EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1999

EXECUTIVE ORDERS	SUBJECT
Executive Order No. 195 December 31, 1999	Re-directing the functions and operations of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and all housing agencies
Executive Order No. 190 December 21, 1999	Directing the Department of Budget and Management to remit directly the contributions and other remittances of local government units to the concerned National Government Agencies (NGA), Government Financial Institutions (GFI), and Government Owned and/or Controlled Corporations (GOCC)
Executive Order No. 189 December 21, 1999	Directing all local government units to submit to the Department of Budget and Management their respective annual investment plan
Executive Order No. 188 December 20, 1999	Creating an inter-agency committee composed of a mother committee, a sub-committee and a technical working group to prepare the bid and tender documents and conduct an international public bidding to select a pre-shipment inspection and other related services contractor
Executive Order No. 187 December 17, 1999	Adjusting the dividend rate of Laguna Lake Development Authority on its 1998 earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
Executive Order No. 186 December 17, 1999	Authorizing the Department of Foreign Affairs to Charge All Operational Expenses of Its Machine Readable Passports and Visas Project Against the Collections From the Issuance of Pertinent Documents Relative to Its Award and Implementation
Executive Order No. 185 December 14, 1999	Amending certain sections of Executive Order No. 128 dated July 23, 1999 establishing the Presidential Commission for the New Century and the Millennium and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 184 December 13, 1999	Establishing the Presidential Award for the Child Friendly Municipalities and Cities
Executive Order No. 183 December 10, 1999	Adjusting the dividend rate of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) on its 1999 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
Executive Order No. 182 December 10, 1999	Returning and placing the government ports of Jolo under the administration of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 181 December 9, 1999	Establishing a Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board
Executive Order No. 180 November 23, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 155 abolishing the Council for Investments in Trade, Industry, Tourism, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation, Communications and Services and refocusing and strengthening the investment One-Stop Action Center and creating the position of Investment Ombudsman
Executive Order No. 179 November 23, 1999	Creating a Presidential Housing Assistance One-Stop Center (Presidential HAOS-Center) to provide assistance to beneficiaries and developers of socialized and low-cost housing projects
Executive Order No. 178 November 23, 1999	Creating the National Police Task Force on Professional Squatters and Squatting Syndicates
Executive Order No. 177 November 19, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 76, Series of 1999, to include a mayor of a Negros Occidental municipality/city along the Tañon strait as member of the Tañon Strait Commission
Executive Order No. 176 November 11, 1999	Placing the Philippine National Railways (PNR), Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) and all other railway and mass transit projects under the overall supervision of the Department of Transportation and Communications
Executive Order No. 175 November 3, 1999	Organizational Restructuring of the Bureau of Internal Revenue to Improve Administrative Control Over Certain Categories of Taxpayers
Executive Order No. 174 November 3, 1999	Further amending Administrative Order (AO) No. 266 dated 07 February 1992, as amended by Administrative Order No. 138 dated 19 July 1994, creating the One-Stop Shop Inter-Agency Tax Credit and Duty Drawback Center (CENTER)
Executive Order No. 173 October 27, 1999	Declaring and delineating the San Jose de Buenavista Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 172 October 25, 1999	Declaring and delineating the Dumaguit Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 171 October 25, 1999	Declaring and delineating the Dumangas Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 170 October 25, 1999	Establishing the Revolving Fund for Housing Projects of Local Government Units
Executive Order No. 169 October 25, 1999	Creating a special committee to take charge of planning and execution of activities for National Day of Prayer and Fasting for National Strength and Unity against all Adversities
Executive Order No. 168 October 18, 1999	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the preferential tariff rates on certain products under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) Scheme
Executive Order No. 167 October 19, 1999	Establishing the Coordinating Centers of the National Anti-Poverty Commission at the barangay level
Executive Order No. 166 October 19, 1999	Further expanding the delineated Legazpi Port Zone as provided for under Executive Order No. 347, dated June 18, 1996
