Likhang Pilipina SPARK!

Womens Marketplace A Platform for Budding Filipina Entrepreneurs

Posted onDecember 15 by sparkphilippines
23 November 2016 The MoU signing of the Likhang Pilipina SPARK! Womens Marketplace. It was attended by
valued stakeholders of the project: Vice Mayor of Quezon City, Hon. Josefina Joy G. Belmonte; Department of
Trade and Industry, represented by Ms Emma C. Asusano; and The Araneta Center represented by Mr. Emmanuel
C. Fabian. Ms. Victoria Garchitorena, Founder of Samahan ng mga Pilipina para sa Reporma at Kaunlaran Inc.
(SPARK) and Ms. Zorayda Mel Alonzo, SPARK President and the Lead Trustee of Likhang Pilipina, lead the MoU
Signing.
9 October 2016 Likhang Pilipina SPARK! Womens Marketplace was launched at the 3rd floor of Ali Mall, Araneta
Center, Cubao Quezon City. Partners from the Office of Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, the Department of
Trade and Industry, and The Araneta Group attended the event. Senator Risa Hontiveros was the guest of honor.
The Likhang Pilipina SPARK! Womens Marketplace aims expand the knowledge of women entrepreneurs on
business strategies and practices while assisting them in identifying potential partners and resources that they
need to scale up their small enterprises into successful businesses.
VP Leni with SPARK celebrate the International Day of the Girl 2016
Posted onOctober 27 by sparkphilippines
The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of
a Girl Child, a day that focuses on recognising girls rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
This October 11, 2016 SPARK celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child with Vice President Maria Leonor
Leni Robredo and alongside other partners.
The celebration was attended by the SPARK board of trustees and members, members of the international
community, staunch supporters of womens rights and empowerment from the government, private sector and civil
society, and 450 school girls from Quezon City.
[From L R] Ma. Aurora Geotina-Garcia, SPARK Secretary-Treasurer: Rebecca Dixon, Gender Specialist
of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID): Ronna Reyes Sieh, SPARK
Trustee: Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, SPARK President: Joy Belmonte, Vice Mayor of Quezon City: H.E.
Amanda Gorely, Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines: Maria Leonor Leni Robredo, Vice
President of the Republic of the Philippines: Imelda Nicolas, SPARK Trustee: Maria Isabel Quimson,
SPARK Trustee: Phyllis Stimson, Gender Coordinator of the Political Section, U.S. Embassy: Geraldo
Regalado, Vice Consul of the Embassy of Mexico in the Philippines.
Vice President Leni Robredo, our keynote speaker, outlined in her speech that women empowerment in the
Philippines can be strengthened by empowering girls to be taught how to value themselves from a young age. VP
Leni stressed the importance of this because it is not something that you can teach overnight. Its something
that has to grow in each and every one of our girls, who will soon turn into women.
Keynote speaker, Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines, Maria Leonor Leni Robredo
VP Leni also emphasised that advocating for women empowerment is not a fight against men and women but a
fight for equal treatment for both genders.
SPARK Secretary-Treasurer, Ma. Aurora Boots Geotina-Garcia; Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, SPARK
President; Vice President Maria Leonor Leni Robredo; SPARK Board of Trustees: Imelda Nicolas and
Ma. Isabel Quimson.
Our other speakers for the event comprised of members from the international community, Her Excellency
Amanda Gorely, Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines; Phyllis Stinson, Gender Equality Program Coordinator
from the political section of the U.S Embassy Manila; Rebecca Dixon, Gender Specialist from the Spanish Agency
for International Development Cooperation. As a response to the stories shown from the Girl Rising film, they
provided their expertise whilst speaking about the importance of girls rights.
Speakers receive certificates of appreciation from SPARK Board of Trustees
[From L R] H.E. Amanda Gorely, Ambassador of Australia to the Philippines: Ma. Isabel Quimson,
SPARK Board of Trustee: Rebecca Dixon, Gender Specialist of the Spanish Agency for International
Development Cooperation (AECID): Imelda Nicolas, SPARK Board of Trustee: Phyllis Stimson, Gender
Coordinator of the Political Section, U.S. Embassy: Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, SPARK President.
Alongside these speakers were SPARK President, Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, and SPARK Secretary-Treasurer, Ma.
Aurora Geotina-Garcia. Zorayda Amelia Alonzo gave the welcoming remarks, highlighting that the celebration is for
the girls in our country and nationwide. Ma. Aurora Geotina-Garcia, SPARK Secretary-Treasurer, gave the closing
remarks, thanking everyone for being part of this revolution for girls.
[From L R] Zorayda Amelia Alonzo, SPARK President, gives her welcoming remarks: Ma. Aurora
Geotina-Garcia, SPARK Secretary-Treasurer, gives her closing remarks.
We would like to thank our event co-organizers; Office of Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, J. Amado Araneta
Foundation, Araneta Center, and Cineplex 10; Our event partners; Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG),
Chicano Development Corporation, ACM Landholdings, Inc.; and sponsors; PHINMA Energy, PLDT Home, Hollys
Milk, Gee Whiz Girls, Dimaculangan Dimaculangan and Co. CPAs, Emmanuel C. Alcantara & Associates Law Offices,
and Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles, for their support in aiding the event to be a success.
MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE
NSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONS:Instructions, Research, Extension and Production.
Program Thrusts:
For Instruction
Improvement of the quality of instruction thru expanded Human Resource Development Program, improvement of
facilities and development of modules and laboratory manual. Integration of Information and Communication
Technology Graduate Education should be offered with emphasis on the courses being offered by the College and
that of Distance Education mode.

