EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1998

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Executive Order No. 83
December 25, 1998
Strengthening the enforcement of the Agri-Agra Law (PD 717) and launching the NDC Agri-Agra ERAP Bonds for rural development
Executive Order No. 59
December 28, 1998
Directing the Philippine Ports Authority to adopt and implement a program for further rationalization, modernization and improvement of port services and facilities in government ports
Executive Order No. 58
December 27, 1998
Creating a Domestic Trade Development Council, defining its composition, powers and functions
Executive Order No. 53
December 22, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 292, s. 1996, entitled: “Constituting a Consultative Committee to Advise the President in the Appointment of Philippine National Police Officials from the Rank of Senior Superintendent to Director General”.
Executive Order No. 52
December 29, 1998
Creating a youth environmental corps in all Katipunan ng Kabataan to be known as Green Brigade (GB) to promote environmental awareness and action among the Filipino youth; mandating the formulation of the National Youth Environmental Action Plan and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 51
December 22, 1998
Directing all departments, bureaus, offices, agencies and instrumentalities of the national government, including government-owned and controlled corporations, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police who either provide rice to their employees as a form of incentive or non-monetary benefit or use rice in connection with their functions, to purchase their rice requirements from the National Food Authority
Executive Order No. 50
December 22, 1998
Providing for the Abolition of the World Expo 2002 Philippines Commission Created Under Executive Order No. 177, series of 1994, as amended
Executive Order No. 49
December 9, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 383, s. 1996, for the purpose of reconstituting and expanding the membership of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council
Executive Order No. 48
December 7, 1998
Establishing a program for devolution adjustment and equalization
Executive Order No. 47
December 8, 1998
Broadening the powers of the Secretary of Finance over the Bureau of Customs
Executive Order No. 46
December 7, 1998
Establishing the Presidential Commission on Educational Reform (PCER)
Executive Order No. 45
December 3, 1998
Creating a Presidential Anti-Smuggling Task Force to investigate and prosecute crimes involving large-scale smuggling and other frauds upon customs and providing measures to expedite seizure proceedings
Executive Order No. 44
December 2, 1998
Declaring the Philippine Youth Games – Batang Pinoy as the national sports development program for children
Executive Order No. 39-A
November 30, 1998
Streamlining the SOSKSARGEN Area Development Project Office, strengthening its coordinative and integration mechanism, and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 43
November 26, 1998
Providing for the creation of a Preparatory Commission on Constitutional Reforms to study and recommend proposed amendments and/or revisions to the 1987 Philippine Constitution
Executive Order No. 42
November 25, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 197, dated August 29, 1994, creating the Presidential Commission on MARILAQUE Growth Area, by renaming and rationalizing the organizational structure, and redefining the functions and territorial coverage of the commission
Executive Order No. 41
November 20, 1998
Reorganizing the administrative structure of the Municipal Development Fund, consolidating its functions in the Department of Finance and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 39
November 4, 1998
Reconstituting the project board and extending the term of the SOSKSARGEN Area Development Project Office
Executive Order No. 38
October 30, 1998
Directing the audit of assessments, revenues and receipts of the Bureau of Internal Revenue
Executive Order No. 37
October 26, 1998
Directing the National Computer Center (NCC) to conduct and manage the pre-qualification, bids and awards of all government IT-related projects
Executive Order No. 36
October 27, 1998
Amending the first sentence of Section 2.3 of Executive Order No. 29, mandating the streamlining of the National Tobacco Administration
Executive Order No. 35
October 26, 1998
Directing the National Computer Center (NCC) to design and build an integrated Government Information Infrastructure (GII)
Executive Order No. 34
October 26, 1998
Providing for the restructuring of the National Computer Center
Executive Order No. 33
October 26, 1998
Creating a presidential committee to study and take charge of the modernization and development of various penal institutions in the country
Executive Order No. 32
October 26, 1998
Creating a Task Force to investigate and prosecute Sugar Smuggling
Executive Order No. 31
October 7, 1998
Amending Sections 1 and 3 of Executive Order No. 103, series of 1993
Executive Order No. 30
September 30, 1998
Rationalizing the increase for anti-hijacking and anti-terrorism component (NACAHT share-ASF) from the terminal fees collected pursuant to Letter of Instructions No. 414-A and Executive Order No. 69
Executive Order No. 29
September 30, 1998
Mandating the streamlining of the National Tobacco Administration
Executive Order No. 28
September 30, 1998
Creating the Cabinet Projects Coordinating Committee and Projects Development and Implementing Office for Payatas development
Executive Order No. 27
September 28, 1998
Conferring flagship status on the Masinloc (Zambales Industrial Complex) Project
Executive Order No. 26
September 23, 1998
Providing opportunities for the development of beneficiaries under the Comprehensive Land Reform Program to become productive entrepreneurs, providing the mechanism therefor and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 25
September 21, 1998
Further amendment of Section 3 of Executive Order No. 169, series of 1994, as amended, reconstituting the composition of the Central Bank Board of Liquidators
Executive Order No. 24
September 18, 1998
Creating the Integrated Sangguniang Kabataan Organizational Leadership and Reorientation (ISKOLAR) Executive Committee and the Action Officers Committee in the implementation of the year-round ISKOLAR training program and providing funds therefor
Executive Order No. 23
September 18, 1998
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. 22
September 9, 1998
Authorizing the National Food Authority to intervene in the stabilization of the price and supply of basic food items
Executive Order No. 21
August 27, 1998
Attaching the Livelihood Corporation (LIVECOR) and Strategic Investment and Development Corporation (SIDCOR, formerly Human Settlements Development Corporation) to the Office of the Executive Secretary
Executive Order No. 20
September 14, 1998
Establishing an international network of Honorary Investment and Trade Representatives to assist the Department of Trade and Industry in promoting the Philippines globally
Executive Order No. 19
