IN BRIEF

Solon renews call for a department of

sports, culture

PUWERSA ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Rep.

Margarita Nograles has renewed calls to create a Department of Sports, Culture, and Arts which would focus on programs aimed at improving the country’s global standing in the field of sports, culture, and arts.

In filing House Bill 03597, Nograles cited a need to “create an inclusive body that will recognize a strong nation that focuses and recognizes our Filipino Athletes and Cultural Artists.”

The lawmaker said many Filipinos have been very successful in various international sporting events and have won global recognition for their contribution to promoting Filipino culture and arts.

If passed into law, the DSCA will have administrative and operational jurisdiction over the Philippine Sports Commission, the Games and Amusement Board, and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts which are all under the Office of the President.

Through the DSCA, Nograles hopes that Filipino athletes and artists will be given more incentives and will have better economic opportunities. Maricel V. Cruz

US National Guard keen on bilateral ties with PH army

THE US National Guard is interested in pursuing more bilateral engagements with the Philippine Army (PA) to beef up the service’s capabilities to respond to disasters and national emergencies.

This came after US National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Daniel Robert P. Hokanson paid a courtesy call at PA headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila where he was