ICOMOS Philippines One-Day Conference

The theme of this year's International Day for Monuments and Sites is "Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Tourism." ICOMOS Philippines will be organizing a one-day conference on April 29, 2017 at the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Please e-mail nicaescover@icomosphilippines.com for more information.

2016 International Archives Congress

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in partnership with the Provincial Government of Pampanga and the Association of Tourism Officers of Central Luzon (ATOCEL), Inc., will be holding the 2016 International Archives Congress on November 08 to 10, 2016 in Clark Freeport, Pampanga.

In the previous iterations of the Congress, the NCCA has invited country archival experts to discuss practices, issues, and concerns in the field within national and local contexts. This year, with the theme “Archives in the ASEAN”, the Congress will gather archivists, registrars, record managers/officers, librarians, faculty, office secretaries, and members of professional associations on archives nationwide and from around the ASEAN to share the best practices on archival management in the region. The NCCA has seen the opportunity for the audience to leverage their current practices in line with global and international benchmarks, and to foster international cooperation in this endeavour.

The Congress will have a combination of lectures, and workshops from different leaders in the archival practice from the countries in the ASEAN region. There will be exhibitions, as well, and a whole-day heritage tour to wrap-up the event.

A registration fee of Five Thousand Pesos (PhP 5,000.00) for local participants or One Hundred Fifty US Dollars (USD 150.00) shall be charged to live-in participants based on quadruple sharing which will cover for food, accommodation for three (3) days and two (2) nights, free whole-day heritage tour, and conference materials/kit. Meanwhile, a registration fee of Three Thousand Pesos (PhP 3,000.00) shall be charged to live-out participants, which will cover the expenses for food, whole day heritage tour, and workshop materials/kit. Foreign participants are expected to attend the Congress as live-in participants only. Online registration may be done by filling out the form found on this link: http://bit.ly/2016IACreg.

Interested participants may contact Mr. Louie L. Lugue or Ms. April D. Pabon at the NCCA- Cultural Heritage Section through the following numbers: +639173245292, (02) 527 2205 or (02) 527 2192 loc 324 or email: ncca.archives@gmail.com.

Info source: NCCA

2016 Salita ng Taon : Fotobam

Info source: Rappler post

Itinanghal ang "fotobam" bilang Salita ng Taon 2016 nitong Huwebes, Oktubre 6, sa ikalawang araw ng Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Wikang Filipino na ginanap sa Diliman campus ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (UP).

Napili ang "fotobam" – na ipinasa ni Michael Charleston Chua – mula sa 10 salita na lumahok sa timpalak ngayong taon.

Ang 9 pang mga salitang kasama sa timpalak:

bully - ipinasa ni Ronel Laranjo

foundling - ipinasa ni Christine Marie Magpile

hugot - ipinasa ni Junilo Espiritu

lumad - ipinasa ni Father Albert Alejo, SJ

milenyal - ipinasa ni Jayson Petras

meme - ipinasa ni Gerard Concepcion

netizen - ipinasa ni Xavier Roel Alvaran

tukod - ipinasa ni Schedar Jocson

viral - ipinasa ni Joselito delos Reyes

Ang Sawikaan ay idinaraos ng Filipinas Institute of Translation (FIT) kada makalawang taon.

Ang mga sumusunod na salita ay itinanghal na Salita ng Taon sa mga nakalipas na taon: canvass (2004), jueteng/huweteng (2005), lobat (2006), miskol (2007), jejemon (2010), wangwang (2012), at selfie (2014).

Kasama ng FIT sa pagtaguyod ng Sawikaan ngayong 2016 ang Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF), National Commission for Culture and the Arts, at Kolehiyo ng Edukasyon ng UP.

National Arts Month (February 2015)

Every February, the celebration of the National Arts Month (NAM) is spearheaded by NCCA by virtue of Presidential Proclamation no. 683 series of 1991. This year, "Pride of Place" was the chosen theme of the month long celebration.

NCCA Four-Day Work Week

The public is hereby informed of the National Commission on Culture and the Arts' (NCCA) adoption of the Four-Day Work Week pursuant to Civil Service Commission (CSC) Memorandum no. 22 series of 2014. As approved by CSC, NCCA office hours will be from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday to Thursday effective January 5, 2015. 

Note: Information from NCCA website.

NCCA Call for Proposals 2015

source: www.ncca.gov.ph