In early January, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) received a letter-petition to lift the Important Cultural Property (ICP) status of the Pao Ong Hu Taoist Temple located behind Nuestra Seora de los Desamparados in Sta. Ana, Manila, on grounds that its declaration in 2016 was done without due process as there was no public hearing undertaken prior to its ICP designation.
In addition, the letter sent by a certain Chloe Go indicated that the building, which traces its roots back to the 19th century, was turned over by the previous owner to her bare and without any artifacts in addition to both of them not knowing the structure’s ICP status, plus the Registry of De…
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