August 27, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 38 dated 07 January 1947 entitled “Providing for the Coat of Arms, Seal and Flag of the President and Vice President of the Philippines”, as amended
Executive Order No. 18
August 25, 1998
Increasing the subsistence allowance of officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including draftees, trainees and probationary second lieutenants/ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training and reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test and cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School
Executive Order No. 17
August 21, 1998
Amending certain sections of Executive Order No. 177 establishing the World Expo 2002 Philippine Commission and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 16
August 21, 1998
Creating the Presidential Air Quality Commission
Executive Order No. 15
August 20, 1998
Redirecting the functions and operations of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
Executive Order No. 14
August 19, 1998
Establishing the Presidential Commission on Year 2000 Compliance
Executive Order No. 13
August 17, 1998
Attaching the Southern Philippines Development Authority to the Presidential Committee on Flagship Programs and Projects
Executive Order No. 12
August 14, 1998
Revitalizing the privatization program of the government
Executive Order No. 11
August 11, 1998
Approving the third regular Foreign Investments Negative List
Executive Order No. 10
August 13, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 512 (s.1992) providing for the creation of the Mindanao Economic Development Council
Executive Order No. 9
August 4, 1998
Directing all concerned government institutions to ensure the millennium compliance of their computer-based systems
Executive Order No. 8
July 22, 1998
Creating a Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission and a Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, to investigate and prosecute criminal elements in the country
Executive Order No. 7
September 30, 1998
Providing for the creation of a Presidential Assistant for Regional Concerns system and defining the functions, powers and responsibilities of the presidential assistants
Executive Order No. 6
August 7, 1998
Establishing the Aklan Provincial Tourism Special Development Project Task Force
Executive Order No. 5
July 29, 1998
Strengthening the National Statistics Office
Executive Order No. 4
July 17, 1998
Amending Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Executive Order No. 490 otherwise known as “Establishing the Principal Office in Manila of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office and Transferring the Supervision over Its Operations and Activities to the Department of Foreign Affairs”
Executive Order No. 3
July 15, 1998
Reverting the Board of Liquidators from the Asset Privatization Trust to the Office of the President as an attached agency
Executive Order No. 2
July 13, 1998
Transferring the National Food Authority from the Department of Agriculture to the Office of the President
Executive Order No. 1
August 7, 1998
Rescinding the proviso on the "over and above" allowance of public school teachers and other related teaching personnel under Section 6 of Executive Order No. 389
Executive Order No. 488
June 11, 1998
Repealing annex “B” of Executive Order No. 453 series of 1997 and implementing the ASEAN rates of duty of certain imported articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1998, as amended
Executive Order No. 487
June 11, 1998
Modifying the rates of duty of certain imported articles as provided for under the Tariff and Customs Code of 1978, as amended, in order to implement the 1998-2003 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. 486
June 11, 1998
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. 485
June 9, 1998
Establishing the Youth Entrepreneurship Program and creating the National Cooperators Council, providing for its functions and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 484
June 8, 1998
Approving and adopting the Medium Term Youth Development Plan : 1999-2004 and creating a monitoring committee to oversee its implementation
Executive Order No. 483
June 2, 1998
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. 482
May 7, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 460 by deleting some portions from the title and from Sections 1 and 4 thereof, and by adding one more section thereto
Executive Order No. 481
May 1, 1998
Directing the use, Disposition, and Administration of the Coconut Levy Funds to Rehabilitate the Coconut Industry
Executive Order No. 480
April 27, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 380 dated 2 December 1996, “Creating the Industry Development Council, Defining Its Composition, Powers and Functions”
Executive Order No. 479
May 31, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 249 dated May 29, 1995 granting permanent resident status to certain Vietnamese citizens and Filipino-Vietnamese children
Executive Order No. 478
May 22, 1998
Increasing the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for coffee beans under the Agricultural Tariffication Act
Executive Order No. 477
April 15, 1998
Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard to the Department of Transportation and Communications
Executive Order No. 476
March 31, 1998
Further amending Executive Order 169, series of 1994 by modifying the representations of DOF and DBM to the Central Bank-Board of Liquidators
Executive Order No. 475
March 30, 1998
Transferring the Philippine Coast Guard from the Department of National Defense to the Office of the President, and for other purposes
Executive Order No. 474
March 24, 1998
Establishing the coordination and management mechanism for the preparation and implementation of the Mindanao Rural Development Program
Executive Order No. 473
April 17, 1998
Providing for the segregation and unbundling of electrical power tariff components of the National Power Corporation and the franchised electric utilities
Executive Order No. 472
March 25, 1998
Institutionalizing the Committee on Fuel Conservation and Efficiency in Road Transport
Executive Order No. 471
March 14, 1998
Declaring full deregulation of the downstream oil industry
Executive Order No. 470
February 24, 1998
Creating the Philippine Council for Mental Health
Executive Order No. 469
February 23, 1998
Amending Executive Order No. 190 dated 19 July 1994 approving and adopting the National Information Technology Plan 2000 and establishing the National Information Technology Council
Executive Order No. 468
February 23, 1998
Providing for the creation of a national council for the promotion of electronic commerce in the country
Executive Order No. 467
March 17, 1998
Providing for a national policy on the operation and use of international satellite communications in the country
Executive Order No. 465
January 13, 1998
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. 464
January 26, 1998
Governing the admission and stay of foreign nationals in the Clark Special Economic Zone as temporary visitors
Executive Order No. 463
January 9, 1998
Creating the Management Information System and Technology Group in line with the computerization program of the Bureau of Customs
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