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After several modifications and amendments, the Philippine Customs Service finally became a practical counterpart of the American Customs Service. Act No. 357 reorganized the Philippine Customs Service and officially designated the Insular Collector of Customs as Collector of Customs for the Port of Manila. Act No. 625 abolished the Captain of ...
The Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, also known as Commonwealth Act no. 613, is a law establishing the Bureau of Immigration of the Philippines and establishing the visa policy of the Philippines. [1] The law was passed on August 26, 1940 by the National Assembly of the Philippines. Its long name is "An Act to Control and Regulate the ...
Philippine Food Technology Act 2018-06-29: 11053: Amending RA 8049 or the Anti Hazing Act: Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 2018-07-27: 11054: Organic Act for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao: Repealing RA 6734 and RA 9054 or the Organic Acts for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao 2018-08-06: 11055: Philippine Identification ...
18 Jun 1949. The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657.
The Taft Commission, also known as the Second Philippine Commission (Filipino: Ikalawang Komisyon ng Pilipinas), was established by United States President William McKinley on March 16, 1900, following the recommendations of the First Philippine Commission, using presidential war powers while the U.S. was engaged in the Philippine–American War.
The bureau was created 13 December 1898 as the Division of Customs and Insular Affairs within the Office of the Secretary of War. [1] This followed the Spanish–American War , which resulted in the transfer of several areas from Spain to the United States, including the Philippines , Puerto Rico , and Cuba .
ASEAN Free Trade Area. The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) [1] is a trade bloc agreement by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations supporting local trade and manufacturing in all ASEAN countries, and facilitating economic integration with regional and international allies. [2][3][4] It stands as one of the largest and most important free trade ...
The Philippines once a net exporter became an importer of rice as a result of the wars with the Spanish and later the Americans and by the reallocation of labour to export crops. [27] The 1930s would mark the end to this period of relative prosperity. The Sugar Act of 1934 capped Philippines sugar exports to the US at 921,000 tons per year.