President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed three laws establishing three cultural centers and museums in Cavite, Kalinga, and Misamis Oriental to "promote culture and the arts." He signed Republic Act 11770, RA 11771, and RA 11772 establishing the Kalinga Cultural Center and Museum in the province of Kalinga, the Cagayan de Oro City (CDO) Cultural Center and Museum in CDO, Misamis Oriental, and the Biliran Cultural Center and Museum in the province of Biliran, respectively, on May 24. Under the laws, the cultural centers and museums will serve as the institutional medium for the protection, preservation, presentation, and promotion of the cultural, artistic, archaeological, social, historical, religious, and philosophical heritage of the Kalinga, Cagayan de Oro (CDO), and Biliran Island, and its people in view of the richness of their legacies and their relevance to their contemporary and future aspirations. The Kalinga Cultura
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“We step into the gloried past even as we take a step towards a radiant future.” That’s how National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) Chairman
Arsenio “Nick” J. Lizaso encapsulates his manifold feelings about the imminent opening of the newly restored Manila Metropolitan Theater, which has recently been announced to the public.
Standing on Padre Burgos Avenue corner Arroceros Street, near the Manila Central Post Office, the MET is a 1930s art deco building that in its heyday before World War II was the center of the arts and culture, or what was then called “high society.”