The Open Call for Curatorial Proposals for the Philippine participation at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale has been extended from October 7, 2015 to October 30, 2015. The extension was announced last September 28, 2015 at the well-attended consultation meeting held at the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) Boardroom in Intramuros, Manila.
The Philippine participation is historic since this will be the first time for the country to have a National Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale, which will run […]
This October, Senator Loren Legarda and the National Museum invite everyone to witness demonstrations of basket and mat weavers from the Southern Tagalog and Bicol Regions as they showcase their techniques at the National Museum of Anthropology every Friday and Saturday of the month.
The first weaving demonstration starts on October 2 and 3, featuring Rosalie Rondilla, Rosalina Oblepias, Asteria Balasabas, and Guadalupe Acedo, all from Luisiana, Laguna, who will showcase pandan weaving, a specialty of their community.
“The creation of each […]
Senator Loren Legarda today welcomed the country’s commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by seventy percent (70%) by 2030 as part of its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) that was submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on October 1, 2015.
“The Philippines’ INDC submission is the first step in our strong commitment to work on a meaningful climate deal in Paris. I would have preferred our INDC to have some measure of non-conditionality since […]
SENATORS told officials on Thursday not to let certain idle airports in different parts of the country remain unused and instead work to generate economic activity and income from them.
At a hearing on the proposed 2016 budget of the Department of Transportation and Communications, Director General William Hotchkiss of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said his agency owns and operates 82 airports all over the country.
However, only about 41 have commercial operations. The rest are either idle […]
“I would have preferred our INDC to have some measure of non-conditionality since the aim in Paris is an ambitious climate deal,” said Legarda, who used to chair the Senate committee on environment.
Legarda meanwhile said that even without international aid, the Philippines should strive to reach the 70% reduction target.
“Government should encourage the business sector to invest in renewable energy instead of coal plants,” she said.
