(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO(From left) National Committee on Language and Translation head David Michael San Juan, Dr. Ivan Anthony S. Henares, commissioner of the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; Executive Director Eric Zerrudo of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Arwin Paul Lingat, head of the National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities; and Dr. Niles Jordan Breis, head of the National Committee on Literary Arts, welcome proposals for the P133-million Competitive Grants Program 2025 of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during a press conference in Intramuros, Manila, on July 9, 2024. NCCA said that the deadline for submissions was on August 31. PHOTOS BY MIKE ALQUINTO