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In December 2020, the Law Commission issued a report recommending the common law offence of misconduct in public office be abolished, and replaced with two new statutory offences; one of 'corruption in public office' and another of 'breach of duty in public office'. [13] As of 2024, the government has not issued a response to the report. [14]
The Public Attorney's Office (PAO) of the Philippines is the public defender for all courts in the Philippines. It also provides other legal services to the poor. It also provides other legal services to the poor.
Republic Act No. 10, criminalized usurpation of public authority; Republic Act No. 1700, outlawed the Communist Party of the Philippines and its successors (later repealed by Republic Act No. 7636) Republic Act No. 3019, created the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act; Republic Act No. 4200, criminalized wiretapping
Metallurgical Engineering Act of 2015: Repealing the Metallurgical Engineering Act of the Philippines or PD 1536 2015-10-23: 10689: National Indigenous Peoples Day: August 9 2015-10-23: 10690: The Forestry Profession Act: Repealing the Forestry Profession Act or RA 6239 2015-10-26: 10691: Amending the Public Employment Service Office Act of ...
The Public Service Act of the Philippines, also recognized as Commonwealth Act No. 146, is a Philippine law that was signed into law by President Manuel L. Quezon on November 7, 1936, which overseeing public services in the country. Originating in 1936 during the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the Act's primary goal is to regulate and oversee ...
The mandates of the PCGG are spelled out under Section 2 of Executive Order No. 1, series 1986: (a) Recovery of ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses – The executive order specifies this as "all ill-gotten wealth accumulated by former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad, including the ...
Through Memorandum Order No. 10, s. 2016, the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) mandated the PCOO to act as the lead implementing agency for the FOI Program. To operationalize this, the PCOO established the Freedom of Information – Project Management Office (FOI-PMO) through PCOO Department Order No. 18, s. 2017.
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...