Ilocandia Cultural Center in Batac City // The First Cultural Center in Northern Luzon

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) broke ground for the first cultural center in Northern Luzon on July 2, in time for the 86th birthday celebration of former first lady and now Ilocos Norte 2nd district Rep. Imelda R. Marcos.
In her speech during the groundbreaking, Mrs. Marcos said the cultural center project is very important as she said “Culture is nature and nature is the law of God.”
“We are doing not something physical, not something material, not something intelligent but we are doing something spiritual. Because we are bringing out the soul of the Ilocanos to show to the world how beautiful, purely and great we have”, Mrs. Marcos added.
She also disclosed that she is very excited and happy as the groundbreaking coincided with her 86th birthday celebration.
The bigger Batac Cultural Center has long been envisioned by Mrs. Marcos to showcase the artistry and creativity of local talents here, as well as a venue for cultural exchanges both for national and international levels.
The 1,022-seater cultural center to be named after Mrs. Marcos will rise in Batac City where great talents for arts and cultural performances are found. The two-storey building, with a mezzanine, is likened to the Cultural Center of the Philippines built under the Marcos administration, except for its roof design which would resemble a ‘salakot’, a traditional Ilokano hat to conform to the local arts and design.
With a total funding of P300 million, district engineer Mathias Malenab of the DPWH Ilocos Norte 2nd Engineering district said the DPWH Central Office through Secretary Rogelio Singson approved an initial amount of P94.5 million for the first phase of the project.
Source: theilocostimes...
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Nice Architect Designed

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Former 1st lady Imelda Marcos po -proud to be Bataqueños.

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White elephant project!

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Pa shout out po kuya Guian Casauran

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Tatak Ilocandia

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tapos ba niya?

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Halos natatapos na siya

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Ang mahal naman nyan! Hindi pa rin tapos?

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Patigil tigil po ang gawa dahil walang budget,pag may budget saka ulit gagawin kc di pondo ng national government ang gamit diyan kundi pondo ng local government.kaya estimated 300M ang budget niyan

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The interior looks gorgeous, but I'm not a fan of the exterior.

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2015?? Di padin tapos??? 4 yrs??? Taena I smell something fishy ganyan din convention Center sa cagayan de oto eh di matapos tapos pano kinorap ng kinorap hahaha kagaguhan 2015 Di pa tapos..

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4 years??? My god 300 million lang na building.. Iloilo convention center 4 times na mas malaki dyn 700 million ang budget wala pang isang taon tapos na..

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@@ermenioleyble3607 ikumpara mo nmn ang iloilo sa batac, mas malake kita ng iloilo dhil highly urbanized city un, at my mahigit 450k ang population, ikumpara mo sa batac 50k lng ang population pero city na,, mas maliit nga lng ang income nila.

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Buti nga nagpagawa pa cla niyan, mhigit 50k lng ang population ng batac city, san ka makakakita ng city na 50k plus lng ang population ? Ibig sbhin magaling nmumuno jan. Karamihan nggng city ang isang lugar sa kita at xempre sa dami ng tao sa isang lugar,, kaya kdlasan bago mgng city ang isang bayan o lugar mga 100k na pataas ang populasyon nito.

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@@LENARD0218 ang tinitingnan ko dyn dine delay na naman ang project mantakin mo apat na taon.. 300 milion na gusali. Nangangamoy corruption na nman yan sir..

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@@ermenioleyble3607 hindi po yan kasama sa build² program ng gobyerno yan, mismong pera ng city ng batac yan,, mismong city ng batac ang nagpatayo niyan, kaya ung sinasabi mo budget na 300m aun po ang magagastos , pero wla po ung budget niyan pinagiipunan pa at kinukuha,kita mo nmn sa gumagawa unti lng dhil wla pa tlga budget, pag my pera dun lng ginagawa,, Kaya binabase lng yan sa income ng siudad, 500m lng po ang kita ng city ng batac kada taon,tpos nagpapatayo cla ng halagang 300m,, ikumpara mo sa ibang city na kumikita ng billion² sa isang taon. Parang tulad dn yan sa ibang bayan pg wla budget nahihinto, kmi nga mismo nagdonate na ng 10k sa brgy nmin para lng matapos ung covered court sa brgy nmin at ung kapitan na nmin ang bahala sa munisipyo para mplagyan ng bubong,, awa ng diyos ntpos covered court nmin , sa brgy nmin,,

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Fake vp leni yan ba yang sinasabi mong mahirap ang ilocos region? Marami mukhang mahirap pero silent millionaire...

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Mga Marcos diba Ang mayor Jan?

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