Domestic Adoption Act of 1998

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552

 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND POLICIES

ON THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

 

ARTICLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Domestic Adoption Act of 1998.”

Sec. 2. Declaration of Policies. — (a) It is hereby declared the policy of the State to ensure that every child remains under the care and custody of his/her parent(s) and be provided with love, care, understanding and security towards the full and harmonious development of his/her personality. Only when such efforts prove insufficient and no appropriate placement or adoption within the child’s extended family is available shall adoption by an unrelated person be considered.

Labor Code of the Philippines (Art. 287: Retirement)

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7641

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 287 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PROVIDING FOR RETIREMENT PAY TO QUALIFIED PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY RETIREMENT PLAN IN THE ESTABLISHMENT

 

SECTION 1.    Article 287 of Presidential Decree No. 442, as amended, otherwise known as the Labor Code of the Philippines, is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

My Travels in the Philippines (Again)

Here’s an update on my travels in the Philippines.  From my original Lakbayan post here.

Right now, I still have a grade of C- (which could be better).  I guess I have to find time to travel within the country more often.  But first I have to find time to earn the money I need to be able to travel.  Wish me luck.

My Lakbayan grade is C-!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

Tour of the Philippines

The Philippines is divided into 81 Provinces.

And from all of that:

 

Click here to get your own travel log.

Add one more if I were to incude the province where I was born but haven’t visited or passed through, even once.

 

List of provinces

Metro Manila is included by basis of comparison although it is not a province but a region.

