Interpretation and applicability of some provisions of R.A. No. 9369, otherwise known as "An Act Amending Republic Act No. 8436, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Commission on Elections to Use an Automated Election System in the May 11, 1998 National or Local Elections and in Subsequent National and Local Electoral Exercises, to Encourage Trans- parency, Credibility, Fairness and Accuracy of Elections, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, As Amended, Republic Act No. 7166 and Other Related Election Laws, Providing Funds Therefor and for Other Purposes," in relation to R.A. No. 8046, which provides for the conduct of automated elections in the ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao)

Request of Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., Director-General, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOP), for presidential approval of his proposal for the creation, through an Executive Order, of an Intellectual Property Research and Training Institute

Whether the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) can sell its shares in Petron to SEA Refinery Holdings (SEA) or to a third party--should SEA choose not to purchase the shares, or should it choose to assign its right to purchase--without the necessity of first conducting public bidding, as may be required by Commission on Audit (COA) Circular No. 89-296, Proclamation No. 50 and the Government Accounting and Auditing Manual

Whether or not a former natural-born Filipino citizen who had re-acquired his Philippine citizenship pursuant to R.A. No. 9225 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) may be employed as an executive and managing officer in a telecommunications company in the Philippines, a public utility

Authority of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Service (PNP-CIDG) to issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum

Whether the Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co., Ltd shall be accorded with all the privileges, benefits, advantages or exemptions granted to business establishments or industries operating within any economic zones in the Philippines

Opinion on the alleged encroachment by the City of Manila on the areas covered by the territorial jurisdiction of the Intramuros Administration specifically, Magallanes Drive

Opinion on the Philippine government's enforcement of legal easement of right of way in the light of the Supreme Court ruling in Republic vs. Andaya, promulgated on July 15, 2007

Implementation of Presidential Proclamation No. 418, s.2003 (Reservation of parcels of government land as housing sites) specifically pertaining to requirements of publication of sale and sale through public bidding pursuant to Act No. 3038 (Authority to sell government agricultural lands) and whether the provisions of Act No. 3038 pertain only to agri- cultural lands and not applicable to lands proclaimed as housing sites

Interpretation of certain provisions of the Family Code of the Philippines, (including Article 54), concerning the filiation of children born into an existing marriage of a Filipino mother to a German national

Power and authority of the Department of Education (DepEd) to enter into a Bilateral Assistance Agreement (BAA) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Issue of jurisdiction and authority of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the exercise of supervision and reasonable regulation of public higher education institutions, specifically local universities and colleges (LUCs) and other non-chartered schools that are established/created by local government units (LGUs), through corresponding local ordinances issued by appropriate Sanggunian councils

Clarification on the intention of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to issue certain guidelines anent Joint Venture Agreements (JVAs) entered into by local government units (LGUs) pursuant to the provisions of Sections 33 and 35 of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) which provide for cooperative undertakings among LGUs; and linkages with people's and non-governmental organizations, respectively

Opinion/Guidance on the amount of just compensation the government should pay a claimant of a lot affected by the construction of the runway extension of Cauayan Airport in Isabela

Application of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006, to children involved in armed conflict (CIAC), with or without charges filed against them

Whether non-Filipino survivors/legal beneficiaries of retired military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and those of retired AFP military personnel who died before the effectivity of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9225 (Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003) or after the effectivity thereof but failed to reacquire Filipino citizenship, are entitled to the derivative retirement pension under Presidential Decree No. 1638, as amended, also known as the "AFP Military Personnel Retirement And Separation Decree of 1979"

Whether or not the acquisition of Smart Communications, Inc., without prior approval and authorization of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), of the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of PH Communications Holdings Corporation and Francom Holdings, Inc., which collectively own 100% of Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise Inc., (CURE) and which in effect resulted to the acquisition of CURE by SMART, is in violation of Section 20(h) of Commonwealth Act No. 146, as amended

Relative to the Assistance Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the United States of America for Environment and Energy Programs signed by the National Economic and Development (NEDA) and the Unityed States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Septemeber 19, 2008, particularly on the provision under Article 5.1.(a) concerning "Conditions Precedent to Disbursement"

Privileges and tax exemptions granted in the Congressional franchise of a number of airlines operating in the Philipppines

Opinion on which procurement rules and regulations should be followed by the Commission on Information Communications Technology (CICT) in the tendering process of an ASEAN (Association of Southest Asian Nations) Project--whether it is the ASEAN TELSOM (Telecommunications Senior Officials Meeting) Project Funding Management Manual or the Government Procurement Reforms Act (Republic Act No. 9184)

Interpretation and application of Section 17 (c) of Republic Act No. 7160 and Presidential Decree No.857, as amended, in relation to Department Order No. 202-18 issued by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) in accordance with its foreign loan agreements governing DOTC's feeder port projects