EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1999



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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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