REPUBLIC ACTS

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8951 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE QUEZON CITY SUB-DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE QUEZON CITY FIRST ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8952 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7698 DECLARING AUGUST 6 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU TO INCLUDE ITS HIGHLY URBANIZED CITIES OF CEBU AND MANDAUE AND ITS COMPONENT CITIES OF LAPULAPU, DANAO AND TOLEDO.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8953 - AN ACT RESETTING THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICIALS OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO TO COINCIDE WITH THE GENERAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF MAY 2001.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8954 - AN ACT GRANTING THE INTERCONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8955 - AN ACT GRANTING THE POLARIS TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8956 - AN ACT GRANTING THE ODIONGAN TELEPHONE CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8957 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE APAYAO SUB-DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE APAYAO SECOND ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8958 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE SURIGAO DEL SUR SUB-DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE INTO A REGULAR DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE SURIGAO DEL SUR SECOND ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8959 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PALAWAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF NARRA, ABORLAN, SOFRONIO ESPAÑOLA, BROOKE'S POINT, BATARAZA, BALABAC, QUEZON, RIZAL, ROXAS, TAYTAY, CORON, EL NIDO, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8960 - AN ACT FURTHER EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO DAVAO LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INC. TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN DAVAO CITY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CARMEN, PANABO, DUJALI, AND SANTO TOMAS, PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL NORTE, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8961 - AN ACT GRANTING THE L.M. UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AND ALL THE CITIES THEREIN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8962 - AN ACT GRANTING THE IRIGA TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR AND ALL THE CITIES THEREIN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8963 - AN ACT EXCLUDING FROM THE BAGUIO TOWNSITE RESERVATION AND FROM THE OPERATION OF PROCLAMATION NO. 10 DATED FEBRUARY 9, 1924, AND PROCLAMATION NO. 63 DATED AUGUST 6, 1925, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE FORBES FOREST RESERVATION AND THE GOVERNMENT CENTER RESERVATION, RESPECTIVELY, ALL SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BAGUIO, ISLAND OF LUZON, CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LAND WITHIN LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 AND 6 EMBRACED THEREIN AND DECLARING THE SAME ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE LANDS FOR DISPOSITION TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 730.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8964 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE JUAN R. LIWAG HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX I IN BARANGAY STA. CRUZ, GAPAN, NUEVA ECIJA FROM THE JUAN R. LIWAG HIGH SCHOOL AND CONVERTING THE SAME INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE STA. CRUZ NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8965 - AN ACT RECLASSIFYING THE SUB-DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE IN THE CITY OF PUERTO PRINCESA, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, INTO A REGULAR ENGINEERING DISTRICT OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE THIRD ENGINEERING DISTRICT OF PALAWAN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8966 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED WITHIN THE CAMPUS OF THE MAGALLANES SCHOOL OF FISHERIES TO BARANGAY CENTRO, MUNICIPALITY OF MAGALLANES, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON AND CHANGING ITS NAME TO MAGALLANES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8967 - AN ACT SEPARATING THE TABUK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, BUAYA ANNEX, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALBALAN, PROVINCE OF KALINGA FROM THE TABUK NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABUK, PROVINCE OF KALINGA AND CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE WESTERN KALINGA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8968 - AN ACT RENAMING THE CARAMOAN PENINSULA ROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO GOVERNOR FELIX A. FUENTEBELLA NATIONAL HIGHWAY.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8969 - AN ACT DECLARING THE THIRD (3RD) FRIDAY OF AUGUST OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY OF DAVAO.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8970 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF LAUNDRY AND INDUSTRIAL DETERGENTS CONTAINING HARD SURFACTANTS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8971 - AN ACT NAMING THE AGOO-TUBAO-PUGO SEC. OF THE AGOO-BAGUIO ROAD, THE JOSE D. ASPIRAS HIGHWAY, AND THE BENGUET-BAGUIO CITY SEC. OF THE SAME ROAD, THE BEN PALISPIS HIGHWAY.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972 - THE SOLO PARENTS' WELFARE ACT OF 2000.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8973 - AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY FROM THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8974 - AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, SITE OR LOCATION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8975 - AN ACT TO ENSURE THE EXPEDITIOUS IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLETION OF GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY PROHIBITING LOWER COURTS FROM ISSUING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS OR PRELIMINARY MANDATORY INJUCTIONS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8976 - THE PHILIPPINE FOOD FORTIFICATION ACT OF 2000.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8977 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MUÑOZ IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8978 - AN ACT DECLARING THE MT. KITANGLAD RANGE IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8979 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF TALISAY.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8980 - AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT (ECCD), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
  

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8981 - THE PRC MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2000.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8982 - AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8531, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE IPIL TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, MAINTAIN, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF IPIL, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR."

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8983 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYAWAN IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF BAYAWAN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8984 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALANGA, BATAAN PROVINCE INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF BALANGA.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8985 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF VALENCIA IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF VALENCIA.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8986 - AN ACT DECLARING MARCH TWENTY-ONE, A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF CALAPAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8987 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SUB-DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF BUTUAN INTO A FULL-FLEDGED ENGINEERING DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THE BUTUAN CITY ENGINEERING DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8988 - AN ACT VALIDATING AND RECOGNIZING THE CREATION OF THE CITY OF VIGAN BY THE ROYAL DECREE OF SEPTEMBER 7, 1757 ISSUED BY FERNANDO VI, KING OF SPAIN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8989 - AN ACT STREAMLINING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PARTIDO DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7820, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PARTIDO DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1994".

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8990 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO IN THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8991 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE BATANES GROUP OF ISLANDS AND ISLETS AS A PROTECTED AREA, AND ITS PERIPHERAL WATERS AS BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8992 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PRIMEWORLD DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8993 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PALAWAN COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND/OR TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8994 - AN ACT GRANTING THE APO ASSOCIATED RADIO ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO TELEPHONE AND RADIOTELEGRAPH COASTAL STATIONS, AERONAUTICAL AND PUBLIC FIXED AND PUBLIC BASED LAND-MOBILE STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8995 - AN ACT GRANTING THE POLYTECHNIC FOUNDATION OF COTABATO AND ASIA, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8996 - AN ACT GRANTING THE END TIME MISSION BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS ANYWHERE IN LUZON.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8997 - AN ACT GRANTING FIRST GAS HOLDINGS CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, OWN, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NATURAL GAS TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8998 - AN ACT CREATING A SEPARATE ENGINEERING DISTRICT IN THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8999 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ENGINEERING DISTRICT IN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THE PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL SUR AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9000 - AN ACT DECLARING MARCH 19 AND JUNE 21 OF EACH YEAR AS SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAYS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NARRA, PALAWAN.