𝗟𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗣 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬

The Province of La Union, consistently submitting the provincial Local Cultural Inventory (LCI) to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), ranks 9th of the Top 10 provinces all over the Philippines with highest compliance of LCI submission for year 2020. This recognition was collectively achieved by the province along with 18 other component local government units (LGUs) in the province achieving the compliance rate of 90.48%.

Republic Act No. 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 requires all LGUs to establish and maintain a local cultural property registry. LCI submission is facilitated by NCCA’s Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP) as the registry oversight body of all national and local cultural property.

This year, the NCCA and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) 2021-001 to provide amended procedures on LCI submission and issuance or non-issuance of certificate of compliance (COC). The guidelines provide streamlined mechanisms on new PRECUP forms, schedule of submission, and amended listing and de-listing procedures.

The new JMC highlights the importance of LCI submission COC as an indicator of the “Existence of Updated Cultural Property Inventory” under the criteria of Tourism, Heritage Development, Culture and Arts for LGUs to achieve the sought-after Seal of Good Local Governance.
-La Union Provincial Tourism Office