AN ACT RATIONALIZING FURTHER THE STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, OTHER SPECIAL PENAL LAWS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN BELOW 15 YEARS OF AGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNDERTAKINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 12, ARTICLE VIII OF R.A. 7610.

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7637 ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN BILLION PESOS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION AND LIVELIHOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO, CREATING THE MT. PINATUBO ASSISTANCE RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS TO DECLARE DIVIDENDS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE OF HOUSEHELPERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 143 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT REVISING THE EXCISE TAX BASE, ALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE INCREMENTAL REVENUE COLLECTED FOR THE EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN WORKERS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 142 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

THE NEW CENTRAL BANK ACT

AN ACT ALLOWING THE LONG-TERM LEASE OF PRIVATE LANDS BY FOREIGN INVESTORS.

AN ACT TO REVITALIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED

AN ACT REPEALING SECTION 1404 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 1401 AND 1403 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, RELATIVE TO THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF IMPORTED ARTICLES.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS, INSTRUMENTALITIES OR AGENCIES INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS (GOCCS) TO DEDUCT AND WITHOLD THE VALUE-ADDED TAX DUE AT THE RATE OF THREE PERCENT (3%) ON GROSS PAYMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SIX PERCENT (6%) ON GROSS RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY CONTRACTORS.

AN ACT PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ELECTRIC POWER CRISIS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DATE OF REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR REGIONAL GOVERNOR, REGIONAL VICE-GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSIONER OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE TO PRESCRIBE THE PLACE FOR PAYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES BY LARGE TAXPAYERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

bAN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE RENT CONTROL PERIOD FOR CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AMENDING THEREBY BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 877, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZATION AND REGULATION OF RENTALS OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED.

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR TAX EVASION, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE PERTINENT SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PROVIDING FOR RETIREMENT PAY TO QUALIFIED PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY RETIREMENT PLAN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT

AN ACT CONSTITUTING THE LEGISLATIVE-EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT IN PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION OUT OF THE OIL PRICE STABILIZATION FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1956, AS AMENDED

AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO ENERGY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF THE VALUE-ADDED TAX EVERY MONTH AND TO ALLOW LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO SHARE IN VAT REVENUE, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN BILLION PESOS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION AND LIVELIHOOD SERVICES AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ERUPTION OF MT. PINATUBO, CREATING THE MT. PINATUBO ASSISTANCE, RESETTLEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-SUBVERSION ACT

AN ACT GRANTING RADIO SORSOGON NETWORK, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO/TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE BICOL REGION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT TO THE BOHOL CHRONICLE RADIO CORPORATION OF THE FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELEVISION AND RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL GRANTED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO TO ZOILO DEJARESCO, JR., AND ALL THE PROPERTIES AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED THEREUNDER OF ZOILO DEJARESCO, JR., AND RENEWING THE TERMS OF THE SAID FRANCHISE TO ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE DATE OF EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT.

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3259, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS, FOR DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RADIOPHONE," EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE BY TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM AUGUST 9, 1996 AS PROVIDED IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4905, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE MANAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MANAY, PROVINCE OF DAVAO ORIENTAL, FROM TEN (10) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MAGUINDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MAGUINDA, BUTUAN CITY, TO SANTIAGO B. ECLEO, SR. MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE DINAGAT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINAGAT, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE, TO DON RUBEN E. ECLEO, SR. MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE NORTHERN LA UNION MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALAOAN, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, TO BALAOAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE STA. CRUZ MEDICARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CRUZ, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, FROM FIFTEEN (15) TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE CALBAYOG DISTRICT HOSPITAL, CALBAYOG, WESTERN SAMAR, FROM SEVENTY-FIVE (75) TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY PAGDUQUE, MUNICIPALITY OF DUMANGAS, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS THE PAGDUQUE HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT RENAMING THE PORTION OF THE PRESIDENT SERGIO OSMENA, SR. HIGHWAY STARTING FROM KILOMETER 28.387 AT SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA, AND ANY FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE SAME WITHIN THE SAID PROVINCE TO DR. JOSE P. RIZAL HIGHWAY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY.

AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NON-FORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT DECLARING VOLCANO ISLAND IN TAAL LAKE, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, A TOURIST ZONE UNDER THE JOINT JURISDICTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LAUREL, BALETE, AGONCILLO, SAN NICOLAS, AND TALISAY.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA.

AN ACT CREATING THE CEBU PORT AUTHORITY, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT CONVERTING THE RURAL HEALTH UNIT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASAY, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, INTO A FIVE-BED CAPACITY HEALTH INFIRMARY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BASAY HEALTH INFIRMARY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE LAZI MEDICARE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAZI, PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR, INTO TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT GRANTING THE CHRISTIAN ERA BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR RELIGIOUS, NONCOMMERCIAL AND NONPROFIT PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES PHILIPPINES, INC., A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE LUBOG PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAPIAN, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, TO TELESFORO APEROCHO MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE PANTOK-PALANGOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BINANGONAN, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, TO SUSANA MADRIGAL MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUGAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MANDALUYONG, MUNICIPALITY OF BADIAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO MANDALUYONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE CAN-AVID AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAN-AVID, PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR, TO CAN-AVID NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE LUZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY LUZON, MUNICIPALITY OF CABATUAN, PROVINCE OF ISABELA, TO SEVERO MACUGAY-LUZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AN ACT ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN FOR PALAWAN, CREATING THE ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, CONVERTING THE PALAWAN INTEGRATED AREA DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICE TO ITS SUPPORT STAFF, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.