Mandated by Republic Act 10066 or the National Cultural Heritage Act of 2009 requiring the establishment and maintenance of the Philippine Registry of Cultural Property (PRECUP) of all Local Government Units, and to maintain an inventory of cultural property under their jurisdiction.

In line with this, the Local Government Unit of Science City of Muñoz through its City Tourism Office with the technical assistance from National Commission for Culture and the Arts is currently conducting a Cultural Mapping Program to create the local cultural profile of the city.

One of the phase of the program is the Final Community Validation held on November 17 – 18, 2022 at Sangguniang Panlungsod – Session Hall attended by the validators from different sectors of Science City community to wit: Atty. Jay Villafria, Mr. Arturo Manipon, Mr. Jerry Lazaro, Engr. Edelmar Isidro, and Mr. Bienvenido Dionisio, Ms. Norma Framo, Ms. Aurelia Estabillo.

It was also witness and observed by the following external validators, MR. FELIPE DE LEON JR. (Former Chairman of NCCA), MR. PETER JOHN NATIVIDAD (Vice Head National Committee non Museums) and Architect ALNIE KHAYZER HAYUDINI (Head Public Heritage & Declaration Section).

A total of 120 elements from different barangays were presented by local cultural mappers and were validated by the panel to include in the Local Cultural Properties of Science City of Munoz.

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