Whether the implementation of Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM) nationwide, even to health care facilities (HCFs) not catering to COVID-19 patients and to low-risk areas, is consistent with the fiduciary duty of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Board of Directors and officers to protect the National Health Insurance Fund.

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Regarding the implementation of Republic Act (RA) No. 10930, in particular, its effectivity and the pre-requisites/conditions prior to the grant of drivers' licenses with ten-year validity period, which was endorsed to the Department of Justice (DOJ) by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTr).

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Whether the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 148-B, dated 11 November 2021, is a form of governmental regulation or policy, to aid the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) in representing the IATF in the case docketed as SCA Case No. 21-09509-SC entitled "Kathryn Joy Hautea-Nunez v. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines (IATF), et al." pending before the Regional Trial Court in the City of Manila, Branch 41.

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Confirmation that while the assets distributable to the creditors and/or stockholders of the closed corporate broker-dealers may be escheated in favor of the government, pursuant to Section 139 of the Revised Corporation Code, the remaining assets in cash, of a partnership broker-dealer in the custody of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and which is being  requested to be returned to the partnership, cannot be escheated in the absence of a provision in the Civil Code which sanctions the escheat of partnership assets in favor of the government. 

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Validity of Article VII of the Memorandum of Agreement (Second MOA) entered into between the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD) and the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) on November 27, 2018.  View / Download PDF File

Authority of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center to access and obtain confidential project documents.

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Possibility of amending the Toll Operation Agreement (TOA) to update the specific Segments of the Expressways

(R-1 Expressway,  C-5 Link Expressway and R-1 Expressway Extension) and explicitly reflect separate 35-year

Franchise Periods from the Final Operation Date of each Expressway of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway

Project (MCTEP), subject to the 50-year limitation for Franchise Period provided under the

1987 Constitution.

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Whether or not the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) went beyond its powers under Republic Act (R. A.) No. 11364, otherwise known as the “Cooperative Development Authority Charter of 2016,” when it provided for the organization and recognition of the Regional Clustered Organizations (RCOS) pursuant to the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R. A. No 11364 in order to effectuate and to make the provision of Section 4(z) of the said law operative.

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Propriety of the Commission  on Filipinos Overseas’ (CFO) continued collection of registration fees from permanent migrants.

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Whether a newly-appointed Secretary can immediately execute the duites and finctions cited in the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Act (Republic Act No. 11641) prior to the formal establishment and full operationalization of the DMW.

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Whether a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation is an absolute requirement before the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) can make a recommendation to the Department of Health (DOH) on COVID-19 vaccines.

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Confirmation on the Department's position that the Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Finance, can validly execute under existing laws a Shari'ah-compliant financing instrument called Susuk, which in particular, will be issued following a structure denominated as a Commodity Murabarah via a Tawarruq Arrangement.

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Relative to the application for water rate increase of the Lemery Water District (LEWAD).

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Whether the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) may, in light of the provision of existing statutes and the existence of a previously issued Department of Justice (DOJ) legal opinion on the matter, issue a Resolution granting adjudicatory authority to the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Internal Audit Service (IAS).        

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Opinion on Sections 4 (Counterfeit goods to be taken into custody…) and 7 (Prosecution of commission of offenses) of the

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 2020-124 which require local government units (LGUs) to adopt and promulgate ordinances to promote and protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). 

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Opinion on who is the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) pursuant to the office of the President (OP) Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 1, series of 2022 (Declaring Vacant Positions in the Departments, Offices, Agencies and Bureaus in the Executive Department and Fixing Rules Therefor…) and MC No. 3, series of 2022 (Amending and Supplementing Memorandum Circular No. 1, series of 2022, By Extending the Term of Office of Government Officials and Employees Covered Therein…)

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Clarification on: 1) Whether the unutilized cash balance of the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) Program may be used for the

implementation of the Targeted Cash Transfer of (TCT) Program; and 2) What legal basis can be used by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in authorizing the release of UCT cash balance, assuming that such may be utilized for the implementation of the TCT Program.   

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Guidance on the following issues: 1) Whether the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has administrative

supervision over the National  Mapping and   Resources Information Authority (NAMRIA) and if so, the extent of such supervision; 2) Whether NAMRIA is just attached to the DENR for policy directions; and 3) Whether DENR’s Human Resources Development Committee(DENR-HRDC) may validly implement separate and independent screening procedures for travel authorities (TA) requests filed by NAMRIA, notwithstanding prior screening conducted by NAMRIA’s own HRDC.

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