A total of 18,222 audiovisual materials from the Presidential Broadcast Staff – Radio Television Malacañang or RTVM were formally handed over to the Philippine Film Archive (PFA) of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in a ceremony held last Thursday, June 2 at the Cinematheque Centre Manila. The event was attended by the FDCP staff and RTVM management committee, and Research and Archive employees.

In line with its mandate to preserve and protect the country's historical and cultural heritage, the FDCP has signed a memorandum of agreement with the RTVM to formally accommodate the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of the latter's video collection of President Fidel V. Ramos to Benigno S. Aquino III from 1992 to 2016. The partnership between FDCP and RTVM commenced in January 2019 but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and resumed the inventory last October 2021 until May 2022.

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