An ordinance creating and institutionalizing the Bacolod City Trade and Cultural Center for Filipino-Muslim Decorative and Industrial Arts, was passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on first reading Wednesday.
Authored by Councilor Sonya Verdeflor, the ordinance said Bacolod City is home for thousands of Muslim Filipino brothers, who, together with their families, have traditionally carried the rich culture and the arts of the early settlers of Southern Philippines. In spite of the important part of Southern Filipino culture and arts that they traditionally observe, Muslim Filipinos are still left with every minimal opportunities to showcase their cultural heritage, it said. Outside their territorial domain in the Southern Philippines, Bacolod City is strategically ideal to be the trade and cultural center for the promotion of Filipino-Muslim Decorative and Industrial Arts and Culture in the Visayas, the ordinance said. Its creation aims to primarily promote and showcase the rich culture and the arts of our Filipino Muslim brothers; open many opportunities to help Muslims sustain and economically prosper. Meanwhile, the SP also approved a resolution requesting Mayor Evelio Leonardia to establish a Bacolod City Training and Livelihood Development Center based on Department of Interior and Local Government memorandum circular 2007-67 and City Ordinance No. 513, Series of 2009. C.O. 513 is an ordinance creating the Bacolod City Technology and Livelihood Development Center. Authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, the resolution said the DILG had issued memorandum circular 2007-67 dated June 25, 2007 encouraging local governments to establish and institutionalize the Technology and Livelihood Development Centers in their areas. The establishment of the TLDC in Bacolod City will provide a venue for livelihood training and entrepreneurship development and other programs and services for the people of Bacolod for their economic upliftment, it said.*CGS Visayan Daily Star
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