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The Official News Bulletin of the United Architects of the Philippines • Issue No. 07 • January 2009

Area A Participants

Area B Participants

Area C Participants

With the objective to build the technical capability of the local government units (LGUs) in hospital planning and design to enable their technical staff, particularly Architects, to license, develop, implement, and maintain their hospitals and other health facilities, the Department of Health (DOH) in coordination with the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) through its Professional Development Commission and Specialty Council on Healthcare and the Council of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools in the Philippines (CODHASP) held a 5-day seminar course for architects entitled “Hospital Planning and Design” for three weeks, to wit: January 5-9, 2009 for Area B members, January 12-16, 2009 for Area A members, and January 26-30, 2009 for Area C members. Seminars for Area A and B were held at UAP National Headquarters while the seminar for Area C was held in Cebu City. The modules presented and discussed during the seminars were: MODULE 0 - Introduction: Objectives and Overview of the Training; MODULE 1 - The Architect’s Role in Improving Health Care Delivery; MODULE 2 - Licensing Requirements in Health Facilities Planning and Design; MODULE 3 - Legal Considerations in Health Facilities Planning and Design; MODULE 4 - Hospital Planning and Design: Activity-based and User Driven Development Process; MODULE 5 - Site Planning for New Hospitals: The Master Planning Approach; MODULE 6 - A Group Activity: Site Planning Exercise; MODULE 7 - Presentation of Case Studies of Existing & Proposed Hospitals in the Philippines for Group Culminating

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Seminar Speakers UAP Past National President Arch. Prosperidad C. Luis, fuap (Chair, Specialty Council on Healthcare) and Arch. Ma. Rebecca M. Peñafiel of the National Center for Health Facility Development, Department of Health.

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Activity: Master Plan Approach for Site Development Plan of Hospitals; MODULE 8 - Departmental Design : The Outer Zone (Emergency, Admissions, OPD); MODULE 9 - Departmental Design : The Second Zone (Imaging, Laboratory, Pharmacy); MODULE 10 - Departmental Design : The Inner Zone (Nursing Wards and Nursing Station); MODULE 11 Departmental Design : The Deep Zone (OR, ICU, Delivery and Nursery); MODULE 12 - Departmental Design : The Service Zone (Dietary and CSSR, Engineering and Laundry Linen, Morgue, Central Supply); MODULE 13 - Engineering Design Parameters & Requirements in Hospital and Healthcare Facilities; MODULE 14 Presentation of a Specific Hospital Project by an Invited Resource Person (Architect/ Hospital Owner/Hospital Administrator, etc); MODULE 15 - Hospital Products and Equipment; MODULE 16 - Presentation of Group Output of Case Studies for Group Culminating Activity: Master Site Development Plan of Existing/Proposed Hospitals in the Philippines; and, MODULE 17 - Hospital Tour. According to UAP National President Architect Medeliano T. Roldan, Jr., fuap “Hospitals are the most complex of building types. Each hospital is comprised of a wide range of services and functional units. These include diagnostic and treatment functions, such as clinical laboratories, imaging, emergency rooms, and surgery; hospitality functions, such as food service and housekeeping; and the fundamental inpatient care or bed-related function. This diversity is reflected in the breadth and specificity of regulations, codes, and oversight that govern hospital construction and operations. Each of the wide-ranging and constantly evolving functions of a hospital, including highly complicated mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications systems, requires specialized knowledge and expertise. This is why we, architects should play an important role in hospital planning and design.” The lecturers/facilitators of the said seminars are the following: Arch. Ma. Rebecca Peñafiel, uap; Dr. Tess Vera; Arch. Prosperidad C. Luis, fuap; Arch. Cristopher S.P. Espina, fuap; Dr.Ma. Teresa Vera; Arch. Shina Samoza, uap; Arch. Mariel Caguingin, uap; Engr. Maximo Adan, Jr.; Engr. Carlos G. Bariring; Engr. Percival Lingat, Arch. John Ryan Santos, uap; Arch. Maria Minnie Aban, uap and Arch. Tomas P. Gahol, uap.

