Mansalay LGU receives cultural mapping fund

Philippine Information Agency
31 Jul 2020, 04:38 GMT+10

MANSALAY, Oriental Mindoro, July 30 (PIA) - The municipal government of Mansalay is a recipient of P500,000 cultural mapping fund for the building, preservation and maintenance of Mangyan cultural heritage in Brgy. B. Del Mundo of this town.

The fund was granted by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to said town through the support of the Provincial Tourism Development and Promotion Division of the Provincial Capitol.

The lot where the heritage center will be built was donated by Sangguniang Bayan Member Cesar Sucgang.

Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor led ceremonial awarding of the check, which was received by Mayor Ferdinand Maliwanag, members of the Sangguniang Bayan and Municipal Tourism Officer Jun Generoso.

According to the province's local chief executive, the cultural mapping fund is first in Oriental Mindoro granted by NCCA aside from the recent fund given by NCCA to LGU-Calapan City for its tourism promotion activities.

Primary aim of the project is to promote Mangyan culture and tourism activities of the town and for the province of Oriental Mindoro as a whole.

Gov. Dolor personally visited the site together with the local officials of the town. (LTC/PIA-OrMin)

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