| Opinion
No. |
Title/
Subject |
1
Declined |
Relative to the implementation
of Adm. Order No. 37, authorizing the grant
of Amelioration Assistance to all government
personnel and clarification of Budget Circular
No. 16 dated 11/26/98, with regard to the
implementation of paragraph 3, sub paragraph
3.1 |
2
Declined |
Clarification on certain
functions of the DSWD in relation to certain
provisions of the Local Government Code of
1991:
-
Whether the power of the mayors to
issue permits
include the issuance of solicitation
permits for charitable
and public welfare purposes.
-
If mayors have the authority to issue
solicitation
permits, which office is authorized
to issue permits to
raise funds on national, regional, and
provincial level.
-
Whether organizations with Pres. Proclamations
authorizing them to conduct fund raising
activities have to
apply for a permit to all mayors in
the Phil's. If it is
nationwide in scope.
-
Whether non-government offices (NGOs)
should be
accredited by both the DSWD and LGU
where they are
operating.
|
3
Declined |
Clarification on certain
issues relating to the performance of duties,
powers and functions of the governing Board
of the National Book Development Board. |
4
Declined |
Validity of Memo Circular
No. 7 dated March 23, 1973 of the PAO, which
authorizes the cashier to deduct the equivalent
of one-day salary of all employees, payable
in four monthly installment for one fiscal
year. |
| 5 |
Request to confirm OGCC
Opinion dated Nov. 4, 1991, stating that all
positions in PAGCOR are confidential in nature
by operation of law. |
6
Declined |
Concerning an official
inquiry about drug trafficking case involving
the Vessel Caribbean Express I owned by Matatag
Shipping Corp., Manila. |
| 7 |
Request on the matter
of drug testing of government Special Investigators
of the NBI as a condition of their continued
employment with the Bureau. |
8
Declined |
Implementation of the
additional retirement benefits under DBP Board
Res. No.2987, series of 1983. |
| 9 |
Reconsideration of DOJ
Opinion No. 63 s. 1998, where the Asset Privatization
Trust is the proper government entity that
has the authority to leave out the 21 hectare
portion of Tala Estate, which was declared
alienable and disposable under RA No. 7999. |
| 10 |
Whether or not the City
Civil Registration of Manila could enter in
the civil registrar a "weird" name
of a child, which because of its length may
cause
inconvenience not only to the child but also
confusion to the public. |
| 11 |
Whether under existing
laws, rules and regulations, the request of
PACIFICAIR to offset the expenses it incurred
in establishing the Rural Air Transportation
in the in the enforcement of the safety standards
provisions of RA No. 7909, against its payables
to ATO be granted. |
12
Declined |
Request on the following:
-
Whether or not San Jiang Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Qualified as
bidder in the light of the fact that
is never purchased a
complete set of bidding documents, which
is required by
the Instruction to Bidders in the Invitation
for Bits No. 77
-
Which is the power course of action
to be taken by that
office to award the contract to the
next best bidder or
conduct a rebidding?
|
| 13 |
Clarification of DOJ Opinion
No. 127 s. 1998 dated Oct. 28, 1998 wherein,
interpreting the provisions of RA No. 8506,
an act barring the registration and operation
of vehicles with right hand steering wheel
in any private or public street, road or highway. |
| 14 |
Clarification concerning
Article 283 of the IRR of the local Government
Code of 1991, in relation to electric cooperatives,
which opt to register, or fail to register,
under RA No. 6938, the Cooperative Code of
the Phil., whether such cooperative continue
to enjoy tax exemption privileges Se. 39 of
PD No. 269. |
15
Declined |
Whether it can legally
set aside and disregard the guidelines prescribed
by Memo Cir. No. 61, as amended of the Farmers
in the Virginia Tobacco-Producing
Provinces. |
16
Declined |
Requesting the correct
interpretation of Sec.3 [c] of the Foreign
Investment Act of 1991 (RA No. 7042) as amended. |
| 17 |
Request on certain queries
pertaining to the proposed US$500 Million
bond offer being contemplated by the PAGCOR,
the proceeds of which are to be remitted in
full to the National Government to fund various
projects and programs of the Phil. Gov't. |
18
Declined |
Whether or not the City
of Tacloban may validly assess real property
tax against Leyte Park Hotel, Inc., property
owned in common by the Asset Privatization
Trust, the Phil. Tourism Authority and Province
of Leyte. |
| 19 |
Validity of Bid Bulleting
No. 11, which was issued by the DOTC relative
to the bidding out of the last phase of the
LRT, Contract P-4 (Systems, Rolling Stocks
and Tradeworks). |
| 20 |
Interpretation of RA 776,
the Revised Charter of the
Civil Aeronautics Board, as amended on
- The citizenship requirements necessary
for a domestic
corporation to engage in foreign air commerce
and air
transportation.
