NHCP chairman Rene Escalante said the previous administration had allotted P1 billion for cultural heritage. “We are still waiting for word from Malacañang if they will appropriate calamity funds to repair heritage churches partly damaged by the earthquake,” Escalante said at a press briefing in Malacañang. Earlier, the Archdiocese of San Fernando closed 24 heritage churches in Pampanga to allow engineers to inspect their structural integrity. The centuries-old churches were declared world heritage sites in 1993. The DPWH study is expected to be completed in May, which is Philippine National Heritage Month.

Source: Philippine Star April 25, 2019 16:56 UTC