L I S T O F G R A D U AT E S AREA A JANUARY 12-16, 2009 UAP HQ 1. ROBERT O. AGUILAR 2. PAMELA N. AMADOR 3. RONALD H. ANTIADO 4. MARIO M. BENZON 5. ALLEN R. BUENAVENTURA 6. LEONARD P. CORDERO 7. MAGNETO B. CORPUZ 8. AMADO P. DE JESUS JR. 9. NOEL J. DELA CRUZ 10. DARWIN M. DIEGO 11. ROMEO M. DIZON 12. REY M. EVANGELISTA 13. DANILO C. GUILAS 14. JOCELYN R. LUTAP 15. RONALD GARY S. MARIANO 16. CARL JENNILYN B. MORALES 17. ANNIE C. PUGEDA 18. REDFORD DC. QUEBRAL 19. OLIVIA C. ROBLES 20. ANGEL F. SABAS 21. CARLOS R. SALVADOR JR. 22. ERNESTO D. TIANCO 23. JOVITO G. TIMBOL 24. NOEL L. TUGAS 25. NOEL T. VERIDIANO II. 26. DENNIS A. VILLANUEVA 27. MARIA CARMEN S. YATCO AREA B JANUARY 5-9, 2009 • UAP HQ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

JUNAR P. TABLAN ARTURO R. MATUBANG WILFREDO F. TORRES RICARDO D. BALAGTAS, JR. LEVY O. ESPINAS RICARDO M. IBAY MA. RODORA M. ARGAMINO SHERWIN N. NIEVA WAYNE MATTHEW J. JARO AREA C JANUARY 26-30, 2009 FORD’S INN, CEBU CITY

1. MARGARET D. ROSARIO 2. PAT JASON L. MERACAP 3. BRIAN TAMBAGO 4. IBEN-ALI BOY L. BARI 5. MA. SARAH A. ABADIA 6. ANN MARIE Y. CUIZON 7. TROY S. ELIZAGA 8. FRANCISCO C. NOEL 9. CRISBENI ARTAJO 10. EUGENE A. SABANAL 11. DARYL S. BALMORIA-GARCIA

12. DANILO V. RAVINA 13. EVELYN JESUSA VIDAL-PEDONG 14. MICHAEL TORRES 15. PETER BORDADOR 16. ALAN CHOACHUY 17. WILFREDO M. URBIZTONDO 18. PAUL L. CONDE 19. HAROLD AURELIO T. TATING 20. DARELL B. DELA FLOR 21. GUILLERMO H. HISANCHA 22. ARTURO M. TAVARRA 23. PAULINA MARIBETH T. EBCAS 24. DANILO M. FUENTEBELLA AREA D OCTOBER 19-23, 2008 GRAND REGAL HOTEL, DAVAO CITY 1. NOEL B. CHAVEZ 2. MA. CONCEPCION S. DY 3. DANIEL T. LIM 4. WILFREDO Z. POLICARPIO 5. EVITO R. SALAC 6. ERWINBOYD C. AGERO 7. SALVADOR M. MASCARDO II 8. LEOPOLDO V. SANDOVAL, FUAP 9. CARLITO N. DY 10. JOHN RIZ B. FORTUNA 11. JAIME B. GONZAGA 12. EDWARD VILLANUEVA 13. MARLO J. BASCO 14. MARY JOYCE TELIN 15. JEFFREY O. NACIONAL 16. MICHAEL T. ANG, FUAP 17. MARISSA Y. OBER 18. ELWYN D. BAÑARES 19. EPHRAIM T. VEGO 20. RICKY E. VILLAVENDE S 21. SUSAN L. DEMONTAÑO 22. JOSE LUISITO C. MILLEVO 23. JOSEPH ANDREW A. SAHIAL 24. WILFRED CAESAR T. MACASO 25. ROEL C. CADUNGOG 26. RAOUL L. QUIJANO 27. ROSARLINE F. GANGOSO 28. GIL A. GANGOSO 29. ALMAR P. LAMBACO 30. GLOBEN S. CATUBIGAN 31. CHRIS O. BENITEZ 32. LEOPOLDO A. TALADTAD 33. IVY BALLADARES-RADAZA 34. MANUEL B. TINGZON, JR., FUAP 35. JOHNNY B. LIWANAG 36. ROBERTO S. LEYCO 37. JOSELITO D. PROTACIO 38. MIGUEL C. GUERRERO III 39. LEO A. ALFARAS 40. FELICIANO B. BASILIO