-
Whether international transportation
of cargo by air is a
public utility similar to that of transportation
of passengers
by air.
|
21
Declined |
Request on the interpretation
and application of the En Banc Decision of
the Supreme Court in GR Nos. 109406, 110642,
111494, 112056, and 119597. |
22
Declined |
Regarding the interpretation
of the meaning and scope of the term "proceeds"
as used in RA No. 5260, means gross or net
of the sale of the Welfareville property. |
23
Declined |
Concerning the judicial
reconstitution of titles involving lands,
which are subject to acquisition and distribution
under the CARP. |
24
Declined |
Whether or not the Lakas
Tulungan Multi-Purpose Cooperative formerly,
inc. may be exempted from "DBM DENR/
DPWH Manual" in taking a lease of lot
within the PNP Compound in Camp Crame, Quezon
City. |
| 25 |
Regarding the following
issues:
- Whether the regulation of cable television
stations fall
within the jurisdiction of the MTRCB
- Whether the MTRCB may impose appropriate
sanctions on cable television for violations
of PD No.
1986 and its implementing rules and regulations.
|
26
Declined |
Relating the account of
the Phil. Air Force (PAF) with Signal Aerospace. |
27
Declined |
Relative to the claim
of Ms. Yolanda G. Reyes, Division Chief III
of the Occupation Safety and Health Center
(OSHS) DOLE, for the payment of RATA.
|
28
Declined |
Legality of any action
relative to the implementation of a
Flood Control Project by the DPWH, specifically
on the
following:
- In the implementation of the project,
can the DPWH
Regional Office remove the fishponds outright
or may
the local government unit cause the abatement
extrajudicially?
- Is the issuance of a temporary restraining
order, against
the DPWH or the local government unit
proper under
the circumstances?
|
29
Declined |
Regarding the escrow agreement
between Environment Management Bureau (EMB)
& DBB to support the implementation of
strengthening measures for EIA. |
30
Declined |
Whether Cebu City is covered
by RA No. 7698, an act declaring Aug. 6 of
every year a special non-working Public Holiday
in the Province of Cebu. |
| 31 |
Regarding the following:
- Do news programs fall within the average
of the MTRCB, as provided for in Section
3 & 7 of PD No. 1986.
- Does the MTRCB have the power to deny
or cancel the exhibition permit of any
television programs for failure to comply
with PD 1986 and IRR, including the failure
to pay the corresponding fees and charges.
- Do television stations fall within the
purview of" other similar establishments
engaged in the public exhibition of motion
pictures and television programs"
which the Board may close if proven to
have violated the provision of PD 1986
& IRR.
|
| 32 |
Relating to the limit
of the participation of the members of a Commission
the exercise of its functions and duties. |
| 33 |
Whether or not the Ad
Hoc and Independent Citizens' Committee (AHICC)
is a public office and its chairman members
are public officials covered by the Civil
Service Laws Rules and Regulations and RA
No. 6713, which require divestment of financial
and other interests and the filing of statements
of asset and liabilities. |
| 34 |
Implementation of certain
provision of the Consumer Act of the Phil.
(RA No. 7394) relative to the extent of the
jurisdiction of the BFAD Director to impose
the administrative sanctions provided for
under said Act. |
35
Declined |
Re: legality of cockfighting. |
36
Declined |
Legality of the Dept.
of Health Adm. Order No.65 s. 1980, with regard
to nepotism.
