Republic Acts of 2007

130 laws enacted in 2007.

• RA 9366An act granting philippine citizenship to rev. fr. ulrich h. schlecht. svd
• RA 9367Biofuels Act of 2006
• RA 9368An act granting the mindanao jockey and country club, inc., a franchise to construct, operate and maintain a racetrack for horse racing in davao city
• RA 9369An act amending republic act no. 8436, entitled "an act authorizing the commission on elections to use an automated election system in the may 11, 1998 national or local elections and in subsequent national and local electoral exercises, to encourage transparency, credibility, fairness and accuracy of elections, amending for the purpose batas pampansa blg. 881, as amemded, republic act no. 7166 and other related elections laws, providing funds therefor and for other purposes"
• RA 9370An act granting the muslim mindanao radio and television network corporation a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the province of lanao del sur
• RA 9371An act providing for the apportionment of the lone legislative district of the city of cagayan de oro
• RA 9372Human security act of 2007
• RA 9373An act creating two additional regional trial court branches in the province of leyte to be stationed in the city of tacloban amending for the purpose section 14 paragraph (i) of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9374An act creating four additional metropolitan trial court branches for caloocan city, with stations at caloocan city north and caloocan city proper, amending for the purpose section 27 of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9375An act creating two branches of the regional trial court and an additional branch of the municipal trial court in cities for the province of cebu to be stationed at the city of talisay, amending for the purpose section 14, paragraph (h) and section 29 of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9376An act creating five additional metropolitan trial court branches for the city of paraaque, amending for the purpose section 27 of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9377An act creating four additional regional trial court branches and two additional municipal trial court branches with station at the city of antipolo, amending for the purpose batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9378An act declaring the fourth day of february of every year as a special working holiday in the city of muntinlupa to be known as "araw ng kalayaan ng muntinlupa"
• RA 9379The Handline Fishing Law
• RA 9380An act declaring may 6 of every year a special working holiday in the municipality of pilar, province of sorsogon to commemorate the death anniversary of mayor manuel t. sia
• RA 9381An act further amending the franchise of angeles electric corporation granted under republic act no. 2341, as amended, to construct, operate and maintain a distribution system for the conveyance of electric power to the end-users in the cities of angeles, province of pampanga and renewing/extending the term of the franchise to another twenty-five (25) years from the date of approval of this act
• RA 9382An act granting the cable link & holdings corp. a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain cable/community antennae television systems in the philippines
• RA 9383An act granting the universidad de zamboanga a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio broadcasting stations in ipil, zamboanga sibugay
• RA 9384An act granting the puerto princesa broadcasting corporation a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the city of puerto princesa and all the municipalities in the province of palawan
• RA 9385An act further amending the franchise of la union electric company, inc. under republic act no. 1225, as amended, to construct, operate and maintain a distribution system for the conveyance of electric power to the end-users in the cities of san fernando and the minicipalities of bauang and san juan, province of la union, and renewing/extending the term of the franchise to another twenty-five (25) years from the date of approval of this act
• RA 9386An act granting the itransmission inc. a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations in the philippines
• RA 9387Charter of the City of Navotas
• RA 9388Charter of the City of San Juan
• RA 9389Charter of the City of Baybay
• RA 9390Charter of the City of Bogo
• RA 9391Charter of the City of Catbalogan
• RA 9392Charter of the City of Tandag
• RA 9393Charter of the City of Lamitan
• RA 9394Charter of the City of Borongan
• RA 9395An act converting the southern luzon polytechnic college in the municipality of lucban, province of quezon, its units and satellite campuses in the municipalities of sampaloc, infanta, polillo, tagkawayan, alabat and tiaong, and the lucena dual-tech livelihood and training center in the city of lucena, all in the province of quezon, into a state university to be known as the southern luzon state university (slsu) and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9396An act redefining the term "veteran" thereby amending further republic act no. 6948, as amended