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The City Government of Tacloban recently issued Administrative Order No. 001-09 directing all offices of the City government to fully implement and enforce the provisions of Republic Act No. 9266, otherwise known as The Architecture Act of 2004, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) and Ordinance No. 2004-9-11, dated September 16, 2004. The said Administrative Order was signed by the City Mayor, Hon. Alfred S. Romualdez. The Order acknowledged the fact that “there is an impending necessity to effect the implementation and enforcement of the provisions of R.A. 9266 and its IRR more particularly the multiple sections that limit the preparations, signing and dry sealing of all architectural plans, designs and specifications, drawings and architectural documents relative to the construction of a building/habitable structure, only to licensed architects.” It may be noted that the position of the Office of the City Architect in Tacloban has been created and established under Ordinance No. 2004-9-11, otherwise known as “AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AND CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE CITY ARCHITECT, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF, DEFINING ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, OBJECTIVES, AND FUNCTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES’, dated September 16, 2004 and an appointment has been extended to a licensed architect. Currently, the City Architect

is Arch. Danilo M. Fuentebella, fuap, former Area C Vice President of the United Architects of the Philippines. For the copy of the said order, visit www.united-architects.org. TACLOBAN CITY Located in the northeastern portion of the island of Leyte, Tacloban City is the Capital of Leyte Province and one of the island provinces in Eastern Visayas. Tacloban’s topographical location is at 110 degrees 14’36” north latitude and about 125 east longitude, situated 360 miles southwest of Manila.

The Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) has launched in late 2008 its initial internet campaign to ensure compliances with two (2) key provisions of Republic Act No. 9266, otherwise known as The Architecture Act of 2004, its 2004 Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) and derivative regulations, to wit: 1) Sec. 37 on the mandated registration of architectural firms with the PRC/ PRBoA, as detailed under Resolution No. 05, series of 2007, which took effect in early 2008; and 2) Sec. 38 on the mandated requirement to secure a temporary/ special permit (TSP) for foreign architects

Hon. A.S. Romualdez

Arch. D.M. Fuentebella

Land classification of Tacloban City as generally categorized by CENRO, DENR, are: Alienable and Disposable (A&D) Lands-47.61%; Forest Land-50.48% and Civil Reservations-1.55%.

(FAs) to practice architecture in the Philippines or on projects sited on Philippine soil, as detailed under Resolution No. 03, series of 2008, which also took effect in early 2008. Copies of the generic PRBoA electronic correspondences/ documents to be sent to the concerned parties i.e. registered and licensed architects (RLAs) / operating architectural firms in the case of compliance with Sec. 37 and real estate developers, RLAs, foreign architects (FAs) and the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) in the case of complainces with Sec. 38, can be found in the Latest Publications section of the PRBoA website.