|
37
Declined |
The status of Dormitories
"D" and "E", which are
currently being occupied by the EDPITAF, as
a unit under the Office of the Secretary of
Education, Culture and Sports. |
38
Declined |
Legality or constitutionality
of tax ordinance and revenue measures. |
| 39 |
Whether or not the Chief/
Director, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP) and the provincial governor have the
authority to grant "Good Conduct Time
Allowance (GCTA) "pursuant to Art. 99,
Rev. Penal Code. |
| 40 |
Re: Issue of the non-integration
by the DBM of the proposed budget of BIBAK
National High School (BIBAKNAS) in its budget
for FY 1999 in the Cordillera
Autonomous Region. |
| 41 |
Whether or not the members
coming from the private (AHICC) created under
Adm. Order No. 53 dated Feb. 24, 1999 still
have to file their statement of assets and
liabilities to divest and to stop the practice
of their profession during the life of the
AHICC pursuant to Sections 7, 8 & 9 of
RA 6713. |
| 42 |
Acceptability of a foreign
government of sovereign grantee in lieu of
a bid bond in the public bidding for the acquisition
of military equipment from manufacturers,
all of whom are foreign suppliers, relative
to the implementation of RA 7898 (AFP Modernization
Act). |
43
Declined |
Whether or not Tax Credit
Certificates granted in the duties and taxes
paid on raw materials and domestic capital
equipment by the Board of Investment (BOI)
could be used as payment of taxes to the Bureau
of Internal Revenue (BIR). |
| 44 |
Re: Interpretation and/
or implementation of the provision of RA No.
8551, otherwise known as the Phil. National
Police Reform Act of 1998. |
| 45 |
Whether or not the Additional
Compensation Allowance granted under Adm.
Order No. 53 dated May 17, 1993 is already
taxable. |
46
Declined |
Whether the Phil. National
Oil-Energy Development Corporation (PNOC-EDC)'s
real property is subject to the payment of
real property. |
47
Declined |
Re: Organizational structure
of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) as
a collegial body. |
| 48 |
Whether Sec.
131 of RA 8550; Phil. Fisheries Code of 1998,
which shows that the Code did not repeal RA
7611 (The Strategic Environmental PLAN [SEP]
for Palawan Act), deserves the interpretation
that the provisions of the
Fisheries Code, particularly its penal provisions,
have no application to the Province of Palawan. |
49
Declined |
Whether or not privately
owned electric distribution utilities, which
have long-term power supply contracts with
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) should
be allowed to recover their "stranded
costs" resulting from the change in regulatory
regime through a "Special fee or levy". |
50
Declined |
Confirming
the authority and the legality of executing
a Performance Undertaking by the National
Government on the NPC obligations under the
BROT Agreement. |
| 51 |
Legality of seeking private
establishment as sponsors for certain activities
of the census taking. |
52
Declined |
Regarding the following
issues:
- Whether the public affairs programs,
fall within the jurisdiction of the MTRCB.
- Whether the MTRCB can require that
television public affairs programs be
submitted for appropriate review and classification
and collect appropriate fees.
- Whether the MTRCB can impose appropriate
sanctions on the public affairs programs
and television stations producing or airing
the same for violations of PD No. 1986
and its implementing rules.
- Whether the MTRCB can exercise its powers
on the above subject despite the pendency
of case concerning a program classified
as a "Public Affairs Program".
|
53
Declined |
Request on the following
issues:
- Whether or not the NGCHP can legally
issue a contract
to sell to its program beneficiaries without
the TCT
number and Technical Description.
- Whether or not the PHASE-LAD Program
of the
NGCHP can still push through for annulment
of titles
before the RTC, Q. C. Br. 77 with NGCHP
as one of the
Defendants.
- Whether or not the opinion of NGCHP
Legal Office on
the legality of awarding certificates
of lot entitlement to
community associations is still applicable
in this case.
|
54
Declined |
Whether the appointment
of Mr. Tirso L. Tan, as President of Siquijor
State College is still valid even if he had
reached the compulsory retirement age of 65
years. |
55
Declined |
Whether credit and charge
card issuers (Card Companies) fall within
the definition of Financing Companies under
Sec. 3 [a] of RA 8556 and should therefore
be regulated as such. |
| 56 |
Identity of the Fund for
Assistance to Private Education (FAPE) and
whether its status as such could enable it
to obtain a national government grantee in
contracting loans from multilateral or bilateral
funding sources. |
57
Declined |
Regarding the appointment
of Prof. Diammael M. Lucman as President of
the MSU and the Search Committee for the MSUS-Presidency. |
58
Declined |
Whether or
not Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)-registered
enterprises are exempt from the payment of
wharfage dues on their importation. |
59
Declined |
Whether or not the Province
of Rizal is still entitled to a share in the
realty tax collections of the City of Antipolo
upon its conversion from the municipality
into a component city. |
| 60 |
Whether or not the Asset
Privatization Trust (APT) has the power to
compromise the legal cases instituted by or
against it including the authority to condone
interest, penalties and other charges as an
incident thereto, in order
to clear the legal impediment that hinder
the expeditions disposition of the remaining
non-performing assets of the National Government,
which are held in trust by APT. |
| 61 |
Regarding the proper interpretation
of par. 5 Sec. 8 of Republic Act No. 8498
(Ramon Magsaysay Technological University). |
62
Declined |
Validity or legality of
Joint Cir. No. 99-3 promulgated jointly by
the GSIS and DBM, which provides guidelines
in the payment of the government statutory
expenditures on personal sources of contractual
employees. |
63
Declined |
Interpretation of a certain
provision of the 1999 (General Appropriations
Act (RA No. 8745), pertaining to the allocation
of local government units under Internal Revenue
Allotment. |
64
Declined |
Re-negotiation of the
bid price of the contract executed by E.L.
