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Presidential Decree No. 902

WHEREAS, the magnitude of the work and responsibility of the Department, as well as the wide scope of its operation, warrants the existence of a Legal Service in the Department Proper to provide legal service and support to all the bureaus, regions and field offices and under it;

1977
5 sections

Presidential Decree No. 716

WHEREAS, said Republic Act No. 6301 authorizes the offering of the following courses: a) general education curriculum with practical arts for the first and second year, b) vocational education curriculum including craftsmanship and home industries in the third and fourth years, c) short vocational courses, and d) two-year post secondary technical courses;

1974
2 sections

Presidential Decree No. 707

AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR REWARD TO INFORMERS OF VIOLATIONS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE AND CUSTOMS LAWS"

1974
3 sections

Presidential Decree No. 704

WHEREAS, there is a compelling need to increase the production of fish to bring down its price to a level which will be within the reach of our people, and at the same time insure the continuity of out fishery resources in productive condition through wise utilization and proper conservation;

1974
51 sections

Presidential Decree No. 628

WHEREAS, in order to stabilize and maintain the prices of tobacco at reasonable level for the benefit of the planters, exporters and cigar and cigarette manufacturers, the production of tobacco should be consistent with the demand for domestic sale or consumption and for export;

1974
5 sections

Presidential Decree No. 627

WHEREAS, there is an imperative need to protect the interest of tobacco farmers considering the rising cost of production and prices of prime commodities caused by unprecedented world-wide inflation;

1974
5 sections

Presidential Decree No. 625

1. To integrate Government and private sector efforts and resources for a planned development and balanced growth of the Sab-A Basin in the Province of Leyte, as proposed in its 1975-1970 development program, through the combined and harmonized pursuit of entrepreneurial and social objectives on a self-sustaining basis;

1974
34 sections

Presidential Decree No. 624

WHEREAS, the Catanduanes State College, acting under and by authority of its Charter, Republic Act No. 6341, as amended by Republic Act No. 6590, has established secondary schools in the different municipalities of the province of Catanduanes, and these schools now serve the educational needs of the local population;

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 623

WHEREAS, the recent international events which unleashed economic dislocations on all sectors of the national economy including that of the coconut industry indicate an imperative need for the Government to pursue through a single agency definite development plans in the coconut industry aimed at improving the economic status of the cocunut and other palm oil farmers and assuring domestic consumers with a continuous supply of coconut-based products at reasonable prices; and

1974
4 sections

Presidential Decree No. 622

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree the following as part of the law of the land:

1974
2 sections

Presidential Decree No. 621

WHEREAS, on December 24, 1970, acting on the proposals made by the leaders of the sugar industry, I, as President of the Philippines, directed the Sugar Quota Board to issue an order for the collection of a Stabilization Fee of P1.00 for every picul of sugar produced in lieu of the P3.00 charged on every picul of domestic sugar for an amelioration fund which I had ordered to be established earlier, and thereafter, the Sugar Quota Board issued Philippine Sugar Order No. 3, series 1970-71, dated D

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 620

WHEREAS, there is a need for these duties and responsibilities to be completely aligned with the entire context of our social and economic policy, which in turn requires the development of an innovative and resourceful corps of Department of Labor functionaries who will carry out those functions, as well as a continuing system of research and study in labor and manpower that will serve the ends of development;

1974
9 sections

Presidential Decree No. 619

WHEREAS, the Constitution authorizes the determination by law of the size of lands of the public domain which may be developed, held or acquired by, or leased to, any qualified individual, corporation, or association, taking into account conservation, ecological, and development requirements of the natural resources;

1974
10 sections

Presidential Decree No. 618

WHEREAS, due to the scarcity or non-availability of financing from local sources, and in line with the declared policy of the State to encourage foreign investments in certain areas of business activity in order to accelerate the economic development of the country, there is a need to amend the Reparations Law, in order to allow foreign investments in certain cases;

1974
3 sections

Presidential Decree No. 617

WHEREAS, upon the effectivity of the New Constitution and in deference to the sentiments of the people expressed overwhelmingly in the referendum held in July 1973, the national elections which should otherwise be held in November 1973 were postponed indefinitely; and

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 616

WHEREAS, by virtue of their long and invaluable service to the Filipino people, these missionaries have proven themselves worthy of all the rights, privileges and prerogatives of citizens of this country;

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 615

WHEREAS, the conversion of the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Agriculture into a State College with a charter of its own, for the purpose of broadening its curricular offering and redirecting its objectives would hasten the development of the region, particularly the provinces of La Union, Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur and Benguet, and thereby contribute to the accomplishment of national goals;

1974
21 sections

Presidential Decree No. 614

WHEREAS, the conversion of the Ilocos Norte Institute of Technology into a state college to be known as Mariano Marcos Memorial College of Science and Technology, providing for its own charter, broadening for this purpose its curricular offerings and redirecting its objective would serve to better achieve the above national goals;

1974
21 sections

Presidential Decree No. 613

WHEREAS, it is clearly in the public interest that the said deficit of P335,412,694.71 incurred during the fiscal year 1972 which ended June 30, 1972, should be blocked to enable the Government to use the collections during the initial period of fiscal year 1973 to cover the expenditures previously authorized by law instead of applying the said collections to wipe out the deficit of the previous year;

1974
3 sections

Presidential Decree No. 612

I, Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the following:

1974
425 sections

Presidential Decree No. 611

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order that the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (Convention No. 122), adopted by the International Labour Organization on July 9, 1964, at its Forty-eight session held at Geneva, Switzerland, shall be, as it is, hereby ratified.

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 610

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, do hereby order and decree:

1974
3 sections

Presidential Decree No. 609

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081 dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1 dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby decree and order the following:

1974
20 sections

Presidential Decree No. 608

WHEREAS, the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System, in close coordination with the Department of Labor, are still conducting actuarial and financial studies for the integration of benefits presently administered by the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Social Security System, and Government Service Insurance System and the Philippine Medical Care Commission;

1974
1 section

Presidential Decree No. 607

WHEREAS, Government efforts in the scientific treatment of these forests have been invariably inadequate and inappropriate to cope with the accelerating rate of utilization, resulting in the increasing hectarage of unproductive forests and eroded lands, decreasing areas of commercial forests and rising incidence of damaged water-sheds, ravaged wildlife sanctuaries, and abused grazing lands;

1974
15 sections

Presidential Decree No. 606

WHEREAS, the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission is the only government agency in the country, charged with the responsibility of promoting and advancing the peaceful uses of atomic energy as well as the licensing and regulating activities of atomic energy facilities in the country;

1974
10 sections

Presidential Decree No. 605

WHEREAS, even under the Industrial Peace Act (R.A. No. 875) issuance by courts of restraining orders or injunctive reliefs in cases involving or growing out of labor disputes are prescribed in order not to frustrate, blunt or destroy the effect of concerted coercive measures which employees are allowed to resort to under the Act, and a similar purpose of preventing the nullification or the defeat of grants or denials to citizens of privileges in the development of the country's natural resources

1974
3 sections

Presidential Decree No. 604

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree, as part of the law of the land, the creation and establishment of the Department of Youth and Sports Development.

1974
21 sections

Presidential Decree No. 603

I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree the following:

1974
213 sections

Presidential Decree No. 602

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby decree and order the establishment of a National Operations Center for Oil Pollution in the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters.

1974
5 sections