.” - Has annually given the Talaang Ginto: Makata ng Taon for Filipino poetry, Aklat ng Bayan and other grants or programs on fundings, awards and projects.
(Oxford Political Theory) Allen Buchanan - Justice, Legitimacy, and Self-Determination - Moral Foundations For International Law (2007, Oxford University Press, USA)
(Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series) Sung-Eun Choi (Auth.) - Decolonization and The French of Algeria - Bringing The Settler Colony Home-Palgrave Macmillan UK (2016)