2008 Executive Orders

No.	Date	Title
768	Nov 7, 2008	Modifying the rates of import duty of certain articles under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended), in order to implement the ASEAN Integration System of Preferences (AISP) Package fo the Philippines
767	Nov 7, 2008	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the commitment to reduce tarrif rates on certain products included in the agreement between the Republic of the Philippines and Japan for an economic partnership
766	Nov 7, 2008	Temporarily modifying the rates of import duty on cement and cement clinker under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended
765	Nov 7, 2008	Temporarily modifying the rates of import duty on wheat under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended
764	Oct 31, 2008	Adjusting the dividend rate of Nayong Pilipino Founation, Inc. (NPFI) for its 2006 and 2007 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
763	Oct 31, 2008	Placing the Office on Muslim Affairs under the oversignt of the Office of the President
762	Oct 28, 2008	Declaring and delineating the San Ricardo Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
761	Oct 23, 2008	Declaring and ddelineating the Cuyo Port Zone under the Administrative Jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
760	Oct 23, 2008	Transferring the Council for the Welfare of Children/National Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinating Council from the Department of Social Welfare and Development to the Office of the President
759	Oct 23, 2008	Creating a task force against illegal recruitment
758	Oct 20, 2008	Prescribing guidelines for the issuance of a special visa to non-immigrants for employment generation
757	Oct 13, 2008	Placing the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo) under the oversight of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)
755	Oct 3, 2008	Reinstating the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Regional Development Council
754	Oct 3, 2008	Further expanding the delineated Legazpi Port Zone as provided for under Executive Order No. 347, series of 1996, as amended by Executive Order No. 166, Series of 1999
753	Sept 29, 2008	Creating a Presidential Task Force for the Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and Development
752	Sept 19, 2008	Extending further the duration of operation of the Presidential Middle East Preparedness Committee (PMEPC) to 31 December 2008
751	Sept 15, 2008	Authorizing the secretary of energy to negotiate and conclude joint venutre, co-production, or production-sharing agreements for the exploration, development and utilization of mineral resourcesl
750	Sept 8, 2008	Creating the Sorsogon Bay Rehabilitation and Development Council
749	Aug 29, 2008	Downward divident rate adjustment of the Manila International Airport Authority on its 2005, 2006, and 2007 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
748	Aug 28, 2008	Providing for the opening of six (6) new Regional Consular Offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs
279-A	Aug 1, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 279
747	Aug 1, 2008	Creating the Cagayan River Basin Project Management Office and defining its scope of authority
746	Aug 1, 2008	Temporarily transferring the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples from the Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources to the Office of the President of the Philippines
745	July 30, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 469-A dated 11 October 2005 entitled "Creating the Minerals Developent Council, defining its powers and functions" to include the representation and participation of the local government units through the League of Municipalities of the Philippines, League of Provinces of the Philippines, League of Cities of the Philippines and the Liga ng mga Barangay sa Pilipinas
744	July 24, 2008	Requiring all departments and agencies with foreign assisted projects cost overruns over 10% to be automatically returned to the National Economic and Development Authority for evaluation by the Investment Coordinating Council
743	July 24, 2008	Creating a Task Force on Cotabato Flood Control
742	July 21, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 252 dated December 1, 2003, transferring the assets, functions, funds, personnel and records of the Municipal Development Fund Office to an affiliate corporation of the Land Bank of the Philippines, and for other purposes
741	July 21, 2008	Adjusting the divident rate of Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System on its 2006 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Repulic Act No. 7656
740	July 16, 2008	Adjusting the divident rates of selected government-owned and/or controlled corporations on their 2005 and 2006 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
739		Reorganizing the Peace and Order Council
738	July 14, 2008	Transferring the Local Water Utilities Administration from the Department of Public Works and Highways to the Department of Health
737	Jun 11, 2008	Establishing Intellectual Property Research and Training Institute as the Research and Training Arm of the Intellectual Property Office
735	Jun 20, 2008	Placing the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, created under Executive Order No. 62 dated January 15, 1999, under the Department of the Interior and Local Government
734	Jun 18, 2008	Transferring the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) from the Office of the President to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
733	Jun 16, 2008	Reorganizing the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCAD Council)
732	Jun 9, 2008	Creating the Presidential Task Force on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) International Passenger Terminal III, amending Executive Order No. 778 and 341 and for other purposes
731	Jun 7, 2008	Activating and reorganizing the Energy Operations Board into the Energy Contingency Task Force under the National Food and Energy Council
730	Jun 4, 2008	Adding two (2) private representatives to the Board of Advisers of the Commission on Higher Education
729	Jun 4 , 2008	Adding the Director General fo the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, or a duly designated representative, as additional member of the Teacher Education Council
728	Jun 2, 2008	Ensuring top-level attention and priority action on food and energy needs of the nation
727	May 26, 2008	Upgrading the Ports of Limay and Mariveles as a principal port of entry pursuant to Section 702 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines, as amended
726	May 23, 2008	Transferring the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples from the Department of Agrarian Reform to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
725	May 15, 2008	Directing and authorizing the Secreatry of Agriculture to manage and coordinate all efforts of relevant agencies of the Executive Department, government financial institutions and government-owned and controlled corporations to adopt measures to meet the challenge of the current world rice supply shortage
724	May 16, 2008	Reorganizing certain functions within the Bureau of Customs to make it more responsive to the intensified anti-smuggling thrusts of the government
723	May 12, 2008	Release of the amount of twelve billion five hundred seventy-six million nine hundred thirty-eight thousand pesos (P12, 576,938,000.00) for the Internal Revenue allotment difference due to the reenactment of the General Appropriatiosn Acts in Fiscal Years 2001 and 2004
