Legislations on Culture in the Philippines
INTRODUCTION
Following is a summary listing of Philippine legislation affecting culture:
Title: Republic Act No. 597
Date signed: March 6, 1951
Description: An Act to declare Fort Santiago a national Shrine and to provide for the preservation of historical monument in the Walled City of Manila
Title: Republic Act No. 1569
Date signed: June 16, 1956
Description:
An act to amend Section One of the Republic Act numbered Five Hundred Ninety-Seven, entitled "An Act to declare Fort Santiago a national Shrine and to provide for the preservation of historical monument in the Walled City of Manila," and to authorize the sale of the former site of the Ayuntamiento to the Central Bank of the Philippines
Title: Republic Act No. 1607
Date signed: August 23, 1956
Description:
An Act declaring Intramuros, a Commercial, Residential and Educational District, repealing for that purpose Commonwealth Act Number One Hundred Seventy-One and Republic Act numbered Five Hundred Ninety-Seven
Title: Republic Act No. 1059
Date signed: June 12, 1954
Description:
An Act prohibiting the naming of sitios, barrios, municipalities, cities, provinces, streets, highways, avenues, bridges, and other public thoroughfares, parks, plazas, public schools, public buildings, piers, government airports and vessels, andother public institutions after living persons
Title: Republic Act No. 2733
Date signed: June 19, 1960
Description:
An act to declare the site in the Magallanes, Limasawa Island in the Province of Leyte where the first Mass in the Philippines was held as a national shrine to provide for the preservation of historical monuments and landmarks thereat and for other purposes
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Title: Republic Act No. 4039
Date signed: June 18, 1964
Description:
An Act providing for the establishment of a national shrine in the municipality of Kawit, Province of Cavite, to be known as Freedom Shrine and authorizing the appropriation of funds thereof
Title: Republic Act No. 4368
Date signed: June 19, 1965
Description:
An Act to establish a National Historical Commission, to define its powers and functions, authorizing the appropriation of funds thereof, and for other purposes
Title: Republic Act No. 5648
Date signed: June 21, 1969
Description:
An Act providing for the establishment of a national shrine in the municipality of Batac, Province of Ilocos Norte, to be known as Ricarte Shrine
Title: Republic Act No. 5649
Date signed: June 21, 1969
Description:
An Act providing for the establishment of a national shrine in the municipality of Batac, Province of Ilocos Norte, to be known as Aglipay Shrine
Title: Republic Act No. 5679
Date signed: June 21, 1969
Description:
An Act establishing a Filipino War Memorial and authorizing the appropriations of funds thereof
Title: Republic Act No. 5695
Date signed: June 21, 1969
Description:
An Act providing for the establishment of a national shrine in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Province of Cebu, to be known as Liberty Shrine and authorizing the appropriation of funds thereof
Title: Presidential Decree No. 105
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 24, 1973
Description:
Declaring national shrines as Sacred (hallowed) places and prohibiting desecration thereof
Title: Presidential Decree No. 106
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 24, 1973
Description:
Decreeing as final and binding the decisions of the National Historic Institute on the naming and renaming of historical edifices and landmarks
Title: Presidential Decree No. 208
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: June 7, 1973
Description:
Granting certain priveleges and honors to National Artists and creating a special fund for the purpose
Title: Presidential Decree No. 260
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: Aug. 1, 1973
Description:
Declaring the Sta. Ana. Site Museum in Manila, the Roman Catholic churches of Paoay and Bacarra in Ilocos Norte; the San Agustin Church and Liturgical Objects therein in Intramuros, Manila; Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City; the Petroglyphs of Alab, Bontoc; the Stone Agricultural Calendars of Dap-Ay Guiday in Besao, Bontoc; the Mummy Caves Kabayan, Benguet and of Sagada and Alab, Bontoc; the Ifugao Rice Terraces of Banaue as National Cultural Treasures, and the Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan; Tirad Pass in Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, the Miagao Church in Miagao, Iloilo; the Site of the Battle of Mactan on Mactan Island, Cebu; the San Sebastian Church in Quiapo, Manila and the Church and Convent of Santo Niņo in Cebu City as National Shrines, Monuments and/or Landmarks defining the implementing agencies and providing funds thereof
Title: Presidential Decree No. 373
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 9, 1974
Description:
Exempting from taxation all donations to the National Museum, the National Library and the Archives Division of the National Historical Institute
Title: Presidential Decree No. 374
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 10, 1974
Description:
Amending certain sections of Republic Act No. 4846, otherwise known as the "Cultural Properties Preservation and Protection Act"
Title: Presidential Decree No. 375
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 14, 1974
Description:
Amending Presidential Decree No. 260 by including the two hundred-year old Basilica of Taal, Batangas and the Church of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur, among the National Landmarks and Monuments declared as National Shrines
Title: Presidential Decree No. 496
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: June 28, 1974
Description:
Amending Section 3 of Presidential Decree No. 260
Title: Presidential Decree No. 756
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: July 30, 1975
Description:
Amending P.D. 260 to include the section, the houses of Padre Jose Burgos and Leona Florentino in its scope
Title: Presidential Decree No. 1277
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: January 4, 1978
Description:
Providing for the preservation of walls of Intramuros and the restoration of its original moat and esplanade
Title: Presidential Decree No. 1505
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: June 11, 1978
Description:
Amending the Presidential Decree No. 260, as amended, by prohibiting the unauthorized modification, alteration, repair and destruction of original features of all National Shrines, monuments, landmarks and other important historic edifices
Title: Presidential Decree No. 1537
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: June 11, 1978
Description:
Amending Presidential Decree 1277 dated January 4, 1978 entitled "Providing for the preservation of walls of Intramuros and the restoration of its original moat and esplanade" by including the preservation and restoration of the Walled City.
