REPUBLIC ACTS

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9251 - AN ACT RENAMING THE PADRE BURGOS - AGDANGAN - UNISAN - PITOGO - MACALELON - GENERAL LUNA - CATANAUAN - MULANAY - SAN FRANCISCO - SAN ANDRES - SAN NARCISO - BUENAVISTA NATIONAL ROAD IN BONDOC PENINSULA IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON AS THE MIGUEL SUAREZ HIGHWAY.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9252 - AN ACT AMENDING SECITN 29 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980."

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9253 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY JALAUD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAROTAC NUEVO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO TO BE KNOWN AS JOSE MONFORT NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9254 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PURIFICATION DOLAR MONFORT NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY P.D. MONFORT NORTH, MUNICIPALITY OF DUMANGAS, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9255 - AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES."

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9256 - AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 21 OF EVERY YEAR AS NINOY AQUINO DAY, A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9257 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO MAXIMIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF SENIOR CITIZENS TO NATION BUILDING, GRANT BENEFITS AND SPECIAL PRIVILEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9258 - AN ACT PROFESSIONALIZING THE PRACTICE OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING AND CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE A PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9259 - AN ACT CREATING A BODY CORPORATE TO BE KNOWN AS THE LA UNION MEDICAL CENTER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9260 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE OF PALAWAN IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE WESTERN PHILIPPINES UNIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9261 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY BY INTEGRATING THE SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOGOD AND THE TOMAS OPPUS NORMAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TOMAS OPPUS, BOTH LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9262 - AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9263 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP) AND THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AMENDING CERTAIN, PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9265 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO DEL NORTE.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9266 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 545, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9267 - AN ACT PROVIDING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR SECURITIZATION AND GRANTING FOR THE PURPOSE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE OPERATION OF CERTAIN LAWS.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9268 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 382 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9269 - AN ACT CREATING THE SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9270 - AN ACT NAMING THE NATIONAL ROAD FROM INTERSECTION OF GOVERNOR CAMINS ROAD AND VETERANS AVENUE UP TO LICOMO IN THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA TO MARIA CLARA L. LOBREGAT HIGHWAY.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9271 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY CAPACITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN QUARANTINE AND INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SURVEILLANCE, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 123 OF 1947, AS AMENDED.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9272 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA BY INTEGRATING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYOMBONG AND THE NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANBANG, BOTH LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9275 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9276 - AN ACT AMENDING SECITON 29 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9277 - AN ACT GRANTING THE LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FOR EDUCATIONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE CAMPUSES OF LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9278 - AN ACT GRANTING THE IVATAN FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9279 - AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL PROSECUTION SERVICES AND THE STATE COUNSELS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9280 - AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF CUSTOMS BROKERS PROFESSION IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE A PROFESSIONAL REGULATORY BOARD FOR CUSTOMS BROKERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9281 - AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES MODERNIZATION IN THE PHILIPPINES BY EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF TAX INCENTIVES AND ITS MANDATED FUNDING SUPPORT, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS 109 AND 112 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8435.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9282 - AN ACT EXPANDING THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS (CTA), ELEVATING ITS RANK TO THE LEVEL OF A COLLEGIATE COURT WITH SPECIAL JURISDICTION AND ENLARGING ITS MEMBERSHIP, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OR REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1125, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LAW CREATING THE COURT OF TAX APPEALS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9283 - AN ACT EXPANDING THE AREA OF OPERATION OF THE FRANCHISE OF EDISON C. ESPINOSA, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8101 AND CONVERTING THE GRANTEE INTO A CORPORATION.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9284 - AN ACT AMENDING AND EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO CAGAYAN ELECTRIC POWER AND LIGHT CO., INC. UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY AND REPUBIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY HUNDRED TWENTY.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9285 - AN ACT TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE USE OF AN ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9286 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 198, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PROVINCIAL WATER UTILITIES ACT OF 1973", AS AMENDED.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9287 - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAMES, AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1602, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9288 - AN ACT PROMULGATING A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY AND A NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ENSURING NEWBORN SCREENING.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9289 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MARIKINA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (MIST) INTO THE MARIKINA POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE (MPC) DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9290 - AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOOTWEAR, LEATHER GOODS AND TANNERY INDUSTRIES, PROVIDING INCENTIVES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9291 - AN ACT UPGRADING THE ZAMBALES SUBDISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE INTO A REGULAR ENGINEERING OFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE ZAMBALEZ SECOND DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9292 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION FOR THE REGISTRATION, LICENSING AND PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5734, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9293 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX (R. A. NO. 7836), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE TEACHERS PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 1994."

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9294 - AN ACT RESTORING THE TAX EXEMPTION OF OFFSHORE BANKING UNITS (OBUs) AND FOREIGN CURRENCY DEPOSIT UNITS (FCDUs), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 27 (D) AND SECTION 28, PARAGRAPHS (A) (4) AND (A) (7) (b) OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9295 - AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE DOMESTIC SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING, SHIP REPAIR AND SHIP BREAKING, ORDAINING REFORMS IN GOVERNMENT POLICIES TOWARDS SHIPPING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9296 - AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MEAT INSPECTION SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY, ORDAINING FOR THIS PURPOSE A "MEAT INSPECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9297 - AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND REPEALING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN (R. A. NO. 318), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LAW."

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9298 - AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF ACCOUNTANCY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 692, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ACCOUNTANCY LAW, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9299 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE CENTRAL VISAYAS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE (CVPC) INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEGROS ORIENTAL STATE UNIVERSITY (NORSU), INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE GENARO GORI MEMORIAL COLLEGE IN THE CITY OF BAIS, THE SIATON COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIATON, AND THE MABINAY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MABINAY, ALL LOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• REPUBLIC ACT No. 9300 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE ISAAC LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MANDALUYONG CITY INTO AN INTEGRATED SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE ISAAC LOPEZ INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.