Background
The drafting of what is now known as the National Cultural Heritage Act “aimed to provide for the protection, preservation and promotion of the nation’s cultural heritage”. The enacted law “was the product of almost eight working versions since 1994. It is an intensive output that consolidates all the pending bills in both the Senate and the House of Representative relative to the protection and preservation efforts on Philippine culture and the arts making RA No. 10066 an “omnibus cultural heritage law”. The said RA synergizes all efforts that would strengthen the mandates of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCAA) and the attached cultural agencies with respect to the conservation and preservation of our cultural and natural heritage