CULTURE AND ARTS GRANTS. Pablito Gonzales (left), head of the National Committee on Central Cultural Communities, and Tanya Lopez, executive director of The Negros Museum, announce the call for proposals for the 2023 competitive grants of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts in Bacolod City on Friday (July 22, 2022). Proposal applications from accredited institutions and individuals will be accepted until August 31, 2022.(PNA photo by Nanette L. Guadalquiver) BACOLOD CITY - The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is calling for proposals for next year's competitive grants from accredited institutions and individuals in Negros Occidental. Pablito Gonzales, head of the National Committee on Central Cultural Communities, issued the invitation, particularly to indigenous peoples' organizations (IPOs), which are the main clients of his committee. "We are here to encourage you to apply. Under the NCCA, my focus is on the IPs," he said during a pr
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(Poster courtesy of NCCA) MANILA-This October, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), through its Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts (SCCTA), is celebrating the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1906 signed in 2009 wherein the Constitution mandates the "recognition and protection of the rights of Indigenous Cultural Communities/ Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs)". Various agencies such as the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), Office of the Muslim Affairs (OMA), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are among the agencies celebrating the annual celebration. The theme of this year's Dayaw, "Katutubong Filipino: Atin ang Tagumpay!", highlights the ways in which Philippine indigenous peoples firmly manifest their optimism, views, and practices or their "strategies of prevailing" in the mi