REORGANIZING AND RENAMING THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL ON ASEAN AND APEC COOPERATION INTO THE PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION.

MANDATING ALL NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES TO STRICTLY IMPLEMENT WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES.

ADOPTING THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL ACTION PLAN (SNAP) ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (DRR), 2009-2019 AND INSTITUTIONALIZING DRR

MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 20

To : Department of Foreign Affairs Department of Interior and Local Government Department of . . .

DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DepEd), THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHED) AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) TO ENCOURAGE THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF SPANISH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 169 (S. 1993) AND DECLARING THE FOURTH WEEK OF NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS “NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK”

DECLARING THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS “NATIONAL HAZING PREVENTION WEEK”

DECLARING THE MONTH OF JUNE AS W.A.T.C.H (WE ADVOCATE TIME CONSCIOUSNESS AND HONESTY) MONTH AND ENJOINING ALL SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO UNDERTAKE PROGRAMS OF ACTIVITIES RELATING THERETO EVERY SECOND WEEK OF JUNE

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE, STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA) AND ITS AFFILIATED CULTURAL AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CONVERTING THE CATANDUANES STATE COLLEGES IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CATANDUANES STATE UNIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT CONVERTING THE QUIRINO STATE COLLEGE (QSC) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIFFUN, PROVINCE OF QUIRINO INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE QUIRINO STATE UNIVERSITY (QSU), INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE QUIRINO POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE (QPC) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABARROGUIS AND MADDELA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MADDELA, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF QUIRINO AND APPORPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT SEPARATING THE CAMARINES SUR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE - NAGA CITY CAMPUS (FORMERLY BICOL COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES) IN THE CITY OF NAGA, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR FROM THE CAMARINES SUR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN NABUA, CAMARINES SUR AND CONVERTING IT INTO A STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE BICOL STATE COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH SYSTEM

AN ACT ENHANCING THE PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BY STRENGTHENING ITS CURRICULUM AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF YEARS FOR BASIC EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE LADDERIZED INTERFACE BETWEEN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND HIGHER EDUCATION.

An act providing scholarship grants to top graduates of all public high schools in state universities and colleges and appropriating funds therefor.

AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BY INSTITUTIONALIZING OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING IN LEVELS OF TERTIARY EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT PROTECTING THE AMATEUR NATURE OF STUDENT-ATHLETES IN THE PHILIPPINES BY REGULATING THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT AND PROHIBITING THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF STUDENT-ATHLETES.

An act promoting entrepreneurship and financial education among Filipino youth.

An act regulating the practice of metallurgical engineering in the Philippines, repealing for this purpose Presidential Decree numbered 1536, otherwise known as the "Metallurgical Engineering Law of the Philippines", and for other purposes.

An act regulating the practice of forestry in thePhilippines and appropriating funds therefor, repealing for the purpose Republic Act numbered Six thousand two hundred thirty-nine (R.A. no. 6239), known as "The Forestry Profession Law".

An act to regulate and modernize the practice of naval architecture in the Philippines.

An act converting the Tarlac College of Agriculture (TCA) in the municipality of Camiling, province of Tarlac into a state university to be known as the Tarlac Agricultural University and appropriating funds therefor.

An act regulating the practice of nutrition and dietetics in the Philippines, repealing for the purpose Presidential Decree No. 1286, known as the "Nutrition and Dietetics Decree of 1977", appropriating funds therefor and for other related purposes.

An act institutionalizing the nationwide implementation of the Jobstart Philippines Program and providing funds therefor.

An act promoting universal access to quality tertiary education by providing for free tuition and other school fees in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges and state-run technical-vocational institutions, establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student Loan Program, strengthening the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education, and appropriating funds therefor.

AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF), ESTABLISHING THE PQF-NATIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL (NCC) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10597, ENTITLED : "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NORTHERN ILOILO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO BY INTEGRATING THE NORTHERN ILOILO POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE (NIPSC) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ESTANCIA, THE NIPSC - BAROTAC VIEJO CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAROTAC VIEJO, THE AJUY POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AJUY, THE BATAD POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATAD, THE CONCEPCION POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CONCEPCION, THE LEMERY POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEMERY AND THE VICTORINO SALCEDO POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SARA, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10596, ENTITLED : "AN ACT CONVERTING THE MINDORO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VICTORIA, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MINDORO STATE UNIVERSITY (MINSU) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10598, ENTITLED : "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF COMPOSTELA, PROVINCE OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY TO BE KNOWN AS COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE, INTEGRATING THEREWITH AS REGULAR BRANCHES THE BUKIDNON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTERNAL STUDIES CENTERS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MONKAYO, MARAGUSAN, MONTEVISTA AND NEW BATAAN, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"