USTGS-CCCPET facilitates church heritage mapping of Catarman Diocese

USTGS-CCCPET facilitates church heritage mapping of Catarman Diocese

The Church Heritage Mapping Workshop, a significant event in the preservation of the rich cultural heritage of the church in the Province of Northern Samar, is a collaborative effort between the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (USTGS-CCCPET) and the Diocese of Catarman, initiated…

UST and Samar Government Collaborate for Cultural Development

UST and Samar Government Collaborate for Cultural Development

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Graduate School – Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (GS-CCCPET), the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, and the UST Sentro Turismo, has partnered with the Provincial Government of Samar to spearhead the Pagtanaw Samar: UST Research Collaborative Engagement. It is associated with the…

UST and Samar Government Collaborate for Tourism Development

UST and Samar Government Collaborate for Tourism Development

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Graduate School – Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (GS-CCCPET), the College of Tourism and Hospitality Management, and the UST Sentro Turismo, has partnered with the Provincial Government of Samar to spearhead the Pagtanaw Samar: UST Research Collaborative Engagement. It is associated with the…

USTGS-CCCPET leads APHEN-ICH Secretariat
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USTGS-CCCPET leads APHEN-ICH Secretariat

The University of Santo Tomas, through the Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics, has assumed the lead position of the Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Higher Education Network for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage (APHEN-ICH). In this role, USTGS-CCCPET will be instrumental in orchestrating the activities and programs of…

USTGS-CCCPET partners with DOT 8 for the Carigara Museum Movable Heritage Documentation and Cataloguing Workshop
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USTGS-CCCPET partners with DOT 8 for the Carigara Museum Movable Heritage Documentation and Cataloguing Workshop

The University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (USTGS-CCCPET) partners with the Department of Tourism Region VIII for the conduct of a Movable Heritage Documentation and Cataloguing Seminar-Workshop for the local stakeholders of Carigara town. Carigara, originally called Kangara, was the first town established in…

USTGS-CCCPET, UST-IR rolls off One Values Project in Samar Province
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USTGS-CCCPET, UST-IR rolls off One Values Project in Samar Province

The Samar Provincial Government, the longtime LGU partner of the University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (USTGS-CCCPET), collaborates for a numerous project in the field of heritage research and education.   In 2021, the Samar Province Cultural Education Curriculum (SPCEC) project, a continuing utilization program…

USTGS-CCCPET facilitates Festival Management Workshop for Samar LGUs
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USTGS-CCCPET facilitates Festival Management Workshop for Samar LGUs

The University of Santo Tomas Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (USTGS-CCCPET) has conceptualized and facilitated the unique and highly anticipated “Pamamahala ng Pistang Pamana: Festival Management Workshop for Samar Province”. This workshop, with the primary objectives of promoting culture and research-based festivals and sharing successful festival management…

UST, LGU Magalang partners for heritage-based redevelopment plans project
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UST, LGU Magalang partners for heritage-based redevelopment plans project

The University of Santo Tomas, led by the Graduate School Center for Conservation of Cultural Property and Environment in the Tropics (USTGS-CCCPET), in collaboration with UST College of Architecture and UST Faculty of Arts and Letters signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the drafting of the town plaza redevelopment plan and the conservation management plan…

USTGS-CCCPET initiates conservation projects in Carigara and Dulag in Leyte
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USTGS-CCCPET initiates conservation projects in Carigara and Dulag in Leyte

The GS CCCPET, represented by Assoc. Prof Eric Zerrudo PhD (Director) and Ms. Beverly Bautista (Support Staff), collaborated with the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 8, represented by Regional Director Karen Santiago Tiopes and Tourism Consultant Antonio Cinco, in opening dialogues regarding heritage conservation towards potential tourism products in Carigara and Dulag, Leyte last February…

USTGS-CCCPET’s Zerrudo participates in UNESCO Conventions Conference and Fieldwork in Vietnam and South Korea

USTGS-CCCPET’s Zerrudo participates in UNESCO Conventions Conference and Fieldwork in Vietnam and South Korea

Assoc. Prof. Eric B. Zerrudo during the meeting in Vietnam and South Korea International organizations and national governments have convened various capacity building initiatives to implement the 1972 World Heritage Convention and the 2003 Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention. As the leading heritage conservation academic institution in the Philippines, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) through…