• RA 9397An act amending section 12 of republic act no. 7279, otherwise known as the urban development and housing act of 1992, and for other purposes
• RA 9398Charter of the City of Tayabas
• RA 9399An act declaring a one-time amnesty on certain tax and duty liabilities, inclusive of fees, fines, penalties, interest and other additions thereto, incurred by certain business enterprises operating within the special economic zones and freeports created under proclamation no. 163, series of 1993; proclamation no. 216, series of 1993; proclamation no. 120, series of 1994; and proclamation no, 984, series of 1997, pursuant to section 15 of republic act no. 7227, as amended, and for other purposes
• RA 9400An act amending republic act no. 7227, as amended, otherwise known as the bases conversion and development act of 1992, and for other purposes
• RA 9401General appropriations act, fy 2007 january 1- december 31, 2007
• RA 9402An act converting the laguna state polytechnic college in the province of laguna into a state university to be known as the laguna state polytechnic university and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9403An act converting the bataan polytechnic state college in the province of bataan into a state university to be known as the bataan peninsula state university (bpsu) integrating therewith the bataan state college in the municipality of dinalupihan, province of bataan and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9404Charter of the City of Tabuk
• RA 9405Charter of the City of Bayugan
• RA 9406An act reorganizing and strengthening the public attorney's office (pao), amending for the purpose pertinent provisions of executive order no. 292, otherwise known as the "administrative code of 1987", as amended, granting special allowance to pao officials and lawyers, and providing funds therefor
• RA 9407Charter of the City of Batac
• RA 9408Charter of the City of Mati
• RA 9409Charter of the City of Guihulngan
• RA 9410An act amending republic act no. 9031, declaring may 27 of every year a special nonworking public holiday in the province of camarines sur and in the cities of naga and iriga in commemoration of its annual foundation anniversary
• RA 9411An act declaring january 22 of each year a special nonworking holiday in the city of vigan, ilocos sur to commemorate its anniversary as a city
• RA 9412An act declaring august 20 of every year a special nonworking holiday in the municipality of dulag, province of leyte to be known as "municipal foundation day"
• RA 9413An act declaring april 3 of every year a special non-working holiday in the municipality of luisiana, province of laguna to celebrate the "araw ng lubusang kalayaan bilang bayan ng luisiana, laguna" and the "pandanan festival"
• RA 9414An act declaring june 19 of every year a special nonworking holiday in the province of northern samar to commemorate its foundation day
• RA 9415An act amending sections 2 and 3 of republic act no. 2239, and for other purposes
• RA 9416Republic act no. 9416 march 25, 2007
• RA 9417An act to strengthen the office of the solicitor general by expanding and streamlining its bureaucracy, upgrading employee skills and augmenting benefits, and appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9418Volunteer Act of 2007
• RA 9419An act increasing the bed capacity of the amang rodriguez memorial medical center from one hundred fifty (150) to three hundred (300) beds and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9420An act converting two hundred (200) beds of the 2000-bed dr. jose n. rodriguez memorial hospital and sanitarium for tertiary general health care, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9421An act upgrading the valenzuela general hospital in the city of valenzuela, metro manila into a two hundred bed capacity tertiary level hospital to be known as the valenzuela medical center and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9422An act to strengthen the regulatory functions of the philippine overseas employment administration (poea), amending for this purpose republic act no. 8042, otherwise known as the "migrant workers and overseas filifinos act of 1995"
• RA 9423An act creating an additional branch of the regional trial court in the province of lanao del sur to be stationed at the municipality of wao, amending for the purpose section 14, paragraph (m) of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9424An act creating four additional metropolitan trial court branches in the city of marikina, national capital region, amending for the purpose section 27 of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9425An act declaring december 13 of every year a special working holiday in general trias in the province of cavite
• RA 9426An act declaring march 8 of every year a special working holiday in the entire province of compostela valley to commemorate its founding anniversary
