Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)

Executive Issuance Type

PRESIDENTIAL FACT-FINDING AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION

President

Ramos, Fidel V.

Date of Approval

April 10, 1995

Subjects

CONTEMPLACION, FLOR

DELIA MAGA-FLOR CONTEMPLACION CASE

OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW)

GANCAYCO COMMISSION

MAGA, DELIA

Administrative Order No. 198, s. 2007

Full Title

CREATING THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE JAPAN-PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (JPEPA) SENATE RATIFICATION

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

SPECIAL EXPERTS PANEL ON JPEPA

Date of Approval

September 28, 2007

Subjects

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI)

JAPAN- PHILIPPINES ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (JPEPA)

JPEPA TASK FORCE (JTF)

Administrative Order No. 217, s. 2008

Full Title

DESIGNATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS THE LEAD AGENCY TO ORGANIZE THE PHILIPPINE HOSTING OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT (GFMD) AND ITS RELATED MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT (GFMD)

Date of Approval

January 21, 2008

Subjects

EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION -- CONGRESSES AND CONVENTIONS

Administrative Order No. 238, s. 2008

Full Title

DESIGNATING THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AS THE LEAD TO ORGANIZE AND CARRY OUT THE SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES RELATIVE TO THE SPECIAL NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

SPECIAL NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM) MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERFAITH D

Date of Approval

August 28, 2008

Subjects

INTERFAITH INITIATIVES, COUNCIL ON (CII)

PEACE

Executive Order No. 275, s. 1995

Full Title

CREATING A COMMITTEE FOR THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN FROM ALL FORMS OF NEGLECT, ABUSE, CRUELTY, EXPLOITATION, DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER CONDITIONS PREJUDICIAL TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Issuance Category

BI (Bureau of Immigration)

Executive Issuance Type

Executive Order

Date of Approval

September 14, 1995

Subjects

special protection of children

Social Welfare and Development

Secretary of Social Welfare and Development

Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

CHR (Commission on Human Rights)

children

chairman

CARE

Bureau of Immigration (BI)

agencies

child abuse

child rights

Department of Tourism (DOT)

DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs)

DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment)

DOT (Department of Tourism)

Major Topic

Memorandum Circular No. 120, s. 2006

Full Title

To : Department of Foreign Affairs Department of Interior and Local Government Department of . . .

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Circular

President

TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA)

Date of Approval

October 13, 2006

Subjects

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG)

HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH (HRH) NETWORK

MEDICAL CARE

PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS COMMISSION (PRC)

Memorandum Circular No. 179, s. 2009

Full Title

Enjoining all cabinet members and heads of government-owned and controlled corporations to observe the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Day on August 12, 2009 and actively support and participate in the activities relative thereto.

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Circular

President

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW (IHL) DAY

Date of Approval

August 6, 2009

Subjects

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT

Department of National Defense (DND)

GENEVA CONVENTIONS, 1949 -- ANNIVERSARIES, ETC.

Memorandum Circular No. 194, s. 2010

Full Title

Providing for the reconstitution of the Suggestion and Incentive Awards Committee (SIAC) in the Office of the President (Proper)

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Circular

President

INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS FUND (ICF) REVIEW PANEL

Date of Approval

June 11, 2010

Subjects

CONGRESSES AND CONVENTIONS

INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS FUND (ICF)

INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES

Memorandum Order No. 165, s. 2005

Full Title

DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PREPARATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ALL INCOMING STATE AND OFFICIAL VISITS

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Order

President

Date of Approval

March 22, 2005

Subjects

VISITS OF STATES

Memorandum Order No. 265, s. 1971

Full Title

CONSTITUTING PERFORMANCE TEAMS TO CONDUCT PERFORMANCE AUDITS ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ARM ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, AND TEE NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION – PEOPLE’S HOMESITE AND HOUSING CORPORATION.

Issuance Category

AUDIT COMMITTEES -- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENTIAL ARM ON

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Order

President

Marcos, Ferdinand E.

