In 2024, I specifically asked: “Are There Experts In
The Twin Problems & Prognoses Of Farmer Poverty And Climate Change? Asking
For A Friend!” (02 March 2024, Our Happy
Habitat, blogspot.com).
Tell me if you know a Filipino expert who has considered that twin problem,
because I don’t know of any! And I have been a digital hound since at least
2007 (I started blogging with WordPress.com;
now I’m with Blogspot.com.)
I write in English, but really I am a full-blooded 85-year old Ilocano from the old town of Asingan,
Pangasinan. I graduated as a teacher, BSA
Ag Ed, from UP Los Baños in
1965 – and then I taught myself digital creativity starting 1980. You
can’t master the digital world instantly!
2022 July to 2024
Feb – Almost 2 years, and our Congress is actually not finished with Republic Act 11904 dated 28 July 2022: “An
Act Providing For The Development And Promotion Of The Philippine Creative
Industries, And Appropriating Funds Therefor.”
After almost 2
years, the Philippine Creative Industries Development Council (PCIDC), chaired
by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Fred Pascual, approved the framework for the Philippine Creative Industries Development Plan
(PCIDP) in its third regular meeting on 21 February 2024.
No
further good news, sorry!
While waiting for
the laggards, let us go back in history:
More than 1 year
ago, Anonymous wrote: “Philippines
Sets Course To Become Asia’s Premier Creative Hub With New Development Plan” [Department of Trade & Industry
(DTI), 29 Feb 2024, dti.gov.ph]] So, it has taken my country the Philippines more than
2 years to fashion out that creative plan! (I hate to say “Creativity is the
exact opposite of Bureaucracy!”)
Who are expected
to be directly involved? Section 2, Declaration
of Policy says, “It is the policy of the State to promote and support
the development of Philippine creative industries by protecting and
strengthening the rights and capacities of creative firms, artists, artisans,
creators, workers, indigenous cultural communities, content providers, and
stakeholders in the creative industries as defined in this Act.”
The Creative
Industries as listed in the Act include:
“Creative
industries include those directly or indirectly involved in the creation,
production and manufacturing, performance, broadcasting, communication and
exhibition, or distribution and sale of works and other subject matter(s), in
accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations on intellectual property
rights protection.”
Considering all of
the above, as I see it, my blogging is a creative endeavor. “Creative
industries” include the following domains:
(a) Audiovisual Media Domain
(b) Digital Interactive Media Domain
(c) Creative Services Domain
(d) Design Domain
(e) Publishing and Printed Media Domain
(f) Performing Arts Domain
(g) Visual Arts Domain
(h) Traditional Cultural Expressions Domain
(i) Cultural Sites
Domain
I go
back to where I started: Where now are the funds appropriated for the promotion
of Philippine creative industries?!
Meanwhile,
millions of Filipino farmers await results of creativity of those involved in
the Department of Agriculture. Sec Laurel, where is your creativity?!@517
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