Memorandum Circular No. 918, s. 1976

eugene — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 10:24:44 +0000

Memorandum Circular No. 918, s. 1976

eugene Fri, 2021-04-23 18:24

Memorandum Circular No. 0918, s. 1976

Full Title

Amending Memorandum Circular no. 903 authorizing the sending of delegates to the two-day regional conferences of the Government Association of Certified Public Accountants. (GACPA)

Date of Approval

1976-06-25

Issuance Category

Executive Issuance

President

Marcos, Ferdinand E.

Subjects

PUBLIC OFFICERS -- RETIREMENT

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT

Executive Issuance Type

Memorandum Circular

Year of Approval Placeholder

1976

Republic Act No. 10154

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 05:07:15 +0000

Republic Act No. 10154

Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 2021-03-28 13:07

Republic Act No. 10154

Full Title

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE EARLY RELEASE OF THE RETIREMENT PAY, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES AND OTHER BENEFITS OF RETIRING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Date of Approval

2011-07-14

Approval Note

Approved by the President on July 14, 2011 Origin: Senate

Senate Bill No.

S. No. 2748

URL (Congress)

http://congress.gov.ph/download/ra_15/RA10154.pdf

URL (Supreme Court)

Supreme Court link to the resource

URL (Senate)

PDF link from senate.gov.ph

House Bill No.

H. No. 3862

Digital Resource

View PDF file as uploaded in Senate website

Congress

15th Congress of the Republic

Issuance Category

Legislative Issuance

Major Topic

Public Accountability

Subjects

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF)

GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (GSIS)

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES -- RETIREMENT

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES -- PENSIONS

GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL, OFFICE OF THE (OGCC)

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG)

DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT (DBM)

CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENT

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC)

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES

RETIREMENT

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

Postemployment benefits -- Government policy

Pensions -- Government policy

Official Gazette Details

Official Gazette Source

Official Gazette vol. 107 no. 34 page 4001 (August 22, 2011)

Newspaper Sources

Newspaper Source

Manila Bulletin (July 22, 2011)

Legislative Issuance Type

Republic Act

House Bill first in billing

Body

S. No. 2746 H. No. 3862; 107 OG No. 34, 4001 (August 22, 2011); Manila Bulletin; Philippine Star, July 22, 2011

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10154, July 14, 2011 ]

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THE EARLY RELEASE OF THE RETIREMENT PAY, PENSIONS, GRATUITIES AND OTHER BENEFITS OF RETIRING GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION. 1. Declaration of State Policy. — It is hereby declared that it is the policy of the State to ensure the timely and expeditious release of the retirement pay, pensions, gratuities and other benefits of all retiring employees of the government. Public officers and employees who have spent the best years of their lives serving the government and the public should not be made to wait to receive benefits which are due to them under the law. Accordingly, it is hereby mandated that highest priority shall be given to the payment and/or settlement of the pensions, gratuities andlor other retirement benefits of retiring government employees.

SEC. 2. Period for Release of Retirement Benefits. — The head of the government agency concerned, the President and other responsible officers of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the President and other responsible officers of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) and/or the Secretary and other responsible officers of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall ensure the release of the retirement pay, pensions, gratuities, and other benefits of a retiring government employee within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the actual retirement of said employee: Provided, That all requirements are submitted to the concerned government agency at least ninety (90) days prior to the effective date of retirement: Provided, further, That in the case of the GSIS, it shall pay the retirement benefits of the retiring employee on histher last day of hislher service to the government, pursuant to the GSIS Charter.

SEC. 3. Retiring Employees With Pending Cases. — In the case of retiring government employees with pending cases and whose retirement benefits are being lawfully withheld due to possible pecuniary liability, the head of the agency where such case is pending shall ensure that the said case shall be terminated and/or resolved within a period of three (3) months from the date of the retirement of the concerned,employee: Provided, That in case the concerned agency fails to terminate and/or resolve the case within the said period without any justifiable reason(s), the retirement benefits due to the employee shall be immediately released to him/her without prejudice to the ultimate resolution of the case; except, when the delay is deliberately caused by the retiring employee.

SEC. 4. Coverage. — This Act shall cover all branches, agencies andlor instrumentalities of the government, including government-owned and/or controllen corporations (GOCCs), excluding personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and shall be applicable both to applications for compulsory retirement and optional or early retirement as authorized by law.

SEC. 5. Penal Provisions. — The unjustified failure and/or refusal to release the pension, gratuities and other retirement benefits due to a retiring government employee within the periods prescribed above or to comply with any provision of this Act shall be a ground for the filing of administrative disciplinary action against the erring officer(s) andlor employee(s). Such erring officer(s) andlor employee(s) shall, after hearing and due proceedings, be penalized with suspension from the service without pay from six (6) months to one (1) year, at the discretion of the disciplining authority.