Date of Approval

January 12, 1971

Subjects

PERFORMANCE TEAMS

AUDIT COMMITTEES -- DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA)

AUDIT COMMITTEES -- GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS)

AUDIT COMMITTEES -- NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION -- PEOPLE'S HOMESITE AND

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PRESIDENTIAL ARM ON

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS)

NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION -- PEOPLE'S HOMESITE AND HOUSING CORPORATIO

Memorandum Order No. 305, s. 2009

Full Title

IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, A NEGOTIATING PANEL IS HEREBY RECONSTITUTED TO BE COMPOSED OF THE FOLLOWING:

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Order

President

PUBLIC DOMAIN -- CONSULAR AREA, FORT BONIFACIO

Date of Approval

November 3, 2009

Subjects

Proclamation No. 1620, s. 2008

Full Title

ENJOINING THE NATION TO CELEBRATE SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 AS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY

Date of Approval

September 9, 2008

Subjects

DEMOCRACY

Proclamation No. 1724, s. 2009

Full Title

DECLARING THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE OF EACH YEAR AS “INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP WEEK”

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP WEEK

Date of Approval

February 10, 2009

Subjects

DIPLOMACY

Proclamation No. 1864, s. 2009

Full Title

DESIGNATING LANDBANK BUILDING 1 ALONG SEN. GIL PUYAT AVENUE, MAKATI CITY AS THE COMMON PREMISES OF THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

Date of Approval

August 24, 2009

Subjects

UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM

LANDBANK BUILDING 1

Proclamation No. 1881, s. 2009

Full Title

DECLARING SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 AS THE “INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES”

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance Type

President

Date of Approval

September 8, 2009

Subjects

United Nations (UN)

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE IN THE PHILIPPINES

PEACE

PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON THE PEACE PROCESS, OFFICE OF THE (OPAPP)

Republic Act No. 10066

Full Title

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE, STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA) AND ITS AFFILIATED CULTURAL AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

14th Congress of the Republic

Congress

Date of Approval

March 26, 2010

Subjects

ARTS AND CULTURE

TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA)

SENTRO RIZAL

PHILIPPINE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY

PHILIPPINE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE

PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR)

NATIONAL MUSEUM

National Library

NATIONAL HISTORICAL INSTITUTE (NHI)

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS

NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES

KOMISYON SA WIKANG FILIPINO

HISTORIC SITES

ETHNICITY

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI)

Department of Tourism (DOT)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DEPED)

culture

CULTURAL CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES

COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED)

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)

CULTURAL HERITAGE

CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009

HERITAGE ZONES

PHILIPPINE REGISTRY OF CULTURAL PROPERTY -- ESTABLISHMENT

SENTRO RIZAL -- CREATION NATIONAL

Republic Act No. 10168

Full Title

AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF FINANCING OF TERRORISM, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

TERRORISM FINANCING PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION ACT OF 2012

Date of Approval

June 18, 2012

Subjects

TERRORISM -- FINANCE

PUBLIC ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (PAO)

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE FINANCING OF TERRO

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)

ANTI-TERRORISM COUNCIL (ATC)

Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC)

Republic Act No. 10353

Full Title

AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE

Short Title

Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012

Date of Approval

December 21, 2012

Subjects

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)

NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCE (FIND)

FAMILIES OF DESAPARECIDOS FOR JUSTICE

Desaparecidos

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

Department of National Defense (DND)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG)

CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREAT

Commission on Human Rights (CHR)

ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP)

Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012

PROSECUTORS, PUBLIC

Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012 Involuntary Disappearances Desaparecidos Human Rights

Desaparecidos

HUMAN RIGHTS

Involuntary Disappearances

Republic Act No. 10364

Full Title

AN ACT EXPANDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9208, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INSTITUTE POLICIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN, ESTABLISHING THE NECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS FOR THE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Short Title

Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)

Date of Approval

February 6, 2013

Subjects

Children -- Trafficking

PROSTITUTION

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP)

Philippine Information Agency (PIA)

Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

OVERSEAS WORKERS AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA)

NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (NBI)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG)

COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS (CFO)

Child Welfare

Bureau of Immigration (BI)

WOMEN

Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012

Children--Trafficking

Women--Trafficking

Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking

Republic Act No. 9208 -- AMENDMENTS

Act No. 3815, Art, 202 -- AMENDMENTS

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

REPUBLIC

Republic Act No. 10378

Full Title

AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE PRINCIPLE OF RECIPROCITY AS BASIS FOR THE GRANT OF INCOME TAX EXEMPTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS AND RATIONALIZING OTHER TAXES IMPOSED THEREON BY AMENDING SECTIONS 28(A)(3)(a), 109, 118 AND 236 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (NIRC), AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

