AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4126, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, INTO A UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES

AN ACT CREATING ONE (1) ADDITIONAL REGIONAL TRIAL COURT BRANCH FOR THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, WITH STATION AT THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 14, PARAGRAPH (i) OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1981

AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM THE AMUSEMENT TAX AS PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, BOXING CONTESTS FOR A RECOGNIZED WORLD TITLE

AN ACT DEFINING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT GRANTING EQUAL RIGHT TO WIVES AND HUSBANDS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 333 AND 334 OF ACT NUMBERED 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE 'PALUWAGAN NG BAYAN,' DEFINING ITS PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS

AN ACT VESTING IN ALL CITY AND MUNICIPAL MAYORS THE AUTHORITY TO EXERCISE EXCLUSIVE DIRECT OPERATIONAL SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OVER ALL CITY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES TASKED WITH THE DUTY OR FUNCTIONS OF ISSUING ALL KINDS OF CITY OR MUNICIPAL PERMITSAND LICENSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ALLOWING THE USE OF ELECTION PROPAGANDA THROUGH MASS MEDIA UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE, SUBPARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION ELEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6646, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ELECTORAL REFORMS LAW OF 1987, AND SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE, AS AMENDED

AN ACT DECLARING CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE AND THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AS PART OF THE CONFIDENTIAL STAFF OF THE APPOINTING OFFICIALS IN SAID BUREAUS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND HOMELESS DECENT HOUSING UNITS AT AFFORDABLE COST BY GRANTING ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATING IN SOCIALIZED HOUSING, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7279, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING ACT OF 1992

AN ACT TO ACHIEVE SELF-RELIANCE IN THE COUNTRY'S ENERGY REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE EXPLOITATION OF NON-CONVENTIONA L ENERGY RESOURCES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BIOMASS, SOLAR, WIND, MICROHYDRO AND OCEAN ENERGY, PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS,MANUFACTURERS AND USERS OF NON-CONVENTIONA L ENERGY SYSTEMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE III OF 1987 CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH (d), SECTION 5 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, "CREATING THE PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION AND PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED SIX HUNDREDAND FIFTY SEVEN(RE: LICENSURE EXAMINATION SCHEDULED ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS)

AN ACT TO CONSTRUCT THE CAPUL CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT INCREASING THE BENEFITS OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 393 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT TO ACCORD GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES A COMMUTABLE FIVE (5) WORKING DAYS LEAVE OF ABSENCE, WITH PAY, IN ADDITION TO EXISTING LEAVE BENEFITS GRANTED TO THEM, IN CASE ANY MEMBER OF HIS/HER FAMILY DIES

AN ACT EXEMPTING SENIOR CITIZENS WHOSE INCOME IS NOT MORE THAN NINETY-SIX THOUSAND PESOS (P96,000.00) PER ANNUM, FROM PAYMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAX OF THEIR FAMILY HOMES AND THE LAND ON WHICH IT IS SITUATED, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO.7432

AN ACT TO REVISE THE FORMULA FOR ALLOCATING FUNDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO CORRECT INEQUITIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 285 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE NORTHERN SAMAR PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN CATARMAN N. SAMAR, INTO EASTERN VISAYAS REGIONAL HOSPITAL UNDER THE SUPERVISION, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF PEDOPHILIA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFOR

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF SECTORAL REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SANGGUNIAN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A HOME FOR THE AGED AND DISABLED IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF NORTHERN SAMAR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT PUNISHING ANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE, INSERTING FOR THE PURPOSE A NEW SECTION BETWEEN SECTIONS FIFTY-SEVEN AND FIFTY-EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX

AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN JOSE TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, INTO A MERCHANT MARINE SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS SAN JOSE MERCHANT MARINE COLLEGE, CONFERRING THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION, MAJOR IN NAVIGATION AND SEAMANSHIP, AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MARINE TRANSPORTATION, MAJOR IN STEAM ENGINE AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, PROVIDING FOR A MERCHANT MARINE COLLEGE BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REGULATING THE SALE OF TICKETS AND COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, SOLICITATION IN ANY FORM, AND/OR ANY SIMILAR FUND-RAISING ACTIVITY, IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONSTHEREFOR

AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF PEDOPHILIA AND IMPOSING PENALTIES THEREFOR

AN ACT EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING AND PRESCRIBING STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFOR

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF LAVEZARES AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, MUNICIPALITY OF LAVEZARES, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR TO DON BASILIO B. CHAN MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

AN ACT CREATING THE POSITION OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT OFFICER IN THE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

AN ACT CONVERTING AND DECLARING CERTAIN ROADS IN THE FIRST DISTRICT, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, INTO NATIONAL ROADS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STOREY TWELVE-CLASSROO M SCHOOLBUILDING FOR THE BALICUATRO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALLEN, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, AND TO PROVIDE SAID COLLEGE THE NECESSARY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SAN ANTONIO AIRPORT IN THE ISLAND MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ANTONIO, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT TO CONSTRUCT A TWO-STOREY TEN-ROOM SCHOOL BUILDING FOR THE MONDRAGON AGRO-INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MONDRAGON, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 1, SECTION 18 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION OF THE FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, INTEGRATING ALL LAWS PERTINENT THERETO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES'(RE: FISHERY-RELATED ACTIVITIES IN MUNICIPAL WATER)

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS, STYROFOAM, ALUMINUN FOILS AND NON-BIODEGRADAB LE MATERIALS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT AUTHORIZING GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS TO UTILIZE ALL INCOME FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO UPGRADE THE SALARY SCALE OF A RETIRING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE BY ONE GRADE FOR PURPOSES OF HIS/HER RETIREMENT

AN ACT REQUIRING THE PAYMENT OF REAL PROPERTY TAXES AS A CONDITION PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF MACHINERY

AN ACT LIMITING THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF NIGHTCLUBS, COCKTAIL LOUNGES, BARS AND SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS, AND PENALIZING THE VIOLATION THEREOF

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY GALUTAN, MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN, NORTHERN SAMAR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE GALUTAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE III OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A UNIFORM REWARD SYSTEM IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CRIMES AND LAWLESSNESS

AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO ALL DULY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF BARANGAY TANOD BRIGADES DURING THEIR INCUMBENCY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ADJUSTING PENSIONS UNDER THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM TO A MINIMUM LEVEL OF EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS (P8,000.00) UNDER AN ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT PENSION PROGRAM

AN ACT TO GRANT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (ECC) FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A POULTRY OR PIGGERY BUSINESS

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8589, ENTITLED `AN ACT GRANTING THE SAMARTEL, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE ISLAND OF SAMAR'

AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT-OWNE D AND/OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO SUBMIT THEIR ANNUAL BUDGETS TO CONGRESS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE BARANGAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT APPROACH FOR NUTRITION IMPROVEMENT (BIDANI) OF THE RURAL POOR AS A NETWORK PROGRAM OF THE PARTICIPATING STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR