January 2025 Philippine Registry of Heritage Update
The Philippine Registry of Heritage (PRH) recently published its Monthly Status Report for January 2025. Click the link below to see the current number of cultural properties included in the Registry and the Local Cultural Inventories (LCIs) submitted last month.
Download here: January 2025 Status Report
The deadline for 2025 LCI submissions is on December 15, 2025. Pursuant to the DILG-NCCA Joint Memorandum Circular 2021-001 or the Amended Guidelines on the Standardized Submission of LCI under the PRECUP for the Issuance of Certificate of Compliance (COC) to Local Government Units (LGUs), if the LGU complies with the documentary and minimum data requirements, a COC will be received from the Commission. It will be valid from the date of issuance until December 31 of the following year. [ https://tinyurl.com/DILG-NCCA-JMC-2021-001 ]
For queries or clarifications, please contact the PRH under Cultural Properties Regulation Division, or email us at precup.pilipinas@gmail.com or talapamana@ncca.gov.ph
IN PHOTO: Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish Church in Tiwi, Albay (Registered Property, Municipality of Tiwi, Albay)
Built in 1829, the St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish Church was constructed using ashlars — rectangular blocks of hewn stone (sillería) commonly used in Baroque-era construction. Its curved façade, dome-shaped front door, and the belfry atop its pediment are illustrative of its “Partido Baroque” design, so-called due to the resemblance to other churches in the Partido district of Camarines Sur. Presumably built as a chapel, it has subsequently become the town’s parish church, and is regarded as the “second church” in the Municipality of Tiwi after the initial church was destroyed by a series of pirate raids in 1841. The local government of Tiwi declared the church a local heritage site in 2017, and it has been declared an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines since 2018.
Photo credit: IJVelas | Wikimedia
