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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…