2014 - R - 163 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAYOR, HONORABLE ROLEN C. PAULINO TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA) REPRESENTED BY ITS OIC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADELINA M. SUEMITH, FOR THE UBOD 2014 NEW AUTHOR SERIES PROJECT

   EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION  OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON

 NOVEMBER 26, 2014 AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

           

Hon. Rodel S. Cerezo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

Hon. Eduardo J. Piano- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -City Councilor

           Hon. Aquilino Y. Cortez, Jr.- - - - - - - - - - - -    “        “

            Hon. Eduardo G. Guerrero- - - - - - - - - - - - -     “        “         

Hon. Elena C. Dabu- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     “        “

Hon. Noel Y. Atienza- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -     “        “       

Hon. Edna A. Elane- - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -      “        “

Hon. Emerito Linus D. Bacay- - - - - - - - - - - -      “        “

Hon. Randy C. Sionzon- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - President, Liga ng mga Barangay

Hon. Egmidio M. Gonzales, Jr.- - - - - - - - - - - Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative

ABSENT:

Hon. Eyrma Yvette D. Marzan-Estrella - - - - -City Councilor

                                                                      (Sick Leave)

Hon. Benjamin G. Cajudo II- - - - - - - - - - - - -City Councilor

Hon. Alreuela M. Bundang-Ortiz - - - - - - - - - City Councilor

                                                                      (On Official Business)

                                   

RESOLUTION NO. 163

(Series of 2014)

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MAYOR, HONORABLE ROLEN C. PAULINO TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA) REPRESENTED

BY ITS OIC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ADELINA M. SUEMITH, FOR THE

UBOD 2014 NEW AUTHOR SERIES PROJECT

WHEREAS, pursuant to R.A. 7356, the NCCA is mandated to encourage the continuing and balanced development of a pluralistic culture by the people, conserve and promote the nation’s cultural heritage, ensure the widest dissemination of artistic and cultural products and preserve and integrate traditional culture and its various creative expressions as a dynamic part of the national cultural mainstream; 

WHEREAS, one of the projects of NCAA is  “UBOD 2014 New Author Series”, a committee-initiated project intended to launch new authors of the Philippine Literature.  It is open to all talented yet unpublished creative writers in the genres of fiction, poetry, Creative Non-Fiction (CNF), and drama in English and all Philippine languages;

WHEREAS, Olongapo City, through the initiative of the Olongapo Arts and Culture Council submitted a proposal for the UBOD 2014 for the development and recognition of local writers and arouse the interest of local literature students’;

            WHEREAS, the proposal was approved by the NCAA Board of Commissioners under Resolution Number 2014-280 dated 16 December 2013 supported by way of financial assistance in the amount of Five Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Pesos only (PhP575,000.00);

            WHEREAS, the city government will not incur any expenses in this project;

NOW, THEREFORE, on joint motion of Councilor Eduardo J. Piano and Councilor Eyrma Yvette Marzan-Estrella with the unanimous accord of the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present,

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled to authorize, as it hereby authorizes the City Mayor, Honorable Rolen C. Paulino to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts represented by its OIC, Executive Director Adelina M. Suemith for the UBOD 2014 New Author Series Project.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY,  November 26, 2014.

RODEL S. CEREZO

City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

  EYRMA YVETTE D. MARZAN- ESTRELLA                       EDUARDO J. PIANO

              City Councilor                                                                  City Councilor

                          (sick leave)

                                                                                                                   

AQUILINO Y. CORTEZ, JR.                                       EDUARDO G. GUERRERO                 

  City Councilor                                                                          City Councilor  

                                                           

   

  BENJAMIN G. CAJUDO II                                              ELENA C. DABU

 City Councilor                                                         City Councilor

  (absent)                     

                                                                                              

 NOEL Y. ATIENZA                                   ALREUELA M. BUNDANG-ORTIZ                      

  City Councilor                                                   City Councilor

                                                                                  (on official business)                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                     

   EDNA A. ELANE                           EMERITO LINUS D. BACAY

 City Councilor                              City Councilor       

RANDY C. SIONZON                               EGMIDIO M. GONZALES, JR.

  President, Liga ng mga Barangay                         Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative

ATTEST:

                     ATTY. BERNARDINE S. GANTAN

                                   Council Secretary

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE CITY MAYOR ON________________________________.

                                                                                    ROLEN C. PAULINO

                                                                                                 City Mayor

ATTEST:

                    SHEILA R. PADILLA

                  Secretary to the City Mayor