Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia questioned the lack of government-provided incentives for Filipino creatives who have won prestigious international awards as he compared how athletes have gotten benefits for achieving the same.
Pangasinan 4th District Rep. Christopher de Venecia on Wednesday, Nov. 9, questioned the lack of government-provided incentives for Filipino creatives who have won prestigious international awards as he compared how athletes have gotten benefits for achieving the same.
Camarines Sur Reps. Luis Raymund “LRay” F. Villafuerte, Jr., Miguel Luis Villafuerte, Tsuyoshi Anthony Horibata and Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Nicolas Enciso VIII authored HB 1934, while Quezon City Rep. Patrick Michael “PM” Vargas proposed HB 4540. “The intended stakeholder for these incentives are really those who were able to win awards abroad. Again, we patterned this after the Athletes Incentives Act. If there are incentives for athletes, why can’t we have incentives for creatives?,” he asked.
And while he hailed the House of Representatives for adopting resolutions that recognized the feats of the country’s creative industry stalwarts, the lawmaker believes it is time “to step a notch higher and show our support for our Filipino creatives in a much more meaningful and impactful way.” However, he recommended that the bill specify which international awards and film festivals will be considered for the incentives.
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