4 DISTRICT A1A PANGASINAN-DAGUPAN BAGUIO ILOCOS-CIUDAD FER. LA UNION ILOCOS NORTE-LAOAG SUMMER CAPITAL PANGASINAN SCALE YLOCOS VIGAN DISTRICT A1B CAGAYAN VALLEY ISABELA SIERRA MADRE NUEVA VIZCAYA CAGAYAN NORTH DISTRICT A2A NUEVA ECIJA CABANATUAN BULACAN BARASOAIN STA. MARIA-BUL. EAST DISTRICT A2B ZAMBALES-OLONGAPO TARLAC PAMPANGA-SAN FERNANDO BALANGA-BATAAN ANGELES CITY SINUKWAN-PAMPANGA DISTRICT A3 QUEZON CITY QC SILANGAN QC CAPITOL QC TANDANG SORA QC SOUTH TRIANGLE QC CENTRAL LOS ANGELES DISTRICT A4 QC DILIMAN NEW MANILA CAMANAVA HILAGA QC ELLIPTICAL NOVA CENTRAL

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DISTRICT A5 RIZAL TAYTAY 44 52 PASIG 52 77 MARIKINA VALLEY 63 86 SAN JUAN MANDALUYONG 54 75 GREENHILLS 50 43 RIZAL EAST 31 26 CALIFORNIA RIZAL KALAYAAN 100 30 29 RIZAL CAINTA 101 41 DISTRICT B1 MANILA ATELIER MANILA SAMPALOC MANILA METRO MANILA CENTRUM MANILA ARCHIZONIAN MANILA STA. MESA CANADA CALGARY

18 21 130 37 40 24

61 30 152 63 26 60

DISTRICT B2 MANILA MAGS MANILA MAHARLIKA MANILA MAYNILAD MANILA CORINTHIAN MANILA INTRAMUROS MANILA ALCALDIA ONTARIO-CANADA MANILA LA SOLIDARIDAD

6 89 31 55 22 15 39 24

14 82 45 72 38 15 39 24

18 117 66 90 53 29 39 24

DISTRICT B3 MAKATI MAKATI-CBD PARAÑAQUE-PALANYAG MAKATI GREENBELT ALABANG CAVITE FORT BONIFACIO

102 82 57 33 57 31 58

155 111 64 59 71 52 69

211 158 89 80 120 69 92

DISTRICT B4 QUEZON PROVINCE SAN PABLO LAGUNA BATANGAS PALAWAN

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47 34 37 74 6

50 38 45 83 14

302 82 90 65 41 47

DISTRICT B5 CAMARINES LEGAZPI IRIGA-RINCONADA DARAGA-CAGSAWA SORSOGON-KASANGGA.. DAET-CAMARINES NORTE TABACO CATANDUANES MASBATE RODEO

30 64 19 31 15 9 12 6 6

34 52 21 26 13 2 13 4 1

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DISTRICT C1 CEBU DUMAGUETE RAJAH HUMABON BOHOL LAPU-LAPU SUGBU

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DISTRICT C3 LEYTE SAN JUANICO LEYTE WEST METRO TACLOBAN SAMAR SINIRANGAN

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DISTRICT C4 ILOILO 78 CAPIZ 18 MARIKUDO 53 ANTIQUE HAMILI 30 AKLAN 12

Legend A - Paid UAP Members as of 9.30.2007 (FY 2007-2008) B - Paid UAP Members as of 9.30.2008 (FY 2008-2009) C - Paid UAP Members as of 02.28.2009 (FY 2008-2009)

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18 10 8 1

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DISTRICT D1 DAVAO MOUNT APO COTABATO SOCSKSARGEN KADAYAWAN-DABAW NORTH DAVAO TAGUM

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GIL C. EVASCO, UAP Secretary General

TOMORROW’S LEADERS, TODAY’S TEAM PLAYERS

Today in UAP, especially in the inner workings of the Office of the National President, everyone agrees that the greatest reward a leader can possibly achieve—the greatest legacy a leader can leave—is a group of talented, self-confident, forward-driven, and dynamic but selfless individuals, who are themselves willing to take on the challenge to lead.