721-A	Nov 3, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 721 entitled "Encouraging large corporations to provide for rice requirements of their employees"
721	May 2, 2008	Encouraging large corporations to provide for rice requirements of their employees
720	Apr 11, 2008	Establishment of a government-nongovernment partnership in the accreditation of Donee institutions relative to the tax deductibility of the charitable contributions under Section 34 (H) of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended
719	May 1 , 2008	Compensation Adjustments for government personnel
718	April 8, 2008	Authorizing the phased implementation of the Rationalization Plan of the National Irrigation Administration and the availment of the Separation Incentive Package under Executive Order No. 366
717	March 28, 2008	Declaring the Pasig River Dredging and Rehabilitation Works as a Presidential Priority Project
716	Apr 3, 2008	Transforming the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) into a subsidiary of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), adn amending Executive Order No. 193 for this purpose
715	March 28, 2008	Establishing the Gawad CES Award
714	March 12, 2008	Enhancing the government's institutional mechanism for interfaith activities, renaming the National Committee on Interfaith Cooperation, and for other purposes
713	March 12, 2008	Strengthening the authority of the Presidential Council on Values Formation towards the effective pursuit of a just and moral Philippine society, amending Executive Orders 314 and 347, and for other purposes
711	March 5, 2008	Attaching the Bicol River Basin Water Management Project to the Office of the President of the Philippines
710	Feb 27, 2008	Nationwide adoption of the corn-based farmer-scientists Research, Development and Extension (RDE) training program for sustainable agricultural development to liberate poor farmers from the bondage of poverty and hunger
709	Feb 26, 2008	Redefining the functions and organizational structure of the National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons which is renamed as the National Council on Disability Affairs and attached to the Office of the President, and amending for the purpose of Executive Order 676 (2007) and Executive Order 232 (1987)
708	Feb 26, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 152, series of 2002, and devolving the function of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor as the clearing house for the conduct of demolition and eviction activites involving the homeless and underprivileged citizens to the respective local government units (LGUs) having territorial jurisdiction over the proposed demolition and eviction activities of government agencies
707	Feb 18, 2008	Opening the Port of Aparri as a principal port of entry pursuant to Section 702 of the Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines as amended in relation to Republic Act No. 7922 or the Cagayan Special Economic Zone Act of 1995.
681-A	Feb 1, 2008	Amendments to certain provisions of Executive Order 681 dated 22 November 2007
706	Jan 18, 2008	Mandating the Secretary of Tourism to exercise the administration and control mandate of the Phlippine Tourism Authority over Boracay Island and for other purposes
705-A	April 10, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 705, Series of 2008, by including the higher education programs accredited by the four other accrediting agencies not to be subjected to the institutional quality assurance monitoring and evaluation process, and creating a coordinating council for accreditation headed by the Commission on Higher Education
705	Jan 2, 2008	Subjecting only non-accredited private schools for institutional quality assurance monitoring and evaluation
704	Jan 22, 2008	Amending Section 4 of E.O. No. 486 dated 12 January 2006 (Lifting the suspension of the application fo the tariff reduction schedule on petrochemicals and certain plastic products under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme for the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA))
703	Jan 22, 2008	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the commitment to reduce the tariff rates on eighty percent (80%) of the products in the inclusion list to zero percent under the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) scheme for the Asean Free Trade Area (AFTA)
702	Jan 22, 2008	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the preferential tariff rates on certain products under the Asean Industrial Cooperation (AICO) Scheme, in favor of Philippine Auto Components, Inc. (COE Nos. DENSO/2007/11 and DENSO/2007/12)
701	Jan 22, 2008	Directing all heads of departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and the instrumentalities of the government to support the power infrastructure requirements and the investment of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction-Philippines, Inc. in Subic and Mindanao
700	Jan 16, 2008	Identifying the Social Security Identification System as the core of the Unified Multi-Purpose Identification (ID) System and directing the Social Security System to implement the streamlining and harmonization of the ID systems of all government agencies and government-owned and controlled corporations
699	Jan 18, 2008	Amending the composition of the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission created under Executive Order No. 12, Series of 2001, as amended
698	Jan 18, 2008	Strengthening Proclamation No. 1937, S. 1977, which declared the Lungsod Silangan Townsite Reservation, and designating the local government units of Antipolo, San Mateo and Rodriguez, all in the Province of Rizal, as administrator of areas identified as new townsite for government employees of Metro Manila and Rizal Province
697	Jan 18, 2008	Placing the Office on the Muslim Affairs under the oversight of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and repealing Executive Order No. 517 dated March 20, 2006
696	Jan 18, 2008	Creating the Payapang Bayan Task Force (PBTF) on local peace initiatives
695	Jan 10, 2008	Devolving fully Burnham Park to the city government of Baguio
694	Jan 18, 2008	Enabling higher education institutions to opt to ladderize their education programs without need for issuance of permit from the Commission on Higher Education and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
693	Jan 18, 2008	Mandating that heads of government agencies having the rank and level of Department Secretary shall henceforth be addressed as secretary of their agencies
691	Jan 10, 2008	Temporarily modifying the rates of import duty on crude petroleum oils and refined petroleum products under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464), as amended
649-A	Apr 10, 2008	Amending Executive Order No. 649 (S. 2007) by designating the Secretary of Trade and Industry as Ex-Officio chairman of the Board, PITC and the Secretary of Health as Ex-Officio Chairman of the PITC-Pharma, Inc., among other purposes
504-A	Apr 10, 2008	Defining the powers and functions of the Subic Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCAD Council), amending Executive Order No. 504 (s. 2006), and for other purposes
662-B	May 16 , 2008	Amending Section Seven of Executive Order No. 662 (Series of 2007) entitled Enhancing Transparency Meaures under Republic Act No. 9184 and creating the Procurement Transparency Board

 

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