Title: Presidential Decree No. 1616
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: April 10, 1979
Description:
Creating the "Intramuros Administration" for purposes of restoring and administering the development of Intramuros
Title: Presidential Decree No. 1748
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: Dec. 10, 1980
Description:
Amending the Charter of the Intramuros Administration
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 1001
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: April 27, 1972
Description:
The National Artist Award was established to give appropriate honors to Filipinos who have distinguished themselves and made outstanding contributions to Philippine arts and letters
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 1144
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: May 15, 1973
Description:
Created the National Awards Committee composed of the members of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Center of the Philippines
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 1682
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: Oct. 17, 1977
Description:
Declaring the Kiangan War Memorial shrine in Linda, Kiangan, Ifugao as a National Shrine
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Title: Republic Act No. 7355
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: April 3, 1992
Description:
Providing for the recognition of the national living treasures, otherwise known as the Manlilikha ng Bayan, and the promotion and development of traditional folk arts
Title: Republic Act No. 7356
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: April 3, 1992
Description:
The law creating the National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 204
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Jan. 14, 1988
Description:
Declaring January 15, 1998 as a Non-Working Special Day in the City of Cebu
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 206
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Jan. 15, 1988
Description:
Declaring February 1988 as the Buy Philippine-Made Products Month
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 245
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: April 12, 1988
Description:
Declaring 1989 as the Philippine Fiesta Year
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 250
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: April 20, 1988
Description:
Declaring the period from July 3-9, 1988 and thereafter the second week of July of every year as "Cultural Communities Week"
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 269
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: June10, 1988
Description:
Proclaiming the period from 1988 to 1998 as "The Decade on the Centennials of Filipino Nationalism, Nationhood and the Philippine Revolutionary Movement"
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 329
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Sept. 22, 1988
Description:
Declaring the period 1988 as the Philippine Decade of Culture and creating a Committee for its appropriate observance
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 356
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Jan. 13, 1989
Description:
Declaring the Month of February of every year as "Ati-Atihan Month" in the province of Aklan
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 683
Date signed: Jan. 28, 1991
Description:
Declaring the month of February of every year as National Arts Month
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 730
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: May 27, 1991
Description:
Declaring the Period from June 6 to 12, 1991 as "Nationalism Week"
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 798
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Sept. 12, 1991
Description:
Declaring October as Museums and Galleries Month
Title: Presidential Proclamation No. 1173
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Description:
Declaring the period November 26 to December 2 as National Music Week for Young Artists
Title: Presidential Executive Order No. 118
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Jan. 30, 1987
Description:
Creating the Presidential Commission on Culture and the Arts
Title: Presidential Executive Order No. 420
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Sept. 7, 1990
Description:
Converting the Philippine High School for the Arts into a regular government agency repealing Presidential Decree 1287 and for other purposes
Title: Presidential Executive Order No. 395
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Feb. 20, 1990
Description:
Establishing the President's Annual Summer Youth Program, providing for the components thereof, and creating a steering committee for the purpose
Title: Presidential Administrative Order No. 66
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: March 30, 1988
Description:
Creating the National Organizing Committee for the appropriate celebration of the United Nations World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 and the Holding of the First International Festival and Conference of
Indigenous and Traditional Cultures in Manila on 20-25 October 1988
Title: Presidential Administrative Order No. 98
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Nov. 8, 1988
Description:
Amending A.O. 66 dated March 30, 1988, entitled "Creating the national Organizing Committee for the appropriate celebration of the United Nations World Decade for Cultural Development, 1988-1997 and the Holding of the First International Festival and Conference of
Indigenous and Traditional Cultures in Manila on 20-25 October 1988
Title: Presidential Administrative Order No. 208
Signatory: President Corazon C. Aquino
Date signed: Feb. 1, 1991
Description:
Constituting a National Organizing Committee for Values education through culture, arts and media and for other purposes
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Title: Batas Pambansa Blg. 150
Signatory: President Ferdinand E. Marcos
Date signed: Feb. 8, 1982
Description:
An Act further amending Presidential Decree No. 260 as amended, by including six-hundred year old Karim Ul-Makhdum Mosque of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, among the national landmarks and monuments declared as National Shrines
Title: Presidential Decree No. 154
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Date signed: March 19, 1993
Description:
Declaring the last week of April as National Dance Week
Title: Presidential Memorandum Order No. 117
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Date signed: April 7, 1993
Description:
Approving and directing the implementation of the Phil. Development Plan for Culture and the Arts
Title: Presidential Executive Order No. 128
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Date signed: Oct. 4, 1993
Description:
Creating the National Centennial Commission
Title: Presidential Decree No. 837
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Description:
Declaring the month of November as the Libraries and Information Services Month
Title: Presidential Decree No. 241
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Description:
Declaring every third week of September every year as the "Linggo ng Kasuotang Filipino"
Title: Republic Act No. 8492
Signatory: President Fidel V. Ramos
Date signed: Feb. 12, 1998
Description:
An Act establishing a National Museum System, providing for its permanent home and for other purposes
Sources: National Commission for Culture and Arts
Posted: 18 June 1998
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