‘People always appreciate being included in praise. It encourages them to give their greatest efforts and makes them want to work again with the leader who guided them to such success. And this kind of graciousness has one other benefit: in the end, the leader gets a big share of the credit anyway.’ Creating a shared sense of purpose is the trademark objective of the Roldan administration’s second year of governance. He believes that when his people start working together they can accomplish tremendous things. What gave this team of players that special motivation is a unified vision they all share: that of making a difference away from the usual. National Executive Vice-President Ramon S. Mendoza, or Don Ramon to his closest friends taught us one important lesson last year: that unique ideas, shared creativity, even intelligent sparks will ultimately have to come from the group itself. I have seen him sought, not a few times, valued as well as friendly counsel from his UAP Area A Council when he was still its Area Vice-President. To Don Ramon, it’s the leader’s job to develop the talents and strengthen the people on the team. They must take a genuine responsibility for the lives, performance and careers of its members. What I liked most about his approach is that he reinforces the confidence of his team’s abilities. He would push them to their limits knowing that there is much room for everyone to excel. He gave standards to live up to, and he was never short of issuing sincere compliments in public for jobs well done. This is, more or less, the template that President Boy Roldan intends to put in place as a benchmark for the four strategic areas of UAP-- now and in the future. One thing I have learned over the years working with people like Boy Roldan or Don Ramon is ‘you can not always draw up a precise battle plan if your intention is to do better.’ Things do come up without notice. It is a terrible thing knowing that sometimes it is just too late that good action could have been done with a good plan. But this is precisely the Holy Grail of servanthood, the never-ending quest to make our lives better not in the near future but in our lifetime. I have seen many of our past leaders working like good sailors on a large sailboat. They were like navigators who can read the stars like a paperback novel but sometimes the skipper ‘fails to recognize the difference between starboard and port.’ To many of us that is not success. To be president, vice-president or any leader of the organization one has to be an efficient team player and must know exactly his role in stirring the boat, no matter how difficult, to its ultimate destination. Otherwise, they are like candidates in a lopsided political exercise: “Together we have to win this election.” If the candidate is a splendid orator but the advance party can not get him to the speech,

that’s nothing. The final test of a good leader is that he leaves behind him in other men (or women) the conviction to get the job done and the earnest will to carry on what have been started. Theodore Roosevelt summed it all up when he said: “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

UPDATES

In view of the numerous queries regarding registration for the competition especially those coming from the provinces, the UAP Committee on Competition has decided to extend the deadline for registration up to March 2, 2009 to accommodate more participation in this very worthy competition. However, the deadline for submission of entries will still be the same. Below is the new schedule of the Bahay Pinoy Bamboo Design Competition:

We invite you to take full advantage of this prestigious event to exhibit and generate valuable leads and increase your organizations’ visibility among the delegates from more than 100 UAP Chapters nationwide. Meet face-to-face with your potential clientele to give your business the competitive edge in market presence. With our new promotional campaign and our extensive marketing techniques, there’s never been a better time to join in this great tradition! Don’t Wait - Reserve Your Booth Today

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8 For 18 years now, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) has been organizing the National Arts Month (NAM) in the month of February with a series of festivities and activities mounted throughout the country celebrating Filipino artistry and promoting the arts and the artists. For 2009, the celebration takes a leap by going international under the name Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF). It will feature the talents and performances of the many artists and arts groups in the seven arts on whose trainings, competitions, and creative expressions it has invested the past year or so. More than a way of looking back at past accomplishments, the festival will be a celebration of the fruits of the creative efforts for the past year and a looking forward to a richer, more fertile ground in the coming years for the evolution of artistic modes of expression available to the Filipino creative imagination. The National Arts Month started with Presidential Proclamation No. 683 in 1991. Now, the NCCA, led by its Chairman, DepEd Usec. Dr. Vilma Labrador and Executive Director and PA on Culture Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, through the NAM Artistic Committee headed by Prof. Ricardo de Ungria, Commissioner of the NCCA-Subcommission on the Arts (SCA), is taking the celebration to the next level by calling National Arts Month the Philippine International Arts Festival (PIAF) for next year. Selected artists from different countries are expected to join in the different PIAF events through the PIAF Artistic Committee in coordination with the Philippine International Theatre Institute (ITI) through its Sec. General Malou Jacob, also concurrent NCCA Deputy Executive Director. All over the country, different arts and culture groups as well as local governments will hold events for the PIAF with funding and support from the NCCA. With the theme “Ani ng Sining,” the PIAF has evolved from Manilacentered activities to a truly national event with key activities in all three major island groups, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, involving hundreds of artists from different disciplines of arts and reaching thousands of people from all walks of life and all over the world. Some of the highlights to look forward to in the PIAF on February 2009 are; • The Ani ng Sining Launching. PIAF Ani ng Sining will formally open in two venues: Sining Gising of NBN 4 and Concert at the Park (6pm) with delayed telecast in NBN 4. Philippine International Arts Festival will also simultaneously be launched in major sites in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. (Contact Person: Ms. Shirley Halili-Cruz – Head, NCCA National Committee on Dance) • PA(ng)LABAS. The project is a composite • PA(ng)LABAS. The project is a composite of a traveling exhibition, lecture-forum, and a film showing which will examine both the medium of film and the form and style of architecture as they relate to the development

