GMA witnesses signing of town histories project agreement

GMA witnesses signing of town histories project agreement

Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo witnessed at noon today the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Cebu Town Histories Project between the Province of Cevu, represented by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, and USC, represented by Fr. Teodoro Gapuz, SVD, vice president for academic affairs. The signing cermeonies were held at the Cebu Provincial Capitol on the occasion of the birthday celebration of Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia who turned 52 today.

The project, which intends to produce 55 books detailing the histories of each town and city in Cebu, is a brainchild of Gov. Garcia, who already expressed her desire to produce definitive histories of each town and city in the province---the first of its kind ever in the history of the country.

The project was sponsored by Hon. Agnes Magapale of the Cebu Provincial Board, which has unanimously approved assigned P12 million to the University of San Carlos to produce these definitive histories within 26 months. Each book is to be penned by a writer recommended by each town and city executive.

At USC, the project will be carried out under the leadership of Dr. Resil Mojares and Rene Alburo. The Department of History and Cebuano Studies Center are also collaborating to make the project a success. Other parties to the project are Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. and the Visayas Studies Center of U.P. College Cebu.

Author: J. E. R. Bersales
12 / October / 2007