Enterprises, Inc. with the National Telecommunications
Commissions. |
65
Declined |
Clarification on whether
ATO can stop billing and subsequently write-off
its accounts receivables from PAL. |
66
Declined |
Whether or not, the full-time
Commissioner Member IV and the Chairman of
the Commission IV, of the Commission on the
Filipino language (CFL) shall have the same
monthly salary. |
67
Declined |
Possibility or legality
integrating the Land Evaluation Parties (LEPs)
to the National Mapping and Resource Authority
(NAMRIA), an agency attached to the DENR,
pursuant to Sections 22[a] and [24]e of EO
192, s. 1997. |
| 68 |
Whether members of Congress
who intend to leave for abroad are still required
to secure authority to travel from the Office
of the President. |
69
Declined |
Whether the local government
of Dumaguete City had jurisdiction to convert
or alter the use of a national road into a
"promenade" and " walking mall". |
| 70 |
Whether or not the Philippine
Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is liable to
pay the real property taxes assessed by the
City of Lapu-Lapu. |
71
Declined |
Legality of the plan to
help reduce the influx of prohibited drugs
entering country thru the International Airports
particularly the setting up of "prohibited
and regulated drugs drop boxes", wherein
arriving passengers could leave the prohibited
and regulated drugs from their possessions
in absolute onfidentiality and without risk
of arrest and prosecution. |
| 72 |
Whether conflict of interest
exists with respect to Mr. Remulla's position
as President and Chairman of the Board of
his family's corporation and his appointment
as Presidential Adviser on Local Government
with the rank
of Cabinet Secretary. |
| 73 |
Relating to the interpretation
and/or implementation of certain provisions
of RA No. 8551, otherwise known as the "Philippine
National Police Reform and Reorganization
Act 1998". |
| 74 |
Reconsideration of the
Department's Opinion No. 5 s.1999 and for
confirmation of OGCC Opinion dated Nov. 4,
1991, stating that all positions in PAGCOR
are
confidential in nature by operation of law. |
75
Declined |
Regarding the age requirements
for the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Pasay (PLP)
Presidency. |
76
Declined |
Clarification of the DDB's
position in the creation, structure and function
of the Regional Board. |
77
Declined |
Regarding river easements
in relation to the Pasig River Rehabilitation
Commission's (PRRC's) mandate to develop and
rehabilitate the Pasig River |
78
Declined |
Whether or not the DPWH
can execute or implement the RTC decision
declaring DPWH Dept. Order No. 195, s. 1992,
null and void and consequently allow corporations
to engage in consultancy services pending
appeal of the
said RTC Decision with the court of Appeals. |
| 79 |
Feasibility of vesting
members of the Phil. National Police (PNP)
with the power to conduct on-the-spot tests
for drug use and from drunken driving. |
80
Declined |
Concerning the Polytechnic
University of the Phils. (PUP's) purchase
of spare parts for the Universal Testing Machine,
the proposed constructions of the building
and the appointment of Ms. Carague as the
President of PUP. |
| 81 |
Legality of the possible
exchange of Abaca germ plasma between the
Philippines and Ecuador, in the light of existing
laws prohibiting the exportation of abaca
seeds, seedlings, sucker or rootstocks. |
| 82 |
Whether the Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFA) could legally charge
the public the new machine-readable Passports
Visas (MRP/V) rates for passports while the
Regional Consular Offices and the Foreign
Service Posts continue issuing passports using
the current Manuel System. |
83
Declined |
Interpretation of certain
provisions of RA No. 8042, otherwise known
as the Migrant Workers Act of 1995 particularly
Section 23, 29 and 30. |
| 84 |
Regarding the following
matters:
- Whether or not RA No. 8558 has effectively
amended
the Social Security Law (RA No. 1161),
as amended by
RA No. 8282.
