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97 documents · 2023, 1979

Executive Order No. 574 (1979)

WHEREAS, the Ministry of Trade is the primary instrumentality of the government for discharging its functions related to trade; and as such, it is the natural focus of lines of responsibility and authority necessary to develop a consolidated, integrated and coherent approach to the search for solutions to trade related problems and to the identification of opportunities in the generation of foreign currency earnings;

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Executive Order No. 573 (1979)

WHEREAS, the private sector must parallel governmental efforts to generate foreign currency earnings through exports, an objective which is best accomplished through the participation of the private sector in the process of determining policy directions and identifying necessary changes in such directions whenever required for the purpose of formulating appropriate measures to meet changing foreign market patterns;

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Executive Order No. 572 (1979)

WHEREAS, to protect the livestock and meat industry from an erratic market condition, the consequent disadvantages of unpredictable fluctuating prices and to assure domestic consumers and end-users of stable quality and reasonable prices of livestock and meat products, a centralized government controlled Buying and Trading Agency has become necessary;

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Executive Order No. 571 (1979)

DELINEATING THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY AND THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL PORT TERMINALS, INC. IN RELATION TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MANILA INTERNATIONAL PORT

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Executive Order No. 570 (1979)

WHEREAS, the Ministry is consequently empowered under Presidential Decree No. 1517 to utilize land assembly and other innovative land acquisition techniques and to establish official developmental registries in areas declared as Urban Land Reform Zones and Bagong Lipunan Sites;

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Executive Order No. 569 (1979)

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1584 provides that the President, in meritorious cases and upon recommendation of the Board of Investments, is authorized to liberate the incentives under R.A. 5186, R.A. 6135 and P.D. 1159, by extending the period of availment of incentives or increasing the rates of tax exemption;

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Executive Order No. 568 (1979)

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct that the export tax and premium duties imposed on all mineral products be suspended.

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Executive Order No. 566 (1979)

WHEREAS, there is a need to give the President of the Philippines ample discretion in appointing the members of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corporation;

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Executive Order No. 565 (1979)

WHEREAS, to attain the above objective, it is imperative that all governmental undertakings directed at the installation, expansion and regulation of export productive capacity by synchronized, coordinated and integrated with parallel efforts to identify, and promote export products in which the Philippines has or can develop absolute or comparative advantage in the international market, which task is best entrusted to an inter-ministerial agency specifically created for that purposes;

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Executive Order No. 564 (1979)

WHEREAS, there is a need to place the SPDA under the Ministry of Human Settlements for closer administrative supervision and to reconstitute the composition of the Board of Directors to make it a more effective agency for development in Southern Philippines;

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Executive Order No. 563 (1979)

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 129, ENTITLED "PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING OFFICIAL TRAVEL ABROAD OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND PRESCRIBING RATES OF ALLOWANCES AND OTHER EXPENSES THEREFOR"

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Executive Order No. 562 (1979)

WHEREAS, there is a need to reorganize the National Development Company, created by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 182, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 311 and Presidential Decree Nos. 668, 747 and 1169, in order to make it responsive to our development efforts;

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Executive Order No. 561 (1979)

WHEREAS, these problems, if not properly and immediately attended to, will breed social unrest which will hamper the implementation of government programs designed to ameliorate the living conditions of people involved in these problems;

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Executive Order No. 560 (1979)

WHEREAS, there is a need to limit the granting of the home office adjustment allowance authorized under Section 1 (e) Part A, Title VI of Republic Act No. 708 as inserted by Section 4 of Republic Act No. 4112, for a period of not exceeding one year and only to the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who have served abroad for at least four years.

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Executive Order No. 559 (1979)

WHEREAS, pursuant to the aforestated policy, it is deemed necessary and desirable to re-emphasize the vital rules and regulations governing the official travel abroad of government officials and employees, both national and local, including those in government-owned or controlled corporations, which regulatory measures are basically designed to conserve the country's foreign exchange resources and to derive from such travel maximum and positively beneficial results for the Government and the nat

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Executive Order No. 558 (1979)

WHEREAS, in view of the foreseen balance of trade deficit and the lead time to set-up the required wood processing facilities, it is prudent to maintain a limited volume of log exports, particularly at this time of favorable world market prices;

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Executive Order No. 557 (1979)

Pursuant to the powers vested in me by Section 401 of Presidential Decree No. 1464, otherwise known as the "Tariff and Customs Code of 1978", I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct and order that:

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Executive Order No. 556 (1979)

WHEREAS, the PCSGC needs more time to update data and information on individual government corporations before it can finalize its report, particularly at the micro level, on the government corporate study; and

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Executive Order No. 555 (1979)

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby extend the life of the Iron and Steel Authority for a period of ten (10) years from 10 August 1978 and direct the Iron and Steel Authority to reconstitute itself immediately.

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Executive Order No. 554 (1979)

WHEREAS, the United High Commission for Refugees has sought the cooperation of the Philippine government in the temporary lodging of such refugees prior to their final resettlement in other countries and the Philippines has agreed to set up such a processing center provided that costs shall not be borne by the Philippines and there will be no residual refugees left in such processing center;

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Executive Order No. 552 (1979)

WHEREAS, the Office of the Solicitor General as law office of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, performs a vital role in government, particularly, in the handling of constitutional and other important litigations before the Supreme Court and other courts or tribunals;

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Executive Order No. 551 (1979)

By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that the powers of administrative supervision and control of the Office of the President over the Board of Energy under Section 9 of Presidential Decree No. 1206 shall be exercised by the President through the Minister of Energy.

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Executive Order No. 550 (1979)

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and by Section 158-A of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended by Presidential Decree No. 1393, do hereby order as follows:

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Executive Order No. 549 (1979)

WHEREAS, the establishment of Autonomous Regions in Southern Philippines with their respective Regional Assemblies and Regional Executive Councils requires corresponding administrative changes in the administration of Islamic Affairs by the Office of the President;

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Executive Order No. 548 (1979)

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby order and ordain:

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Executive Order No. 547 (1979)

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416, do hereby order and direct the following:

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Executive Order No. 546 (1979)

WHEREAS, in keeping with the policy of government to effect continuing reforms in the organizational structure to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, it is necessary to entrust in one ministry all functions pertaining to the construction, repair and maintenance of public works facilities and restructure the organization for the control and supervision of transportation and communications facilities and services in the country; and

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Executive Order No. 545 (1979)

WHEREAS, the continued operation of the two units offering practically the same courses while requiring the administrative and academic bodies is economically wasteful and administratively cumbersome, and therefore, not properly promotive of educational goals of the New Society;

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Executive Order No. 544 (1979)

Pursuant to the declared policy of the state to conserve the Tamaraw as a source of national pride being the only species of its kind in the world, and in order to strengthen present government programs for the conservation of the Tamaraw, there is hereby created a Presidential Committee for the Conservation of the Tamaraw which shall be composed of the following:

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Executive Order No. 543 (1979)

WHEREAS, the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies is at present an autonomuous unit of the University of the Philippines System and is engaged in research and policy studies, in offering degree programs in Asian Studies, Islamic Studies and Philippine Studies, and in rendering various community services and publishing scholarly works;

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