via Philippine Star, 26 August 2022: Most notably, the National Commission for Culture and Arts‘ proposed budget cut is as much as 83%!
Fears of a worsening “historical distortion” mounted after government agencies preserving history and culture reportedly have lower budgets under the proposed allocation for 2023.
Rep. Arlene Brosas (Gabriela Women’s party-list) said that under the Marcos administration’s National Expenditure Program (NEP) for next year, four key agencies will have their budgets cut.
According to her, these are the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA), National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), National Archives of the Philippines (NAP) and the National Library of the Philippines (NLP).
Source: Fears as gov’t agencies preserving history, culture get budget cut in 2023 proposal
