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Since its establishment in the late 1980s, the International Council on Monuments and Sites Phili... more Since its establishment in the late 1980s, the International Council on Monuments and Sites Philippines (ICOMOS Philippines) is the duly recognized national committee of ICOMOS in the country. It aims to be the vehicle in elevating local heritage protection and preservation towards international standards, and in harmony with the local context.

ICOMOS Philippines provides and facilitates necessary information transfer and exchange to help progress the preservation movement in the country as it aims to make heritage conservation a mainstream sustainable development issue.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization has diverted its efforts and work online, remotely gathering its members to a discussion focused on the future of heritage practice amidst the pandemic, leading to the creation of its new and on-going project called “Heritage Practice amidst the Pandemic (HPP)”.

The House of Families (HoF) at the CAMELEON Family Development Center aims to empower its partner... more The House of Families (HoF) at the CAMELEON Family Development Center aims to empower its partner families to foster, care for, and nurture their children. Empowering these families is vital. Through helping parents develop their capabilities in performing their roles and responsibilities towards their children, the intervention helps strengthen relationships and build support systems between and among family members. The HoF generally welcomes all families, regardless of the educational attainment, religious beliefs, or economic status of their members. It targets to involve at least 200 families who may come from the barangays of San Enrique, Passi City, and Bingawan in Iloilo Province. These families belong to poor families in rural areas. Many of them are economically disadvantaged, with fathers working either as farmers or farm laborers in the field for six (6) days a week, for 8 hours per day, while mothers often stay at home to take care of domestic work and in raising their children.

The HoF generally welcomes all families, regardless of the educational attainment, religious beliefs, or economic status of their members. It targets to involve at least 200 families who may come from the barangays of San Enrique, Passi City, and Bingawan in Iloilo Province. These families belong to poor families in rural areas. Many of them are economically disadvantaged, with fathers working either as farmers or farm laborers in the field for six (6) days a week, for 8 hours per day, while mothers often stay at home to take care of domestic work and in raising their children.

Ang Center for Asian Mission for the Poor, Inc., o CAMP Asia, ay isang non-government organizatio... more Ang Center for Asian Mission for the Poor, Inc., o CAMP Asia, ay isang non-government organization na nagsimula sa iba’t ibang simbahan sa Seoul, South Korea, noong 2007, at kasalukuyang napapatupad ng siyam na programa na tumutugon sa mga local na isyu sa larangan ng kalusugan, edukasyon, at kabuhayan sa mga pamayanan ng Lungsod ng San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Pagkalipas ng halos isang dekadang pakikipagtulungan na ng CAMP Asia sa mga pamayanan ng Barangay Minuyan at Barangay Gaya-Gaya sa aspeto ng pag-oorganisa at pagpapaunlad ng pamayanan, nasa usapin at yugto na ito di umano ng pagpe-phaseout. Sa kadahilanang nabanggit ay napag-isipang simulan ng CAMP Asia, sa pamumuno ng naibuong Tanglaw Unit sa loob ng ahensiya, ang stratehiyang pagbubuo ng network sa pagitan ng mga programa at mga samahan. Isa ito sa mga nakikitang susing hakbang ng Tanglaw Unit tungo sa pagkamit ng pagkatayuyon, o sustainability, ng mga programa at mga samahan. Sa proseso ng pagbubuo ng network, nagaganap ang mga serye ng palihan na nakatuon sa pagpapanday ng mga lider at pagpapasibol ng mga ugnayan. Ito ay may layong makatulong sa mas epektibong pamumuno ng mga pinuno sa mga samahan at programang kinabibilangan, at sa binubuong network. Ngunit ang saklaw nito ay limitado lamang sa mga pinuno at mga piling mga kinatawan, at napapansin na napag-iiwanan ang ibang mga kasamahan ng mga samahan at programa sa proseso. Ito ay nakikitang naka-aapekto sa usapin ng kakulangan sa pagtataya at kawalan ng interes sa pakikipagtulungan ng mga tao at sa iilang mga grupo. Sa pagtutulungan ng FIP at CAMP Asia tungo sa mas epektibong gawaing pagpapaunlad, nilayong magkaroon ng aktibong partisipasyon ang lahat ng kasamahan ng mga programa at samahan sa proseso ng pagbubuo ng network. Ito ay sa pamamaraang pagkakaroon ng mga proyektong pakikipagtulungan (o collaborative projects) sa pagitan ng mga programa at mga samahan, na hindi kaagad-agad mga malakihang proyekto, at sa halip ay maliliit muna. Ito rin ay sa pagtatangkang masimulan ang isang pasiklong proseso ng negosasyon, pagtataya, at pagsasagawa sa pagitan at sa bahagi mismo ng mga pinuno, kinatawan, at iba pang mga kasamahan sa mga programa at mga samahan. Sa buong proseso ng pagkakaroon ng proyektong pagkikipagtulungan, (1) naipataas nito ang antas ng partisipasyon ng lahat ng kasamahan sa programa at samahan; (2) nagkaroon ng mas malalim na pagpapahalaga sa pagtutulungan at pakikipagtulungan tungo sa pagpapaunlad ng programa at samahan; at (3) pagtataya ng lahat ng mga kasamahan sa pagbubuo ng network.