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of film media, architecture and urban landscape. The title Pa(ng) labas is doubly coded to encompass both the concepts of projected moving image (palabas) and the exteriority of architecture (panglabas) to establish a sense of place. It will happen on February 10, 2009 (4pm) with an opening and symposium at the Forefront Gallery and Aldaba Hall University Theater, University of the Philippines - Diliman; and from February 17 to 21, 2009, at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). (Contact Person: Arch. Gerard Lico, PhD – Vice-Head, NCCA National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts) • Walai-Vernacular Architecture of Mindanao. This is an architectural drawing and photography exhibit of the vernacular houses of Mindanao culled from the Walai Pangampong project, complemented with a lecture series, selected ritual dances and craft works associated with house building and construction, and a model replica of selected indigenous structure. It is slated from February 6-13 at General Santos City and Feb. 20-28 at the University of San Agustin, Iloilo City. (Contact Person: Arch. Michael Ang) • Sinerehiyon. This is a showcase of nascent cinema from the regions. From the highlands in and around Baguio to the heart of Bicolandia that is Naga City; across the thriving Visayas cities of Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo; and through Mindanao between Cagayan de Oro and Davao, a new generation of artists is telling stories of their own cultures and people in cinematic form. This will be from February 18 to 22 at the CCP. (Contact Person: Mr. Teddy Co-Vice Head, NCCA National Committee on Cinema) • Sayaw Pinoy. This touring dance concert brings together different dance forms and features local dance troupes of the host cities and municipalities performing back-to-back with the different professional dance companies in the country. This will from February 6 to 9 for the Visayas and NCR regions; from February 13 to 16 for Mindanao; and February 20 to 23 for Luzon. (Contact Person: Ms. Shirley Halili-Cruz – Head, NCCA National Committee on Dance) • Tanghal! The 3rd National University Theater Festival. Hosted by Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba, the event will feature university-based theatre groups from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and NCR in cooperation with the Lusong Luzon Arts and Culture Network. It will happen from February 10 to 14, 2009 at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Calamba. (Contact Person: Mr. Eduard Perez, Vice-Head, NCCA National Committee on Dramatic Arts) • Taboan: Philippine Writers Festival. This will be a celebration of the word—written, painted, sung, or performed—and will assemble writers from all the regions and across generations who will interact with one another and with their audience on issues pertaining to their craft or the situation of writing in the country, or read from their new works. This will happen from February 11 to 13, 2009 at the UP Diliman, Ateneo de Manila and Cubao

