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Section 5Sec./Art. 5
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General Mandate. - The NHCP is the primary government agency responsible for history and has the authority to determine all factual matters relating to official Philippine history.
In this regard, the NHCP shall:
(a)conduct and support all kinds of research relating to Philippine national and local history;
(b)develop educational materials in various media, implement historical educational activities for the popularization of Philippine history, and disseminate, information regarding Philippine historical events, dates, places and personages;
(c)undertake and prescribe the manner of restoration, conservation and protection of the country's historical movable and immovable objects;
(d)manage, maintain and administer national shrines, monuments, historical sites, edifices and landmarks of significant historico-cultural value; and
(e)actively engage in the settlement or resolution of controversies or issues relative to historical personages, places, dates and events.
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