Fourteenth Congress Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-seventh day of July, two thousand nine.
REPUBLIC ACT No. 9770
AN ACT SEPARATING THE MALAMIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - MALIGAYA ANNEX IN BARANGAY MALIGAYA, MUNICIPALITY OF GLORIA, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO FROM THE MALAMIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School
- The Malamig National High School - Maligaya Annex in Barangay Maligaya, Municipality of Gloria, Province of Oriental Mindoro is hereby separated from the Malamig National High School and converted into an independent national high school to be known as President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial National High School.
Section 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities
- All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Malamig National High School - Maligaya Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial National High School.
Section 3. Appropriations
- The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's program the operationaJization of the President Diosdado Macapagal Memorial National High School, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriations of the Malamig National High School - Maligaya Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 4. Implementation
- The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Section 5. Effectivity
- This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Approved,
| JUAN PONCE ENRILE President of the Senate | PROSPERO C. NOGRALES Speaker of the House of Representatives |
This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on October 9, 2008 and August 25, 2009, respectively.
EMMA LIRIO-REYES
Secretary of the Senate
MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General House of Representatives
Approved: November 10,2009
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO
President of the Philippines
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