Hon. Jose Perez describes the proposed ordinance as a measure ‘seeking to establish a comprehensive welfare program for artists and cultural workers in Naga City, creating the Naga City Cultural Affairs and Arts Promotions Office, and providing government investments for their welfare, development, and protection, to be known as the “Comprehensive Artists and Cultural Workers Welfare Ordinance of Naga City.”
‘As Chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Arts and Culture and author of the aforementioned proposed Ordinance, this humble Representation would like to solicit your opinion, assessment, critical scrutiny, and input that you would like to add and/or incorporate into this piece of legislative proposal, as well as indicate provisions that you would like to improve or delete altogether, so that we can come up with a more comprehensive and inclusive document that will embody our aspirations, advocacies, and goals for the protection and welfare of the artists and the cultural workers, and help in the honing and promotion of our crafts in our place called the “Maogmang Lugar.”’
Councilor Perez heads the Sangguniang Committee on Culture and the Arts.
Highlights:
- The Naga City Cultural Affairs and Arts Promotions Office (NCCAPO) shall be a division-level unit under the City Mayor’s Office, with the following operational sections:
- Culture and Arts Development Section
- Welfare and Support Section
- Cultural Heritage Preservation
- Capacity Building and Training Section
- Establishment of the Naga City Artists Registry
- Establishment of the Naga City Culture and Arts Council, with the following Committees and Sub-committees
- Arts Committee
- Film
- Dance
- Visual Arts
- Architecture
- Allied Arts
- Cultural Heritage
- Museums, Libraries and Archives
- Art Galleries
- Tour Groups
- Gastronomy
- Cultural Dessimination
- Cultural and Historical Education
- Language and Translation
- Publishing and Communication Arts
- Arts Committee