This penalty shall not apply if the release of the retirement benefits could not be accomplished due to force majeure and other insuperable causes. In such cases, the thirty (30)-day period shall be counted from the time such cause(s) cease(s) to exist.

SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The Civil Service Commission (CSC), after consultation and coordination with the government agencies andlor instrumentalities affected by this Act, including, but not limited to, the GSIS, the Pag-IBIG Fund, the Constitutional Commissions, the Legislature and the Judiciary as well as the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), shall promulgate and issue the appropriate rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act.

Such rules and regulations shall include provisions prescribing uniform periods for the advance filing of retirement applications in the different agencies concerned, as well as standard periods for the processing and release of claims for retirement benefits, gratuities and allowances which will pinpoint responsibility in case of delay in the release thereof.

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. — If any provision, part or portion of this Act shall be held as invalid, the provisions, parts or portions of this Act not otherwise affected thereby shall remain valid and effective.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. — All laws, executive issuances, orders and rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any part thereof are hereby repealed, amended andlor modified accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the country.

Approved,

(Sgd.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.

(Sgd.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE

Speaker of the House
of Representatives

President of the Senate

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2748 and House Bill No. 3862 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on May 30, 2011 and June 1, 2011, respectively.

(Sgd.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP

(Sgd.) EMMA LIRIO-REYES

Secretary General
House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved: JUL 14, 2011

(Sgd.) BENIGNO SIMEON C. AQUINO III

President of the Philippines

Source: Supreme Court E-Library | Date created: April 08, 2019

Source: Supreme Court E-Library

With Ate Precy's Comment

Off

Senate Bill

S. No. 2746

House Bill

H. No. 3862

By Request

Scan the QR Code below or click this link to request the following:

Transcript of Plenary Debates
Transcript of Committee Meeting/s
Transcript of Conference Committee Meeting/s
Conference Committee (Bicam) Report
Turned-over Documents
Vertical Files and Newspaper Articles
Others

Bill Note

Senate Bill First in Billing

Legislative History

Entitled:

AN ACT REQUIRING THE LABELING OF MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS

[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2011 ]

3/16/2011 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on TRADE AND COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD and HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY with Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, MANNY VILLAR and MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 21, Recommending the approval of SBN-2746 in substitution of SBNos. 814, 1173, 1787 and 2331, taking into consideration SRN-361;

3/16/2011 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;

3/16/2011 Sponsor: Senator MANNY VILLAR;

3/16/2011 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;

3/16/2011 Sponsorship speech of Senator MANNY VILLAR;

5/11/2011 Senator MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID was made as coauthor;

[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2012 ]

6/6/2012 Period of interpellation closed;

6/6/2012 Period of committee amendments closed;

6/6/2012 Period of individual amendments closed;

6/6/2012 Approved on Second Reading without Amendments;

6/18/2012 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;

[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]

7/24/2012 Approved on Third Reading;

7/24/2012 In favor: (17) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, JOKER P. ARROYO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, PANFILO M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and MANNY B. VILLAR;

7/24/2012 Against: N o n e;

7/24/2012 Abstention: N o n e;

7/31/2012 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;

Committee Report Senate Link

View Committee Report

View PDF link of Committee Report no. 21

Committee Report No.

Has Text Filed

Off

Legislative History

View Legislative History in Senate website

Floor Activity

View Floor Activity in Senate website

Committee Referral

View Committee Referral in Senate website

Entitled:
AN ACT REQUIRING THE LABELING OF MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2011 ]
3/16/2011	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on TRADE AND COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE AND FOOD and HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY with Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, MANNY VILLAR and MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 21, Recommending the approval of SBN-2746 in substitution of SBNos. 814, 1173, 1787 and 2331, taking into consideration SRN-361;
3/16/2011	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
3/16/2011	Sponsor: Senator MANNY VILLAR;
3/16/2011	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
3/16/2011	Sponsorship speech of Senator MANNY VILLAR;
5/11/2011	Senator MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID was made as coauthor;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2012 ]
6/6/2012	Period of interpellation closed;
6/6/2012	Period of committee amendments closed;
6/6/2012	Period of individual amendments closed;
6/6/2012	Approved on Second Reading without Amendments;
6/18/2012	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
7/24/2012	Approved on Third Reading;
7/24/2012	In favor: (17) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, JOKER P. ARROYO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, PANFILO M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and MANNY B. VILLAR;
7/24/2012	Against: N o n e;
7/24/2012	Abstention: N o n e;
7/31/2012	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;