Executive Order No. 165 October 19, 1999	Directing the formulation of an institutional strengthening and streamlining program for the Executive Branch
Executive Order No. 164 October 19, 1999	Facilitating the preparedness of Philippine Gun Club members for world competition events
Executive Order No. 163 October 18, 1999	Modifying the nomenclature and the rates of import duty on Information Technology (IT) products under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended)
Executive Order No. 162 October 16, 1999	Reorienting the functions and operations of the Department of Agriculture
Executive Order No. 161 September 30, 1999	Extending the term of Executive Order No. 371 “Proclaiming a Special Zone of Peace and Development in the Southern Philippines and establishing therefor the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development and the Consultative Assembly”
Executive Order No. 160 October 13, 1999	Reorganizing and designating the members of the National Parks Development Committee created under Executive Order No. 30 dated January 14, 1963 as amended
Executive Order No. 159 October 12, 1999	Declaring Mass Housing as Centerpiece Program of the Estrada Administration and constituting the Presidential Commission for Mass Housing
Executive Order No. 158 October 11, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 80 dated March 05, 1999 by reverting the Commission on Filipino Language to the administrative supervision of the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 157 September 9, 1999	Revoking Executive Order No. 45, series of 1998
Executive Order No. 156 October 7, 1999	Creating a special task force to review, investigate, and gather evidence necessary to successfully prosecute irregularities committed at the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of Customs and other government offices or agencies under or attached to the Department of Finance
Executive Order No. 155 October 5, 1999	Abolishing the Council for Investments in Trade, Industry, Tourism, Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation, Communications and Services and refocusing and strengthening the Investment One-Stop Action Center
Executive Order No. 154 October 1, 1999	Adjusting the dividend rate of Manila International Airport Authority on its 1998 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
Executive Order No. 153 September 30, 1999	Authorizing the utilization of offshore areas not covered by approved mining permits and contracts as sources of dredgefill materials for government reclamation projects and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 152 September 28, 1999	Providing for the activation of the Central East Asia Growth Circle Program as an economic and diplomatic initiative and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 151 September 27, 1999	Establishing the Farmers Trust Development Program and providing institutional reforms and fund mechanisms for mobilizing long term private sector capital for rural development
Executive Order No. 150 September 3, 1999	Abolishing the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force and the Task Force on Sugar Smuggling
Executive Order No. 149 September 7, 1999	Further amending Executive Order No. 396, series of 1997, entitled "Providing the institutional framework for the administration of the standards of training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers in the Philippines"
Executive Order No. 148 September 1, 1999	Establishing the SOCSKSARGEN Fishing Industry Steering Committee
Executive Order No. 147 August 27, 1999	Constituting the Presidential Conscience Committee to review cases of death convicts scheduled for execution
Executive Order No. 146 August 26, 1999	Constituting the Greater Metropolitan Manila Solid Waste Management Committee
Executive Order No. 145 August 27, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 386 dated 19 December 1989, establishing a National Crime Information System (NCIS), providing the mechanisms therefore and for other similar purposes
Executive Order No. 144 August 23, 1999	Establishing the coordinative and integration mechanism for the implementation of the Davao Integrated Development Program
Executive Order No. 143 August 21, 1999	Instituting effective operational mechanisms and strategies in the Tariff Commission
Executive Order No. 142 August 13, 1999	Reviving the Municipal Telephone Project Office (MTPO) and providing funds therefor from the Contingency Fund of the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 141 August 12, 1999	Prohibition against the forgery and unauthorized use of the Seal of the President of the Philippines
Executive Order No. 140 August 10, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 442, s. 1997, “Creating the Agno River Basin Development Commission to oversee and coordinate all developmental activities along the Agno River Basin”
Executive Order No. 139 August 10, 1999	Declaring and delineating the Estancia Port Zone under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 138 August 10, 1999	Directing government entities involved in the implementation of credit programs to adopt the credit policy guidelines formulated by the National Credit Council
