Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 433)
The main purpose of Batas Pambansa Blg. 150 is to amend Presidential Decree No. 260 by including the six-hundred-year-old Karim ul-Makhdum Mosque of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi among the national landmarks and monuments declared as national shrines.
The Karim ul-Makhdum Mosque in Simunul, Tawi-Tawi was added as a national shrine.
The National Museum, in collaboration with the Department of Tourism, has supervision and control over the preservation, restoration, and reconstruction of declared national cultural treasures.
National cultural treasures include sites, landmarks, and monuments such as the Sta. Ana Site Museum in Manila, Roman Catholic Churches of Paoay and Bacarra, San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City, Karim ul-Makhdum Mosque, Petroglyphs in Angono and Alab, Stone Agricultural Calendars of Dapay Guiday, Mummy Caves of Kabayan and Sagada, and the Ifugao Rice Terraces of Banaue.
The provisions of existing laws governing national shrines and landmarks are applied to the Karim ul-Makhdum Mosque of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi.
The act took effect upon its approval on February 8, 1982.
Other monuments declared as national cultural treasures include the Sta. Ana Site Museum in Manila, Roman Catholic Churches of Paoay and Bacarra in Ilocos Norte, San Agustin Church in Intramuros, Manila, Fort Pilar in Zamboanga City, Petroglyphs of the Rockshelter in Angono, Rizal, Petroglyphs of Alab, Bontoc, Stone Agricultural Calendars of Dapay Guiday in Besao, Bontoc, Mummy Caves of Kabayan, Benguet and of Sagada and Alab, Bontoc, and the Ifugao Rice Terraces of Banaue.
The cultural properties and treasures are defined along the lines of Section 3 and 7 of Republic Act No. 4846.
The National Museum and the Department of Tourism collaboratively are responsible for the preservation, restoration, and/or reconstruction of these national cultural treasures.
Yes, the act specifies that the preservation, restoration, and/or reconstruction of these national cultural treasures and shrines shall be under the supervision and control of the National Museum in collaboration with the Department of Tourism.