Student services must be strengthened.

For Research
Research programs/activities with focus on local resources must be strengthened in both basic and applied.
Publication of research outputs in local, national and international journals/magazines etc.
Strengthened the role/participation of the College through membership in different organizations/club.
Strengthen/encourage research of the College by giving honoraria to researchers provided that the researches
economic value.
Look for funding sources to support research proposals of faculty with corresponding benefits to researchers.
For Extension
Extend programs on which the College has strength to serve as a show window to the community.
Implementation of collaborative production programs in the province thru the LGUs for the purpose of generating
income and providing employment.
Extend program of the College to the LGU which will focus on the improvement of the capability of the citizen.
For Production
Put into commercial production a unique research product distinctly identifiable to MSC, using locally available and
sustainable raw materials.
Venture into sensible income generating projects that would increase the income of the College (e.g. low cost
animal feeds).
Mari-culture and inland fish and shrimp culture will be introduced as an income generating project for the College.
Commercialization of Research output.
Make the School of Agriculture teach not only to produce the raw agricultural products but rather teach them also
to process agricultural products to substantially increase the value of the end product.
For Administration
Establish mechanism for conflict management.
Enhancement of administrative services, to include the development of computerized systems in records
management, finance management and the establishment of a data base for all aspects of operation of the
College.
Establish Student Registration Information System (SRIS) and Human Resource Management Information System
(HRMIS).
Strengthening of linkages and networking in various modalities that will support institutional development.
Policies on rewards and incentives shall be strengthened to include promotion schemes and awards.
Campus Development Plan must be in place which shall include classroom and building renovations, road network
communication lines, etc. - to backstop academe, research and extension.
Adherence to a simplified but effective and responsive administrative and finance management system.
Strengthen the Office for Special programs and Projects as a support system to the administration in implementing
new programs and projects especially in establishing linkages and in sourcing fund for the College.
Core Values: Stewardship, Competence, Resilience, Integrity, Balance, Excellence, Service (SCRIBES)
Official Motto: Build a Brighter Future with MSC
Official Color: Maroon and Gold Yellow
Legal Bases of Creation:
Republic Act No. 805
An act to establish, organize and maintain one National High School of Arts and Trades in the Municipality of Boac,
province of Marinduque, to be known as the MARINDUQUE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES and to authorize the
appropriation of funds for the purpose approved on June 21, 1952.
Batas Pambansa Blg. 377
An act converting the Marinduque School of Arts and Trades into the MARINDUQUE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, broadening for the purpose its curricula programs in Science and Technology approved on April 8,
1983.
Republic Act No. 6833
An act changing the name of the Marinduque Institute of Science and Technology in Barangay Tanza, Municipality
of Boac, Province of Marinduque to MARINDUQUE STATE COLLEGE Approved on January 5, 1990.
Year of Service as Educational Institution: 60 years
Year of service as State College: 29 years
Date of Foundation Day: June 21, 1952
CHED SUC Leveling Status: Level II (19 points)
Number of Campuses: Four (4)
National Commission for Culture and the Arts
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is a Philippine government agency tasked with the
development, promotion, and preservation of Philippine culture and arts.
Its offices are located at 633 NCCA Building, General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila.
Overview
In 1987 the forerunner of the NCCA, the Presidential Commission on Culture and Arts, was established through
Executive Order No. 118 by then President Corazon C. Aquino. Five years later, the NCCA was formally established
through the enactment of Republic Act 7356, which was authored by Senators Edgardo Angara, Heherson
Alvarez, Leticia Ramos Shahani, and Congressman Carlos Padilla.
The other main cultural agencies of the Philippine Governmentthe Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP),
the Commission on the Filipino Language/Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (CFL), the National Historical Institute (NHI),
the National Library (TNL), and the National Archives of the Philippines (Records Management and Archives Office,
or RMAO)were then later transferred to the management of the NCCA in 2001 through Executive Order 80 and

Republic Act 9155 in 2001. The CCP and the CFL were formerly under the Office of the President, while the NHI, TNL
and the RMAO were under the Department of Education (DepEd). Because of this reorganization, the NCCA was
also given the task of coordinating between these cultural agencies as well as with the artists themselves.
Currently, the NCCA is headed by a 15-member Board of Commissioners, with members coming from other
government agencies and offices such as DepEd, the Department of Tourism, the Senate, and the cultural agencies
under the NCCA as well as representatives from the private sector. These representatives also comprise the
National Advisory Board, which is divided into four subcommissions: the Subcommission on the Arts, the
Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts, the Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination, and
the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage.
These subcommissions are then further broken down into 19 committees divided by medium and genre (for the
Subcommission on the Arts), geography (for the Subcommission on the Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts),
and function (for the Subcommissions on Cultural Dissemination and Cultural Heritage).
Complete list of committees and subcommittees under the NCCA
Subcommission on the Arts

National Committee on Architecture and Allied Arts

National Committee on Cinema

National Committee on Dance

National Committee on Dramatic Arts

National Committee on Literary Arts

National Committee on Music

National Committee on Visual Arts

Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts

National Committee on Northern Cultural Communities

National Committee on Central Cultural Communities

National Committee on Southern Cultural Communities

Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination

National Committee on Cultural Education

National Committee on Communication

National Committee on Language and Translation

Subcommission on Cultural Heritage

National Committee on Archives

National Committee on Art Galleries

National Committee on Historical Research

National Committee on Libraries and Information Services

National Committee on Monuments and Sites

National Committee on Museums