Philippines RRO signs first license agreement

FILCOLS has signed its first license agreement with The Manila Times College (TMTC) last 19 July 2012. The agreement was signed by FILCOLS chair Dr. Isagani R. Cruz and TMTC chair Dr. Dante A. Ang in its campus in Manila.

TMTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Manila Times, the country's oldest English language newspaper. The newspaper was born in 1898 when news of the end of the Spanish-American War, effected by the signing of the Treaty of Paris, reached Manila. (http://www.manilatimes.net/)

After 38 years as professor and publisher at the De la Salle University Manila, Dr. Cruz became the first president of TMTC this year. He is a founding board member of FILCOLS and was elected chair in 2010. (http://www.isaganicruz.net/)

TMTC offers courses in Journalism, Filmmaking, and Acting for Film and TV. It has cooperation with other institutions such as the Asia-Pacific College, Emilio Aguinaldo College, Don Bosco Technical Institute, and the Business Processing Association of the Philippines. (http://themanilatimescollege.wordpress.com/)

At present, TMTC has only 37 students. The duration of the license agreement is for two years (2). The license fee is PHP 100 per student per year.