
OPENING OF THE “FILIPINO FOOD MONTH” AT THE MET
NAKATAKDANG MAGBUKAS ngayong March 29, 2022 sa Manila Metropolitan Theatre kung saan apat na kagawaran ng pamahalaan ang nagsama sama upang maisakatuparan ang pagdiriwang ngayon ng Filipino Food Month.
Pinangunahan ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement, Department of Tourism (DOT) at ng Department of Agriculture (DA).
Gaganapini sa lobby ng Metropolitan Theatre kung saan magkakaroon ng mga performances si lara Maigue sa awiting “sa kabukiran” bago ang video messages nina Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William D. Dar ang National Commission on Culture and The Arts (NCCA) Chairman Arsenio Nick Lisazo.
Makaraan ng bahagi ng Agrikultura at Sinong ay magkakaroon muli ng performances si Arman Ferrer sa awiting “Baha“ Kubo” kasunod ang ambag sa bahagi ng turismo sa video message ni Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadeth Romulo Puyat at Chef Jam Melchor ng Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement.
Makaraan ang bahagi ng turismo ay isa muling performance buhat sa Sindaw Philippines sa pagsayaw nila ng Manlalatik pagkatapos ay ang magkakasamang paghahataw ng gong ng Department of Agriculture, Department of Tourism, Philippine Culinary Heritage Movement at National Commission for Culture and the Arts.
Makaraan ng makasaysayang pagbubukas sa pamamagitan ng paghataw ng gong ay magkakaroon ng performance ang grupong SB19 sa kanilang awiting “what” at isang pulong balitaan ang isasagawa pagkaraan ay isa muling performance ng magkasamang Halili Cruz Dance Company at Sindaw Philippines habang ang mga magsisilbing guro ng palatuntunan ay sina Issa Litton at Xian Lim.
Ang Filipino Food Month ay isang taunang aktibidad na magpapa alala ng kaugnayan ng pagkaing Filipino sa kultura at turismo gayundin sa ating makulay na kasaysayan.///Michael Balaguer, 09333816694, michaelbalaguer@yahoo.co.uk at konekted@diaryongtagalog.net
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February 28, 2022
Call for Nominations: 2022 Young Historian’s Prize
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Young Historian’s Prize. Deadline of Submission is on April 15, 2022.
The NCCA, through its National Committee on Historical Research (NCHR) conceptualized the Young Historian’s Prize (YHP) to recognize the potential of young Filipino scholars on the basis of their single original work in the field of Philippine history and historiography intended to foster a sense of national identity, pride, and national interest of the country.
The Young Historian’s Prize shall be given to an individual whose work has met the following criteria: the nominee must be a Filipino citizen between 21-40 years old at the time of submission; must be single authorship; original work; entry must be written in proper academic style; entry can either be published or publishable work; and must have used primary sources that can contribute to the enrichment of Philippine history and historiography.
A duly accomplished nomination form must be submitted along with author’s curriculum vitae, NSO certified birth certificate, notarized sworn statement of authorship, manuscript in a PDF file soft copy and three sets of hard copies all of which should not bear the author’s name or any reference to the author; and two (2) endorsement letters from an academic institution, local historical society, or practicing historian to:
The Young Historian’s Prize Secretariat
Program and Project Management Division (PPMD)
Cultural Heritage Section
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts
NCCA Building, 633 General Luna Street, Intramuros 1002 Manila
The winners for the past three years were Escuela Nautica de Manila: Nautical Education in the Nineteenth Century Philippines by Vergel E. Ay-ad (2017), A History of Mental Health Institutions in the Philippines 1898-1935 by Francis Justine M. Malban (2020), and Public Works and the Spanish Colonial Agenda of Sanitation, Order, and Social Control in the Late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Manila by Ros A. Costelo (2021).
For more information, you may coordinate with the Young Historian’s Prize Secretariat at telephone number (02)8527-2192 local 308, or through e-mail at sch@ncca.gov.ph. You may also visit www.ncca.gov.ph and Facebook page for further details.