Kinuwestiyon ni Assistant Majority Leader Rep. Ryan S. Recto ang proposal budget ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa ginanap na budget briefing sa Kamara nitong Miyerkules, Agosto 27.
Tinanong ni Recto kung bakit patuloy na bumababa ang budget ng Malikhaing Pinoy Program, gayong sabi ng DTI, ito umano ay kanilang prayoridad.
Kinuwestiyon din niya ang pag-usbong ng “new dedicated funding source” ng DTI ngayong Fiscal Year 2026.
“I’ve been in DTI for one year, and maybe in the previous leader, the thrust was not the creative industry. But for now, for my term, the thrust is the creative industry, because I feel that the creative industry is where we excel. So we must push this because in others, in digitalization, and all other industries, we’re not on top,” anila.
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“But for the creative industry, I feel that we can use this as a driver for trade and tourism, the same way Korea’s done it, and other countries have done it. So it’s just a matter of priority that’s why maybe it was given a budget before and then it kept getting less and less and less because that was not the push during that leadership,” dagdag pa nila.
Ibinahagi rin nila na ipagpapatuloy nila ang Malikhaing Pinoy Program upang makita na ang Pilipinas ay “globally relevant.”
“For the Malikhaing Pinoy, we’re pushing it… It’s very [important] we’re promoting of course the usual weavers and stuff, but we’re also in the digital landscape, so they also see na kahit papaano we’re already globally relevant,” anila.
“We can also adapt to the global world. Our artists are known, our painters, our fashion designers, our anime artists, our game designers are really known already worldwide, so we feel that this is a way for us to really get our country out there,” dagdag pa nila.
Anila, binibigyan din nila ng “efforts” ang Creative Economy dahil ito raw ay isa raw sa mga “aces” nila.
Inihayag naman ni Rep. Recto na bukas siyang makipag-usap sa DTI kung sakaling kailanganin nila ang tulong nito.
“If you’d like to collaborate on projects like that, please do not hesitate to let me know, ma’am. I know couple of my colleagues are interested in supporting the creative economy as well here,” ani Recto.
Pinag-usapan din nila sa budget briefing ang mga isyu patungkol sa online selling, lokal na pagmamanupaktura ng sasakyan, at iba pa.
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