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The Labor Code of the Philippines is the legal code governing employment practices and labor relations in the Philippines. It was enacted through Presidential Decree No. 442 on Labor day, May 1, 1974, by President Ferdinand Marcos in the exercise of his then extant legislative powers. [1]
The government of the Philippines (Filipino: Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and democratic constitutional republic in which the president functions as both the head of state and the head of government of the country within a pluriform ...
As of 31 December 2019, Maybank Indonesia maintains 374 branches including Sharia branches spread across Indonesia and one overseas branch (Mumbai, India), 21 Mobile Cash Vehicles and 1,571 ATMs including CDM (Cash Deposit Machines) connected with over 20,000 ATMs in ATM PRIMA, ATM BERSAMA, ALTO, CIRRUS and connected to 3,500 Maybank ATMs in ...
The legislative fiat declared "The site in Magallanes, Limasawa Island in the Province of Leyte, where the first Mass in the Philippines was held is hereby declared a national shrine to commemorate the birth of Christianity in the Philippines." [16] Magallanes is east of the island of Limasawa. In 1984 Imelda Marcos had a multi-million pesos ...
The Philippine School for the Deaf in Pasay, established in 1907, is the Philippines' and Asia's pioneer school for the handicapped. [108] Schools for the handicapped in the Philippines cater to children with intellectual disability, including those with visual, hearing, and orthopedic impairments. [79]
RA 10601 covers research, development, and extension (RDE), promotion, distribution, supply, assembling, manufacturing, regulation, use, operation, maintenance and project implementation of agricultural and fisheries machinery and equipment (Section 4). [40] The Philippines ranked 56th on the Global Innovation Index in 2023,. [41]
The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: 日本のフィリピン占領, romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
There is a vibrant gay scene in the Philippines with several bars, clubs and saunas in Manila as well as various gay rights organizations. UP Babaylan, [160] founded in 1992, remains the oldest and largest LGBT student organization in the Philippines. Progay-Philippines, founded in 1993, which led the first Gay March in Asia in 1994. [161]