Executive Order No. 137 August 10, 1999	Declaring the month of July of every year as National Disaster Consciousness Month and institutionalizing the Civil Defense Deputization Program
Executive Order No. 136 July 31, 1999	Requiring presidential approval of requests for extension of services of Presidential appointees beyond the compulsory retirement age
Executive Order No. 135 July 31, 1999	Mandating the streamlining of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation, Incorporated
Executive Order No. 134 July 31, 1999	Declaring August 12, 1999 and every 12th day of August thereafter as International Humanitarian Law Day
Executive Order No. 133 July 31, 1999	Modifying the rates of import duty on certain imported articles under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978 (Presidential Decree No. 1464) as amended in order to implement Section 109 of Republic Act 8435, otherwise known as the "Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1997"
Executive Order No. 132 July 30, 1999	Strengthening the Cabinet Committee on Maritime and Ocean Affairs and its supporting mechanisms, establishing its technical committee, and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 131 July 27, 1999	Adjusting the dividend rates of selected government-owned and/or controlled corporations on their 1998 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
Executive Order No. 130 July 26, 1999	Directing the Department of Budget and Management to allocate and prioritize the release of funds for pre-construction activities of Official Development Assistance projects
Executive Order No. 129 July 24, 1999	Creating an inter-agency coordinating committee to prepare and coordinate implementation of a land administration and management program
Executive Order No. 128 July 23, 1999	Establishing the Presidential Commission for the New Century and the Millennium and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 127 July 22, 1999	Constituting the Council for Extension, Research and Development in Agriculture and Fisheries
Executive Order No. 126 July 22, 1999	Further amending Executive Order No. 175 dated April 30, 1994 as amended by Executive Order No. 223, dated February 1995, Executive Order No. 229 dated March 19, 1995, Executive Order No. 259, dated July 11, 1995, Executive Order No. 373 dated October 10, 1996, Executive Order No. 447, dated October 2, 1997, and Executive Order No. 114 dated June 28, 1999 which created the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission
Executive Order No. 125 July 19, 1999	Revitalizing the National Information Technology Council (NITC) and the National Computer Center (NCC)
Executive Order No. 124 July 19, 1999	Ensuring effective operational processes and structural arrangements in the Department of Trade and Industry
Executive Order No. 123 July 19, 1999	Repealing Executive Order No. 103 and Executive Order No. 105
Executive Order No. 122 July 19, 1999	Creating the Philippine International Film and Television Office
Executive Order No. 121 July 17, 1999	Declaring and delineating the Culasi (Capiz) Port under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority
Executive Order No. 120 July 14, 1999	Mandating the streamlining of the Development Academy of the Philippines
Executive Order No. 119 July 4, 1999	Adoption of the National Book Policy
Executive Order No. 118 July 5, 1999	Providing for the creation of a National Committee on the Culture of Peace
Executive Order No. 117 July 5, 1999	Reconstituting the Bipartisan Executive-Legislative Advisory Council on the Sabah issue
Executive Order No. 116 July 5, 1999	Increasing the subsistence allowance of all officers and enlisted personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)
Executive Order No. 115 June 21, 1999	Providing for the mechanics and operational structure for the localization of peace efforts to address the communist insurgency
Executive Order No. 114 June 28, 1999	Further amending Executive Order No. 175, dated 30 April 1994 creating the Northwestern Luzon Growth Quadrangle Commission, as amended by EO 223 dated 7 February 1995, EO 229 dated 19 March 1995, EO 259 11 July 1995, EO 373 dated 10 October 1996, and EO 447 dated 2 October 1997, to expand its coverage to include the whole of the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Region 2
Executive Order No. 113 June 18, 1999	Establishing the Annual Gawad Pangulo sa KAPALIGIRAN (KAunlaran ng mga PAmahalaang lokal sa kaLInisan at kapaliGIRang lintiAN)
Executive Order No. 112 June 18, 1999	Re-directing the functions and operations of the Department of National Defense
Executive Order No. 111 June 17, 1999	Establishing the guidelines for ecotourism development in the Philippines
Executive Order No. 110 June 15, 1999	Directing the Philippine National Police to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines in internal security operations for the suppression of insurgency and other serious threats to national security