• RA 9427An act declaring february 5 of every year a special working holiday in the municipality of bian, province of laguna to be known as "bian liberation day"
• RA 9428An act declaring february 14 of every year a special working holiday in the city of valenzuela to be known as "araw ng lungsod ng valenzuela"
• RA 9429An act declaring september 18 of every year a special working holiday in the city of tacurong, province of sultan kudarat, to commemorate its charter day anniversary
• RA 9430An act declaring july 23 of each year a special working holiday in the city of tanauan, province of batangas to be known as "apolinario mabini day"
• RA 9431An act creating a barangay to be known as barangay fortune in the city of marikina, metro manila
• RA 9432An act creating a barangay to be known as barangay tumana in the city of marikina, metro manila
• RA 9433Magna Carta for Public Social Workers
• RA 9434Charter of the City of Cabadbaran
• RA 9435Charter of the City of El Salvador
• RA 9436Charter of the City of Carcar
• RA 9437An act renaming the leyte state university in barangay pangasugan, municipality of baybay, province of leyte as the visayas state university, amending for the purpose republic act no. 9158, entitled "an act converting the visayas state college of agriculture into a state university to be known as the leyte state university, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes"
• RA 9438An act changing the name of the babatngon national high school in the municipality of babatngon, province of leyte to juan s. tismo national high school
• RA 9439An act prohibiting the detention of patients in hospitals and medical clinics on grounds of nonpayment of hospital bills or medical expenses
• RA 9440An act establishing a marine fisheries laboratory in the municipality of san jose, province of northern samar, and authorizing the appropriation of funds therefor
• RA 9441An act establishing a marine research and breeding center in the municipality of baler, province of aurora, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9442An act amending republic act no. 7277, otherwise known as the "magna carta for disabled persons, and for other purposes"
• RA 9443An act confirming and declaring, subject to certain exceptions, the validity of existing transfer certificates of title and reconstituted certificates of title covering the banilad friar land estate, situated in the first district of the city of cebu
• RA 9444An act declaring the atulayan island of the municipality of sagñay, province of camarines sur as a tourist zone
• RA 9445An act declaring the islands of lahuy, cotivas, guinahuan, luksuhin, malibagan and masag, off the northeastern coast of the municipality of caramoan, province of camarines sur as tourist zones
• RA 9446An act declaring the province of bohol as an eco-cultural tourism zone
• RA 9447An act renaming florida elementary school situated in barangay florida, butuan city, into mariana l. pineda memorial elementary school
• RA 9448An act establishing an additional branch of the regional trial court in the province of zamboanga sibugay to be stationed at the municipality of imelda, amending for the purpose section 14, paragraph (j) of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and providing funds therefor
• RA 9449An act creating an additional branch of the municipal trial court in the municipality of daet, province of camarines norte, amending for the purpose section 30 of batas pambansa bilang 129, otherwise known as the judiciary reorganization act of 1980, as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9450An act creating two additional branches of the municipal trial courts in cities (mtcc) in the city of san jose del monte, province of bulacan, amending for the purpose section 29 of batas pambansa blg. 129, otherwise known as "the judiciary reorganization act of 1980", as amended, and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9451An act establishing a national science high school in barangay dos, las pinas city to be known as the las pinas city national science high school and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9452An act separating the caa high school annex in barangay bf international/caa, las pias city from the las pias national high school, converting it into an independent national high school to be known as the caa national high school and appropriating fund
• RA 9453An act changing the name of potia national high school in barangay pinto, municipality of alfonso lista, province of ifugao to pinto national high school
• RA 9454An act changing the name of salvacion national high school in barangay talojongon, municipality of tigaon, province of camarines sur to the dr. rodolfo v. pamor, jr. memorial national high school
• RA 9455An act changing the name of odiongan elementary school in barangay san jose, city of tanjay, province of negros oriental to egmidio v. manzo memorial elementary school