National Internal Revenue Code -- Amendments

Date of Approval

March 7, 2013

Subjects

TAXATION, EXEMPTION FROM -- CARGO HANDLING

RECIPROCITY

NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (NIRC)

Freight and freightage

Department of Finance (DOF)

CARGO HANDLING

TAXATION, EXEMPTION FROM -- FREIGHT AND FREIGHTAGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8424 -- AMENDMENTS

TAX EXEMPTIONS

Taxation -- International Carriers

Taxation-International Carriers

Republic Act No. 10817

Full Title

An act instituting the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Program, creating for the purpose the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Board, and for other purposes.

Short Title

Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Act of 2016

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

16th Congress of the Republic

Congress

Date of Approval

May 16, 2016

Subjects

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA)

PHILIPPINE HALAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION PROGRAM

PHILIPPINE HALAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION BOARD

PHILIPPINE HALAL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION ACT OF 2016

PHILIPPINE ACCREDITATION BUREAU (PAB)

NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MUSLIM FILIPINOS (NCMF)

HALAL

EXPORTS -- HALAL

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI). EXPORT MARKETING BUREAU (EMB)

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI). BUREAU OF PHILIPPINE STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (DTI)

PHILIPPINE HALAL PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT AND ACCREDITATION BOARD

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA). BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES STANDARDS (BAFS)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH). FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA).

Department of Science and Technology (DOST)

Republic Act No. 10906

Full Title

An act providing stronger measures against unlawful practices, businesses and schemes of matching and offering Filipinos to foreign nationals for purposes of marriage or common law partnership, repealing for the purpose Republic Act no. 6955, also referred to as the "Anti-Mail Order Bride Law".

Short Title

Anti-Mail Order Spouse Act

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

16th Congress of the Republic

Congress

Date of Approval

July 21, 2016

Subjects

ANTI-MAIL ORDER BRIDE LAW

ANTI-MAIL ORDER SPOUSE ACT

COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS (CFO)

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)

Philippine Commission on Women (PCW)

RA - 10906

Republic Act No. 11199

Full Title

AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND EXPANDING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8282, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1997".

Short Title

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2018

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM (SSS)

Date of Approval

February 7, 2019

Subjects

CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT

Social Security Commission

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2018

SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. OFFICE OF THE ACTUARY

GOVERNMENT OWNED AND CONTROLLED CORPORATION (GOCC)

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS)

INVESTMENT RESERVE FUND

OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW)

Republic Act No. 11227

Full Title

AN ACT MANDATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) TO DEVELOP, PUBLISH, DISSEMINATE AND UPDATE A HANDBOOK ON THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022.

Short Title

HANDBOOK FOR OFWs ACT OF 2018

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

COMMISSION ON FILIPINOS OVERSEAS (CFO)

Date of Approval

February 22, 2019

Subjects

OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION (OWWA)

OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFW)

OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKER (OFW) -- HANDBOOKS, MANUALS. ETC.

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)

HANDBOOK FOR OFWS ACT OF 2018

INTER-AGENCY COUNCIL AGAINST TRAFFICKING (IACAT)

MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY (MARINA)

Migrant labor

OVERSEAS

Republic Act No. 11261

Full Title

AN ACT WAIVING GOVERNMENT FEES AND CHARGES IN THE ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS.

Short Title

FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS ASSISTANCE ACT

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

UNIFIED MULTI-PURPOSE ID (UMID) CARD

Date of Approval

April 10, 2019

Subjects

BARANGAY CLEARANCE

TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS (TOR)

TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (TIN)

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OFFICE (PESO)

PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION (PRC)

POLICE CLEARANCE

NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CLEARANCE

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGU)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO)

JOBSTART PROGRAM

JOB HUNTING

HOSPITALS, PUBLIC

GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCS)

FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS ASSISTANCE ACT

FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE -- PHILIPPINES

FEES AND CHARGES (USER CHARGES) SEE USER CHARGES

USER CHARGES -- PHILIPPINES

BIRTH CERTIFICATE

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC)

CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT)

FEES AND CHARGES (USE)

Republic Act No. 11299

Full Title

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE FOR SOCIAL WELFARE ATTACHE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINO ACT OF 1995", AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance Type

Congress

Date of Approval

April 17, 2019

Subjects