Executive Order No. 109 June 10, 1999	Directing all national government agencies to revert certain accounts payable to the cumulative result of operations of the National Government and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 108 June 10, 1999	Increasing the subsistence allowance of all Police Commissioned Officers and Police Non-Commissioned Officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) including cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy and those PNP recruits undergoing training at PNP training institutes
Executive Order No. 107 June 10, 1999	Specifying the salary grades of the officers and enlisted personnel of the Philippine National Police pursuant to Section 36 of Republic Act No. 8551 otherwise known as the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998
Executive Order No. 106 May 31, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 103 dated May 25, 1999, by transferring the management of Agriculture Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) and National Nutrition Council (NNC) to the Department of Agriculture
Executive Order No. 105 May 30, 1999	Transferring the National Agriculture and Fishery Council from the Department of Agriculture to the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 103 May 25, 1999	Establishing the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Food Security under the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 102 May 24, 1999	Redirecting the functions and operations of the Department of Health
Executive Order No. 101 May 7, 1999	Providing for the immediate organization and operationalization of the interim Internal Affairs Service (IAS) of the Philippine National Police
Executive Order No. 100 May 7, 1999	Strengthening the operational, administrative and information support system of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime
Executive Order No. 99 May 6, 1999	Establishing the Presidential Task Force on the 20/20 Initiative
Executive Order No. 98 April 28, 1999	Directing all government agencies, instrumentalities, local government units, and government-owned and/or controlled corporations (GOCCs) to include the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) as part of the essential requirements in all applications for a government permit, license, clearance, official paper or document
Executive Order No. 97 May 1, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 49, s. 1998 further expanding the functions of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council
Executive Order No. 96 April 29, 1999	Approving and directing the implementation of the program “Encouraging renewed assistance from the private sector for the unsettled victims of Mt. Pinatubo until the year 2000” or ERAPS 2000
Executive Order No. 95 April 28, 1999	Ensuring effective operational processes and structural arrangements for budgeting and management functions
Executive Order No. 94 April 12, 1999	Establishing the Policy Direction and Institutional Framework to implement Labor-Based Equipment Supported Infrastructure Program
Executive Order No. 93 April 12, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 396, entitled “Providing the Institutional Framework for the Administraiton of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers in the Philippines”
Executive Order No. 92 April 12, 1999	Providing for the General Guidelines and Institutional Arrangements for the Lingap Para sa Mahihirap Program Fund
Executive Order No. 91 April 6, 1999	Creating a Presidential Retirement Income Commission.
Executive Order No. 90 April 6, 1999	Creating the Department of Finance Contractual Savings Task Force
Executive Order No. 89 April 5, 1999	Extending the period of existence of the Ifugao Terraces Commission to May 15, 1999
Executive Order No. 88 April 5, 1999	Granting Rice Allowance to soldiers on combat duty in Mindanao
Executive Order No. 87 April 1, 1999	Facilitating the importation of sugar
Executive Order No. 86 March 13, 1999	Providing for the creation of the National Food Security Council, Councils on Food Security for the Provinces, Independent Component Cities (ICCs) and Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs), National Secretariat on Food Security and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 85 March 19, 1999	Granting the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) authority to create, establish, maintain, merge and abolish institutes and centers of learning and special studies devoted to national security administration and to accept grants and endowments, to receive in trust legacies, devises, donations in cash or property and to administer and utilize the same for the benefit of this institution and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 84 March 13, 1999	Declaring March as the Rabies Awareness Month, rationalizing the control measures for the prevention and eradication of rabies and appropriating funds therefor
Executive Order No. 82 February 22, 1999	Institutionalizing the legacy of the EDSA People Power Revolution by creating an EDSA People Power Commission to perpetuate and propagate the spirit of EDSA
Executive Order No. 81 March 5, 1999	Transferring the sports programs and activities of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and defining the role of DECS in school-based sports