The research study aims to investigate the reasons why people have found shelter and have continu... more The research study aims to investigate the reasons why people have found shelter and have continued to live inside the Manila North Cemetery. Furthermore, the research study also aims to reveal the ways on how people have sustained their daily lives inside the said cemetery for decades since; in order (1) to describe what people living inside the Manila North Cemetery consider as habitable housing and living conditions; (2) to describe and identify the factors that make the Manila North Cemetery a considerable place to live in for the people living inside the said cemetery; (3) to describe and document the daily lives of the people living inside the Manila North Cemetery; and (4) to explain and analyze the ways on how the people living inside the Manila North Cemetery have been sustaining their daily lives. The research study employed a quasi-ethnographic method of collecting data and information through purposive-snowball sampling among internal rural-urban migrants living inside the Manila North Cemetery, under a subjectivist methodological perspective. The research study found out that as a long-standing final resting place for the dead of Manila, it is as peculiar as it is ironic to regard that, within its walls and fortified borders, the Manila North Cemetery also has become and has transformed into a life-giving sanctuary to those who have become lost, to those who were left with nothing but to wander around aimlessly, and to those society has casted away. Generations upon generations of this cast away, almost “disposed”, population of people have made Manila North Cemetery what it is today: an equal community of the living—of the barely living; having formed its own rules and ways of life—a unique zone wherein the living thrives among the dead.

The Conservation Planning and Development for Iloilo City Heritage Structures and Sites is a gove... more The Conservation Planning and Development for Iloilo City Heritage Structures and Sites is a government program led by the Iloilo City Cultural Heritage Conservation Council (ICCHCC) under the administration of Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog. The ICCHCC is responsible for the promulgation and implementation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Downtown Central Business District (CBD) Heritage Zone, as directed by Executive Order No. 46, Series of 2009, signed by then-City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas. This is in pursuant of Iloilo City Regulation Ordinance No. 00-054, as amended, otherwise known as the “Local Heritage Conservation Ordinance of Iloilo City”, that was passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Iloilo in order “to conserve cultural heritage and legacy buildings in the City of Iloilo” through the creation of the ICCHCC. The projects laid down by the program are seen to be logical, systematic, and well-strategized, eliciting the support and backing of the local government unit, both its executive and legislative branches; the concerned and allied national government cultural agencies; the local professional associations; and the academe. However, it could be better improved if, as well, the active participation and influence of the local community of people in the said area was elicited and significantly incorporated in the conceptualization, organization, and planning of the program. The easily observed, and presumably, top-down, area-based approach employed by the initiators of the said program “warded off” the potentially significant contributions that could have opportuned the people and other small-time vendor associations to actively participate in the coming up of the program, of which they are as well directly concerned, affected, and a primary actor and stakeholder of. The Conservation Planning and Development for Iloilo City Heritage Structures and Sites Program in Iloilo City is able to start the revitalization of the local economy of the city, bringing in increased growth in economic, business, and commercial activities in the area; as well as able to start the movement towards cultural heritage conservation in the city, fostering back the sense of civic pride in the people and their appreciation of their local cultural heritage. With some minor modifications in the conceptual framework the program currently works around on, putting more focus and bigger importance on the participation of the people in achieving genuine and active involvement in the conservation program of the city, the said program could more effectively achieve its projected goals of uplifting the lives and socio-economic conditions of the people, as well as of bringing back the deep appreciation of Iloilo’s cultural heritage among the youth and present generation, of Iloilo City.

Platelet transfusions are done to increase the number of platelets of a patient suffering from th... more Platelet transfusions are done to increase the number of platelets of a patient suffering from thrombocytopenia. However, due to post-complications that are present in patients who underwent this treatment, albumin transfusions, using fractionized human serum albumin, are acceptable as treatment. Bovine serum albumin has 80% sequence homology with human serum albumin by having a similar folding, which is why the two serum albumins are frequently used in biochemical studies. This study determined the percent increase in the number of platelets of thrombocytopenic Mus musculus (white mice) after the infusion of bovine serum albumin (BSA). The BSA infusions were administered to the test organisms intravenously. Blood samples of all the white mice were collected before and after the infusions of BSA using the tail-nicking method. The platelets were photographed under the microscope and were counted manually. In this study, alpha level of significance was set to 0.05. The results showed a significant increase in the numbers of platelets in all the subgroups of the Thrombocytopenic Group. The BSA infusions were able to increase the number of platelets of thrombocytopenic white mice after the infusions. But the increase was not higher than the increase in the number of platelets of thrombocytopenic white mice after normal recovery. Normal recovery from the induced thrombocytopenia had the highest percent increase in the number of platelets. A normal response to thrombocytopenia, the megakarcyocyte size and ploidy increases resulting to increased platelet production. During thrombocytopenia, elevated megakaryocyte mass serves as a “sink” which results in the reduction in the levels of circulating thrombopoietin to achieve homeostasis. However, when the BSA was infused, the increase in the number of platelets was not higher compared to the increase in normal recovery from thrombocytopenia. It can be concluded that BSA does in fact have a role in platelet production but it is not yet known how it can affect the platelet production in thrombocytopenic mice. This supports the conclusion of Thon and Italiano (2010) that despite recent advances, the mechanistic processes of platelet production are not fully understood.