Expo. (Contact Person: Prof. Ricky de Ungria – Head, Subcommission on the Arts / Head, NCCA National Committee on Literary Arts / NAM Festival Manager) • Organik Muzik. This is a series of four concerts showing the metamorphosis of elements of Philippine music from village roots to urban manifestations, from Cordillera traditions to Kadangyan’s world music, from Leyteño siday to Junior Kilat’s reggae Binisaya, from GAMABA Awardee Samaon Sulaiman’s virtuoso kutyapi-playing to the hard-driving neoethnic rock of Popong Landero, from flights of Balagtasan to the acid-jazz rants of Lourd de Veyra and Radioactive Sago. Musical innovator Joey Ayala weaves the journey towards a coherent whole. It will happen on February 7, 2009 at SM Baguio; February 15, 2009 at SM Cebu; February 22, 2009 at SM Davao; and February 28, 2009 at Magway, Marikina Shoe Expo in Cubao. (Contact Person: Mr. Joey Ayala – Head, NCCA National Committee on Music) • Philippine Visual Arts Fest ’09. It will be a convergence of selected various Filipino and International Artists from the different regions of the country. it will feature the talents and performances of the artists and groups in the visual arts whose trainings, competitions and creative expressions it has invested the past year or so. February 18-22, 2009 to be held at Robinson’s Place Ermita – Midtown and Robinson’s Place – Pioneer. (Contact Person: Mr. Egai Fernandez – Head, NCCA National Committee on Visual Arts / Mr. Ross Capili – Member, NCCA National Committee on Visual Arts) The 17 DepEd Regional Schools for the Arts will also gather for the 2nd Sining Pambansa in Baguio City and will have as keynote speaker the Secretary General of the International Theater Institute. Also, as part of the National Arts Month and in line with the Poverty Alleviation Program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the Cultural Caregiving Program of the commission, the NCCA will be tapping programs for artists like the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between NCCA and the Provincial government of Rizal headed by Gov. Jun Ynares for the Artists’ Housing Village in Angono, the launching of the newlyrestored Metropolitan Theater, and the unveiling of the Urdaneta Park in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, in commemoration of Fray Andres de Urdaneta’s 500th year. For details, please contact RENE NAPEÑAS, Head of the NCCA-Public Affairs and Information Office (PAIO) at cellphone number 0928-5081057 or VANESSA MARQUEZ, NAM Deputy Festival Manager at cellphone number 0918-6380412, or SOL CORONG at (02) 527-5529 / 527-2192 loc. 508, 612 to 615, email at ncca.paio@gmail. com or public_affairs@ncca.gov.ph or log on www.philippineartsfest.com or www. ncca.gov.ph.

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Recognizing the importance of continuing professional development of Filipino architects and training in national development and desiring to strengthen and broaden cooperation and mutual assistance in the provision of CPD seminars, DAVIES PAINTS PHILIPPINES entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the United Architects of the Philippines for the UAPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s continuing professional education undertakings for the Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Under the said undertaking, UAP and DAVIES PAINTS PHILIPPINES forged an agreement on how they will cooperate in implementation of the CPE Programs in order to: (1) stimulate further development of the educational programs among Filipino Architects; (2) give the architects the opportunity to expand their technical horizons and upgrade their capabilities; (3) provide valued opportunities for UAP members to maximize their professional skills through effective learning partnerships with firms, continuing education providers, and all UAP components; (4) help prepare UAP Members respond to the latest challenge and opportunity facing the profession; (5) keep current, master new knowledge and skills, plan for the future, and responsibly meet the role society entrusts to a professional; (6) establish specialization categories, professional qualifications on the post graduate level in coordination with the academe and the Board of Architecture. UAP is committed to develop systems of continuing professional development so that UAP members can be given an opportunity to develop practically and academically; and conduct training courses in relevant fields in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao; while DAVIES PAINTS PHILIPPINES expressed its support to provide financial support to UAP in relation to its continuing professional education seminars.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF NOMINATION FORM FOR UAP NATIONAL ELECTIONS:

MARCH 10, 2009

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS FOR UAP NATIONAL AWARDS:

MARCH 31, 2009

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT: COURTESY CALL

The UAP National President, Arch. Medeliano T. Roldan, Jr., fuap with Arch. Joseph Palafox of UAP California Chapter (Photo A); with CEO and Officers of GEN-ASIA Philippines (Photo B); with architecture students from Leyte (Photo C); and UAP California Chapter President Ed Quezon (Photo D)

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