• RA 9456An act converting the bukidnon state college in the city of malaybalay, province of bukidnon, into a state university, to be known as the bukidnon state university and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9457An act creating a barangay to be known as barangay san carlos in the municipality of binangonan, province of rizal
• RA 9458An act declaring the island-towns of biri, capul, san antonio and san vicente, all in the province of northern samar as eco-tourism zones
• RA 9459An act to establish an oyster, mussel, crab, prawn and shrimp farm in the municipality of calabanga, province of camarines sur, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9460An act establishing a marine research and breeding center in the municipality of odiongan, province of romblon, appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9461Marcelino R. Veloso National Highway Act
• RA 9462An act naming the southern tagalog arterial road (star) to apolinario mabini superhighway (ams)
• RA 9463Josefa Llanes Escoda National Highway Act
• RA 9464An act renaming the bacolod - murcia - san carlos road (bacolod section) in the city of bacolod to romeo g. guanzon avenue
• RA 9465An act renaming pennsylvania avenue in the city of san fernando, province of la union as governor joaquin l. ortega avenue
• RA 9466An act renaming california avenue in the city of san fernando, province of la union as mayor lorenzo l. dacanay avenue
• RA 9467An act renaming the ozamiz city by-pass road located in ozamiz city as congressman hilarion j. ramiro by-pass road
• RA 9468An act renaming bay boulevard located in pasay city, extending up to para&ntildeaque city, as jose w. diokno boulevard
• RA 9469An act changing the name of bangui school of fisheries in the municipality of bangui, province of ilocos norte to bangui institute of technology
• RA 9470National Archives of the Philippines Act of 2007
• RA 9471An act to establish aquatic research and technology center in suitable municipality in the province of camarines sur, and appropriating funds therefor and for other purposes
• RA 9472An act amending republic act no. 9045, which creates the batangas state university (bsu) by excluding from its coverage the polytechnic university of the philippines (pup) campus in sto. tomas, batangas
• RA 9473An act separating the golden acres high school annex in barangay talon 1, las pias city from the las pias national high school, converting it into an independent national high school to be known as the golden acres national high school and appropriating funds therefor
• RA 9474Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007
• RA 9475An act changing the name of lasam national agricultural school in the municipality of lasam, province of cagayan to lasam institute of technology
• RA 9476An act renaming the entire portion of gen. trias - amadeo - tagaytay road from governors drive to tagaytay city in the province of cavite to crisanto m. de los reyes avenue
• RA 9477An act renaming the gapan - san fernando - olongapo road (gso road) as jose abad santos avenue (jasa)
• RA 9478An act granting the free air broadcasting network corp. a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain radio and television broadcasting stations nationwide
• RA 9479An act amending the franchise of ormoc city telephone company, inc. granted under republic act no. 3482, and extending/renewing the term thereof to another twenty-five (25) years from the date of effectivity of this act
• RA 9480An act enhancing revenue administration and collection by granting an amnesty on all unpaid internal revenue taxes imposed by the national government for taxable year 2005 and prior years
• RA 9481An act strengthening the workers' constitutional right to self-organization, amending for the purpose presidential decrees no. 442, as amended, otherwise known as the labor code of the philippines
• RA 9482Anti-Rabies Act of 2007
• RA 9483Oil Pollution Compensation Act of 2007
• RA 9484The Philippine Dental Act of 2007
• RA 9485Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007
• RA 9486Central Cebu Protected Landscape (CCPL) Act of 2007
• RA 9487An act further amending presidential decree no. 1869, otherwise known as pagcor charter
• RA 9488An act renaming the sagrada-lidong road extending from the province of camarines sur to the province of albay as diosdado macapagal highway
• RA 9489An act granting philippine citizenship to mr. jose r. rodriguez
• RA 9490Aurora special economic zone act of 2007
• RA 9491An act converting the municipality of naga in the province of cebu into a component city to be known as the city of naga
• RA 9492An act rationalizing the celebration of national holidays amending for the purpose section 26, chapter 7, book i of executive order no. 292, as amended, otherwise known as the administrative code of 1987
• RA 9493An act recognizing southville international school as an educational institution of international character, granting certain prerogatives to hasten its growth as such, and for other purposes
• RA 9494The Mimbilisan Protected Landscape Act
• RA 9495Charter of the Province of Quezon del Sur