- Whether or not the Social Security Commission
(SSC)
can reduce the SS retirement age from
60 to 55 for
underground mine workers by issuing rules
and regulations
in the exercise of its rule making power.
|
85
Declined |
Whether or not Ms. Kathryn
dela Cruz, OIC of the Construction Industry
Authority of the Philippines (CIAP), has the
power to appoint people to vacant position
in the Executive Office, CIAP. |
| 86 |
Validity of Section 54
(a) of the amended Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of RA No. 7718 in view with
its consistency with Section 36 of RA No.
4566, which states the requirement of a bidder,
whether he is a resident of the Philippines
or not. |
87
Declined |
Re: appointment of the
President of Central Mindanao University. |
| 88 |
Clarification on certain
issues related to the legal implications of
the full implementation of the TRIM Agreement
under the auspices of the World Trade
Organization (WTO) vis-à-vis the continued
enforcement and implementation of certain
measures like EO 259 s. 1987 (An act to rationalize
the Soap Detergent Surfactant Industry), wherein
the WTO conflicts with the provisions of the
TRIM Agreement. |
89
Declined |
Request as to the basis
of the just compensation to be given to the
unpaid owners of private lands, which were
already occupied by the government prior to
the effectivity of AO No. 50 issued on Feb.
17, 1999. |
90
Declined |
Interpretation of the
ff:
- Proc. No. 1169 s. 1998, declaring a
parcel of land located east of Commonwealth
Ave., Q.C. as mixed use area for government
complexes, building and officers, socialized
housing units.
- Memo Order No. 471, creating the National
Government Center Eastside Development
Committee, and providing guidelines for
the implementation of Proc. 1169; and
- Art. I, Sec. 3(e), Art. IV, Sec. 8,
Par. 2 of RA No. 7279.
|
| 91 |
Legality of the requirement
imposed by the National Irrigation Administration
(NIA) to impose the submission of certificates
of acceptance from LGUs as primary condition
for prequalification of bidders for a project
funded by the Overseas Economic Cooperation
Fund (OECF) of Japan. |
92
Declined |
Validity of Transfer Certificate
of Title in the name of Bohol Cattle Corporation
and the numerous farmers who want to acquire
title to their occupied portions under the
CARP. |
93
Declined |
Relating to the exercise
of administrative jurisdiction over the North
Cotabato College of Arts and Trade (NCCAT)
in Kidapawan City. |
94
Declined |
Concerning the cases of
Ms. Penales, Director of the Administrative
Service, and Mr. Botero, a Senior livelihood
Officer of the National Housing Authority
who is on secondment to that Department and
who has been appointed by Pres. Estrada as
Director of the NBOO. |
| 95 |
Whether or
not cable television should be classified
as a broadcast or mass media, telecommunication
or a separate category altogether. |
94
Declined |
Clarification on the question
whether the Office on Muslim Affairs is one
of the government agencies that will be place
under the control and supervision of the SPCPD
pursuant to the Peace Agreement by and between
the GRP and the MNLF with the participation
of the Organization of Islamic Conference
Ministerial Committee of the Six and the Secretary
General of the Organization of Islamic Conference. |
| 97 |
Request on the ff: issues:
- Whether the grant of Philippine citizenship
to the alien
wife and minor children of a naturalized
Filipino citizen is
automatic, without need of any proceeding
to perfect the
said grant of citizenship pursuant to
CA No. 473 and
PD No. 1379.
- Can the DFA issue a passport to the
said alien wife
and minor children and dispense with the
Identification
Certificate being issued by the Bureau
of Immigration?