Province	Capital	Region	Population	Area  (km²)	Pop. density (per km²)
Abra	Bangued	CAR	209,491	3,975.6	52.7
Agusan del Norte	Cabadbaran City	Region XIII	552,849	2,590.0	213.5
Agusan del Sur	Prosperidad	Region XIII	559,294	8,966.0	62.4
Aklan	Kalibo	Region VI	451,314	1,817.9	248.3
Albay	Legazpi City	Region V	1,090,907	2,552.6	427.4
Antique	San Jose	Region VI	471,088	2,522.0	186.8
Apayao	Kabugao	CAR	97,129	3,927.9	24.7
Aurora	Baler	Region III	173,797	3,239.5	53.6
Basilan	Isabela City	ARMM	322,828	1,234.2	243.8
Bataan	Balanga City	Region III	557,659	1,373.0	406.2
Batanes	Basco	Region II	16,467	209.3	78.7
Batangas	Batangas City	Region IV-A	1,905,348	3,165.8	601.9
Benguet	La Trinidad	CAR	582,515	2,655.4	219.4
Biliran	Naval	Region VIII	140,274	555.5	252.5
Bohol	Tagbilaran City	Region VII	1,139,130	4,117.3	276.7
Bukidnon	Malaybalay City	Region X	1,060,265	8,293.8	127.8
Bulacan	Malolos City	Region III	2,234,088	2,625.0	851.1
Cagayan	Tuguegarao City	Region II	993,580	9,002.7	110.4
Camarines Norte	Daet	Region V	458,840	2,112.5	217.2
Camarines Sur	Pili	Region V	1,551,549	5,266.8	294.6
Camiguin	Mambajao	Region X	74,232	229.8	323.0
Capiz	Roxas City	Region VI	654,156	2,633.2	248.4
Catanduanes	Virac	Region V	215,356	1,511.5	142.5
Cavite	Imus	Region IV-A	2,063,161	1,287.6	1,602.3
Cebu	Cebu City	Region VII	3,356,137	5,088.4	659.6
Compostela Valley	Nabunturan	Region XI	580,244	4,667.0	124.3
Cotabato	Kidapawan City	Region XII	958,643	6,569.9	145.9
Davao del Norte	Tagum City	Region XI	743,811	3,463.0	214.8
Davao del Sur	Digos City	Region XI	1,905,917	6,377.6	298.8
Davao Oriental	Mati City	Region XI	446,191	5,164.5	86.4
Dinagat Islands	San Jose	Region XIII	106,951	802.12	133.3
Eastern Samar	Borongan City	Region VIII	375,822	4,339.6	86.6
Guimaras	Jordan	Region VI	141,450	604.7	233.9
Ifugao	Lagawe	CAR	161,623	2,517.8	64.2
Ilocos Norte	Laoag City	Region I	514,241	3,399.3	151.3
Ilocos Sur	Vigan City	Region I	594,206	2,579.6	230.3
Iloilo	Iloilo City	Region VI	1,925,002	4,719.4	407.9
Isabela [2]	Ilagan	Region II	1,287,575	10,664.6	120.7
Kalinga	Tabuk City	CAR	174,023	3,119.7	55.8
La Union	San Fernando City	Region I	657,945	1,493.1	440.7
Laguna	Santa Cruz	Region IV-A	1,965,872	1,759.7	1,117.2
Lanao del Norte	Tubod	Region X	758,123	3,092.0	245.2
Lanao del Sur	Marawi City	ARMM	800,162	3,872.9	206.6
Leyte	Tacloban City	Region VIII	1,592,336	5,712.8	278.7
Maguindanao	Shariff Aguak	ARMM	599,103	4,900.1	163.5
Marinduque	Boac	Region IV-B	217,392	959.3	226.6
Masbate	Masbate City	Region V	707,668	4,047.7	174.8
Metro Manila	Manila (Regional center)	NCR	9,932,560	636	15,617.2
Misamis Occidental	Oroquieta City	Region X	486,723	1,939.3	251.0
Misamis Oriental	Cagayan de Oro City	Region X	1,126,215	3,570.0	315.5
Mountain Province	Bontoc	CAR	140,439	2,097.3	67.0
Negros Occidental [3]	Bacolod City	Region VI	2,565,723	7,926.1	323.7
Negros Oriental	Dumaguete City	Region VII	1,130,088	5,402.3	209.2
Northern Samar	Catarman	Region VIII	500,639	3,498.0	143.1
Nueva Ecija	Palayan City	Region III	1,659,883	5,284.3	314.1
Nueva Vizcaya	Bayombong	Region II	366,962	3,903.9	94.0
Occidental Mindoro	Mamburao	Region IV-B	380,250	5,879.9	64.7
Oriental Mindoro	Calapan City	Region IV-B	681,818	4,364.7	156.2
Palawan	Puerto Princesa City	Region IV-B	755,412	14,896.3	50.7
Pampanga	San Fernando City	Region III	1,882,730	2,180.7	863.4
Pangasinan	Lingayen	Region I	2,434,086	5,368.2	453.4
Quezon	Lucena City	Region IV-A	1,679,030	8,706.6	192.8
Quirino	Cabarroguis	Region II	148,575	3,057.2	48.6
Rizal	Pasig City	Region IV-A	1,707,218	1,308.9	1,304.3
Romblon	Romblon	Region IV-B	264,357	1,355.9	195.0
Samar	Catbalogan City	Region VIII	641,124	5,591.0	114.7
Sarangani	Alabel	Region XII	410,622	2,980.0	137.8
Shariff Kabunsuan[4]	Datu Odin Sinsuat	ARMM	365,848
Siquijor	Siquijor	Region VII	81,598	343.5	237.5
Sorsogon	Sorsogon City	Region V	650,535	2,141.4	303.8
South Cotabato	Koronadal City	Region XII	1,102,550	4,489.0	245.6
Southern Leyte	Maasin City	Region VIII	360,160	1,734.8	207.6
Sultan Kudarat	Isulan	Region XII	586,505	4,714.8	124.4
Sulu	Jolo City	ARMM	619,668	1,600.4	387.2
Surigao del Norte	Surigao City	Region XIII	374,465	1,936.9	193.3
Surigao del Sur	Tandag City	Region XIII	501,808	4,552.2	110.2
Tarlac	Tarlac City	Region III	1,068,783	3,053.4	350.0
Tawi-Tawi	Bongao	ARMM	322,317	1,087.4	296.4
Zambales	Iba	Region III	627,802	3,714.4	169.0
Zamboanga del Norte	Dipolog City	Region IX	823,130	6,618.0	124.4
Zamboanga del Sur	Pagadian City	Region IX	1,438,011	4,964.1	289.7
Zamboanga Sibugay	Ipil	Region IX	497,239	3,087.9	161.0