So I hear from the grapevine that there is an impending crisis in the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). That is of course if we imagine that it is not in crisis to begin with, removed as it remains from the larger community of cultural workers who are not part of the artistic establishment. There is also the fact that it remains unclear exactly how the NCCA budget is used, and how its allocation of funds for various other institutions such as the National Museum (NM) and the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) happens with nary accountability.
I’ve written here before about the NHCP’s lack of accounting for its church rehabilitation projects, even when in fact these projects fall under heavy criticism for its lack of real heritage architects. I say, it’s difficult to work with an NHCP head who questions the very Heritage Law which it is supposed to uphold and protect, on grounds that the Heritage Law steps on private ownership of heritage and historical sites.
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