AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 243 CREATING A PHILIPPINE VETERANS INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL GROUP TERM INSURANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM OR OTHER INSURANCE FIRMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT SHARE OF THE PREMIUMS THEREFOR

FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 1 (C) OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 150 RE: FOREIGN BORROWING ACT

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE COTTON CORPORATION AS A CENTRAL AUTHORITY TO UNDERTAKE, IMPLEMENT AND SUPERVISE COTTON PRODUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 252 “AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

AMENDING SECTIONS 6 AND 8 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 218 DATED JUNE 16, 1973

FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE SOCIAL SECURITY LAW”

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 286, DATED SEPTEMBER 5, 1973, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AUTHORIZING THE REVERSION OF THE ACCUMULATED THIRTY (30%) PERCENT SINKING FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY OF MANILA, FOR THE UNDERTAKING OF ITS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN ENTITLED “AN ACT TO REGULATE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHEN ON OFFICIAL TRAVEL WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES”

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 333

CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR ADVANCED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES; DEFINING ITS ORGANIZATION, POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

CREATING THE PROVINCES OF NORTH COTABATO, MAGUINDANAO AND SULTAN KUDARAT

CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF DATU PAGLAS IN THE PROVINCE OF MAGUINDANAO

CREATING THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PRESIDENT QUIRINO, MARIANO MARCOS AND ESPERANZA IN THE PROVINCE OF SULTAN KUDARAT

AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 251 WHICH AMENDED REPUBLIC ACT 3840, AS AMENDED

GRANTING LONGEVITY PAY TO CIVILIAN INVESTIGATION AGENTS OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SERVICE, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, AND TO CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE/UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCESOF THE PHILIPPINES

AMENDING PART III, ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 2 AND 5 (G), OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN APPROVED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1 DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1972.

AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “GEODETIC ENGINEERING LAW,” AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 202

CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL OIL COMPANY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AUTHORIZING AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE THE IMPORTATION, FREE OF DUTIES, OF CERTAIN FINISHED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REPARATIONS LAW

REQUIRING THAT ALL PUBLIC FORESTS BE DEVELOPED, MANAGED, AND UTILIZED ON A SUSTAINED YIELD BASIS WITH THE BENEFIT OF TECHNICAL FORESTRY KNOW-HOW OF REGISTERED FORESTERS

PENALIZING TIMBER SMUGGLING OR ILLEGAL CUTTING OF LOGS FROM PUBLIC FORESTS AND FOREST RESERVES AS QUALIFIED THEFT.

DIRECTING THAT TELEGRAPHIC TOLL FEES IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSMITTAL OF COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES BY PRIVATE CITIZENS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE SECRETARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHAIRMAN OF THE SPECIAL CABINET COMMITTEE TO CHECK ON BACK-SLIDING, AND ALL ACTION COMMITTEES OF SAID CABINET COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ALL PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS AND CITY MAYORS, BE LIMITED TO TEN CENTAVOS PER TELEGRAM

AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 213, DATED JUNE 16, 1973, BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD GRANTED THEREIN UP TO NOVEMBER 30, 1973

EXEMPTING IMPORTED AND/OR CONSIGNED READY-MADE KRAFT PAPER BAGS FROM PAYMENT OF DUTIES, TAXED AND OTHER CHARGES

PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

EXCLUDING FROM THE MARIQUINA WATERSHED RESERVATION UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FORMER NATIONAL WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITY, NOW METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM, CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN AND OPENING THE SAME TO EXPLOITATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT

AMENDING SECTION 21 AND SECTION 51 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

AMENDING SECTION 3 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 291 AND INSERTING A NEW SECTION ON THE REGULATION OF OFFICE HOURS IN THE MONTH OF RAMADAN THEREBY CHANGING THE NUMBERS OF ALL SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS

APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENLARGED COURT OF APPEALS PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 289 DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 1973

FURTHER AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED PHILIPPINE HIGHWAY ACT, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREES NUMBERS SEVENTEEN AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY

AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIAL CALAMITY FUND ACT OF NINETEEN SEVENTY-TWO, APPROPRIATING THREE HUNDRED MILLION PESOS FOR EXPENDITURES OCCASIONED BY TYPHOONS, RAINS AND FLOODS IN THE MONTHS OF JUNE AND JULY, NINETEEN SEVENTY-TWO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

LIMITING THE POWER OF CITIES TO INCREASE TAX ON PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INSURANCE ACT, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 63

PROHIBITING THE EJECTMENT OF TENANT-TILLERS FROM THEIR FARMHOLDINGS PENDING THE PROMULGATION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27

PROVIDING THAT LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATES ISSUED PURSUANT TO PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 27 SHALL BE ACCEPTED BY FINANCING INSTITUTIONS AS COLLATERAL FOR LOANS

INCREASING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON GASOLINE, LUBRICATING OIL AND AUTOMOTIVE DIESEL OIL BY AMENDING SECTIONS 142 AND 145 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

APPROPRIATING THIRTY MILLION (P30-M) PESOS TO COVER THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND COMMON SHARES AT ONE HUNDRED PESOS A SHARE SUBSCRIBED BY THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PHILIPPINE AMANAH BANK

FURTHER AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK

AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 233, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973-1974

PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL DECORATION TO BE KNOWN AS “KAGITINGAN SA BARANGAY” AND THE “BARANGAY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE” TO BE AWARDED TO MEMBERS AND/OR UNITS OF THE INTEGRATED CIVILIAN HOME DEFENSE FORCES (ICHDF) AND OTHER CIVILIAN OFFICIALS WHO HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES IN THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST INSURGENTS, SUBVERSIVES, AND OTHER LAWLESS ELEMENTS

ESTABLISHING RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE SPEEDY DISPOSITION OR SETTLEMENT OF CONFLICTING MINING CLAIMS

AMENDING THE APPROVED STAFFING PATTERN OF THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE BY CREATING NEW DIVISIONS/UNITS THEREIN INCLUDING THE INCREASE OR POSITIONS IN THE EXAMINATION AND CLERICAL GROUPS AND PART IV, CHAPTER I, ARTICLE II, PARAGRAPHS 10 AND 11, OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN

AMENDING PARAGRAPH 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 12, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “CREATION OF ADJUDICATION AND INVESTIGATION BOARDS IN THE POLCOM”

CONVERTING THE MAJOR FERDINAND E. MARCOS HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYOMBONG, PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, INTO THE MAJOR FERDINAND E. MARCOS VETERANS REGIONAL HOSPITAL

AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE GOVERNING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 76 AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 261 BY EXTENDING THE DATE OF ACCRUAL OF THE BASIC TAX ON REAL PROPERTY ACTUALLY, DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY USED BY THE OWNER THEREOF FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

EXCLUDING FROM THE PROPERTIES TRANSFERRED TO THE LAND BANK UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6390 CERTAIN PARCELS THEREOF FOR USE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY COMMAND