Executive Order No. 80 March 5, 1999	Transferring the Cultural Center of the Philippines, Commission on Filipino Language, National Museum, National Historical Institute, National Library, and Records Management and Archives Office to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts for policy and program coordination
Executive Order No. 79 March 5, 1999	Declaring the Palaro ng Bayan as the national community sports program
Executive Order No. 78 March 5, 1999	Deactivation of the Municipal Telephone Projects Office
Executive Order No. 77 March 4, 1999	Creating the Banaue Rice Terraces Task Force for the purpose of restoring, maintaining and administering the development of the rice terraces
Executive Order No. 76 February 28, 1999	Constituting the Tañon Strait Commission
Executive Order No. 75 February 19, 1999	Directing the rationalization of the utilization of the National Livelihood Support Fund (NLSF) and placing the fund and its secretariat under the supervision of the Land Bank of the Philippines
Executive Order No. 74 January 15, 1999	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the preferential tariff rates on certain products under the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation (AICO) scheme
Executive Order No. 73 January 15, 1999	Modifying the rates of duty on breakfast cereals as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the ninety per centum (90%) margin of preference (MOP) thereon included in the Nestle ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture (AIJV) Projects as provided for in Article III, Paragraphs 3 (d) and 8 (d) of the Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Venture (RBAAIJV)
Executive Order No. 72 January 15, 1999	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the minimum 50% margin of preference on certain products included in the Brand-to-Brand Complementation Scheme in the automotive industry under the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation
Executive Order No. 71 January 15, 1999	Modifying the rates of duty on certain imported articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the 1999-2003 Philippine schedule of tariff reduction of products transferred from the temporary exclusion list to the inclusion list under the new time frame of the accelerated Common Effective Preferential Tariff scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (CEPT-AFTA)
Executive Order No. 70 February 19, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 43 providing for the creation of a Preparatory Commission on Constitutional Reforms
Executive Order No. 69 February 17, 1999	Declaring and placing portions of the waters in Manila Bay and its foreshore area as a special tourist zone, under the administration, control, management, preservation, development and supervision of the Philippine Tourism Authority
Executive Order No. 68 February 10, 1999	Prescribing procedures for review by the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) of build-operate-transfer (BOT) and similar proposals on water supply projects
Executive Order No. 67 January 26, 1999	Attaching the Toll Regulatory Board to the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 66 January 25, 1999	Extending the period of existence of the National Centennial Commission to April 30, 1999
Executive Order No. 65 January 19, 1999	Amending Executive Order No. 54, series of 1999
Executive Order No. 64 January 15, 1999	Providing for the establishment of a budget dialogue group
Executive Order No. 63 January 15, 1999	Modifying the nomenclature and the rates of import duty on certain imported articles under Section 104 of the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, (Presidential Decree No. 1464, as amended)
Executive Order No. 62 January 15, 1999	Creating the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime to formulate and implement a concerted program of action of all law enforcement, intelligence and other agencies for the prevention and control of transnational crime
Executive Order No. 61 January 15, 1999	Creating the National Drug Law Enforcement and Prevention Coordinating Center to orchestrate efforts of national government agencies, local government units, and non-government organizations for a more effective anti-drug campaign
Executive Order No. 60 January 13, 1999	Transferring the Securities and Exchange Commission from the Department of Finance to the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 57 January 9, 1999	Creating a special hearing division and a team of prosecutors in the Bureau of Customs to expedite seizure proceedings and prosecute offenders
Executive Order No. 56 January 8, 1999	Rules applicable to property that can be sold through public auction by the Bureau of Customs
Executive Order No. 55 January 7, 1999	Adjusting the dividend rates of selected government-owned and/or controlled corporations on their 1997 net earnings pursuant to Section 5 of Republic Act No. 7656
Executive Order No. 54 January 6, 1999	Creating the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission
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