|
| 98 |
Whether or not the voluntary
offer of Mrs. Armas to waive and/ or her assign
the full amount of her accountability to RSC
would constitute sufficient ground
for the dismissal of her pending criminal
case before the RTC Branch in Morong, Rizal. |
99
Declined |
Clarification on the appropriate
action to take relative to the mayoralty controversy
at Santiago City. |
100
Declined |
Re: Government's proposed
acquisition for right of way purposes of portions
of the properties of API in San Dionisio,
Paranaque to be affected by the C-5 link segment
of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project
(MICTEP). |
| 101 |
Whether or not RA 8506
prohibits the important of right hand vehicles
destined for the Special Economic Zones, in
view of the existence of Sec. 12 (b) of RA
7227, which provides for the operation and
management of the Special
Economic Zones as a separate customs territory
ensuring the free flow of goods and capital
within, into and exported out of the Special
Economic Zones. |
| 102 |
Re: status of the sectoral
representatives appointed by the President
upon nomination by their respective sectors
and recommendation by the Secretary of Labor
and Employment. |
103
Declined |
Request on the status
and category of the Occupational Safety and
Health Center (OSHC), an attached agency of
the Department of Labor and Employment. |
| 104 |
Clarification on the issue
of whether or not the appointment of Secretary
Uriarte of the DOST as Chairman of the Presidential
Commission on Year 2000
Compliance would be violative of the constitutional
prohibition on the holding of multiple positions
in the government by a Cabinet Member. |
105
Declined |
Request concerning the
draft IRR and the effects brought about by
EO No. 135 dated July 19, 1999, revitalizing
the NITC and the NCC. |
| 106 |
Whether or not the Garments
and Textile Executive Board (GETB)
- Is authorized under the law to revise
its rules and regulations;
- May increase the fees it presently collects
for the issuance of export quotas, export
authorizations, export licenses and other
related services; and
- Whether the introduction of reforms
to the present quota allocation system
is in consonance with prevailing laws.
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107
Declined |
Relating to the implementation
of EO No. 75, s. 1999, on the separation benefits
of the emloyees of the National Livelihood
Support Fund (NLSF), now Effective Response
to Alleviate Poverty (ERAP) Trust Fund. |
| 108 |
Whether the employees
of the Metro Transit Organization, Inc., a
corporation wholly owned by the LRTA, can
legally go on strike in pursuance of their
demands for economic benefits. |
109
Declined |
Re: Deed of Donation and
Acceptance and Memorandum of Agreement executed
be and among the Dept. of Agriculture (DA),
National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Bureau
of Plant Industry (BPI) Creekside Neighborhood
Association, Inc. |
110
Declined |
Re-examine DOJ Opinion
No. 80 s. 1995 wherein developers of proposed
condominium projects are not covered by the
20% requirements for socialized housing development
imposed on developers of proposed subdivision
projects by Sec. 18 of RA 7279. |
111
Declined |
Legality of seeking re-election
in the forthcoming 2001 local elections by
Vice-Governor Espinosa and five other members
of the Provincial Board. |
112
Declined |
Whether or not the Office
of the SUC President III, Cebu State College
of Science and Technology (CSCST) System can
fill the position of Administrative Officer
V, which was left vacant by the holder due
to removal from service. |
| 113 |
Re: interpretation of
the provision of Sec. 3 of RA No. 8752 otherwise
known as the "Anti-Dumping Act of 1999". |
| 114 |
Re: status of the former
Surigao del Norte Provincial Hospital in Surigao
City, which was converted by RA No. 8255 into
a regional hospital and now known as the Caraga
Regional Training Hospital. |
115
Declined |
Whether or not accrued
leave credits of government employees commuted
to cash (monetized), without regard to the
number of days are subject to income tax. |
| 116 |
Legality of the proposed
amendment to the Rules and Regulations Implementing
Sec. 18 of RA 7279, otherwise known as the
"Urban Development and Housing Act of
1992". |
117
Declined |
Re: confirmation of Presidential
Appointees by the Commission on Appointments
and interpretation and/or application of the
new Commission on Appointment Rules promulgated
on Aug. 25, 1999. |
118
Declined |
Clarification on certain
issues relating to the term of office of the
members of the Governing Board of the National
Book Development Board (NBDB). |
119
Declined |
Whether presidential authority
is required before a police officer appointed
by the President can be investigated by the
People's Law Enforcement Board (PLEB). |
| 120 |
Re: registration of a
purported election of Philippine citizenship
of Ms. Shiroma. |
121
Declined |
Whether or not the deletion/delisting
of the phrase "private domestic construction"
from the 3rd Regular Foreign Investment Negative
Lis, in effect:
- Disallows any foreign equity in private
domestic
construction contracts (prohibition on
practice of
profession by foreigners of List A of
the Negative List);
- Allows 40% of foreign equity in private
domestic
construction contracts, which is allowed
under Sec. 20 of
RA No. 4566, which provides for the corporate
practice
of construction.
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