Relative to the "settlement of outstanding road right-of-way (RROW) claims for lots traversed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) where no expropriation cases filed by the Government or judicial claims for payment of just compensation were made by the lot owners affected before the start of the road construction project"

Whether or not Private Educational Institutions whose owners, incorporators, stockholders, and/or members of associations or foundations, are members of Congress, could receive financial support from the National Government through the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) Law or any existing law relative to scholarship grants

Concerning the request of the City Government of Cebu for permission or consent to allow it to demolish the fenced wall within the premises of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Region VII to make way for the city government's sidewalk restoration project

Legality of Article III (Membership) of the Constitutiton and By-Laws of the Graduate School Students Organization (GRASSO) which states that "All bonafide students of the Graduate School of Cebu Normal University shall automatically become members of the organization" (that is, the GRASSO)

Opinion on which government agency has jurisdiction over the fire safety inspection of corporations and other business enterprises duly registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)

Request for comments and recommendations on the proposed revised and updated National Anti-Drug Program of Action (NADPA) of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) for 2015-2020

Request for clarification on certain items raised in DOJ Opinion No. 2, series of 2014, relative to Extra-Judicial Settlement of Right-of-Way Claims

Proper interpretation of Section 1.05 (Sources of Repayment) of the Loan Agreement extended by Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), which covers a Php 10 billion, in connection with the latter's grant of financial assistance to the Philippine National Bank (PNB)

Concerning the procurement of employment permit of resident aliens, specifically on: a) Whether resident aliens are required to procure an employment permit from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); and b) Whether resident aliens are allowed to be employed even in commercial enterprises that are reserved to be wholly owned by Filipinos as covered by R.A. No. 8762 (An Act Liberalizing the Retail Trade Business)

Whether a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) can hire providers of licensure review classes for its own children enrolled in Cebu Normal University (CNU)

Whether the reservations that the Philippine Government registered in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide were superseded or nullified by the enactment of R.A. No. 9851 on December 11, 2009 and by the accession of the Philippines to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on August 30, 2011

Whether foreign nationals, including holders of People's Republic of China (PROC) passports, who are holding a Temporary Visitor's (or 9 (a) Visa for Pleasure), issued by the appropriate Philippine Embassy or Consulate, can apply for a change or conversion of their 9 (a) visa into a work visa including a Special Non-Immigrant (or 47 (a) (2) Visa) issued to those employed by companies registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)

Propriety of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) operating a bus service system under its Charter, as amended

Whether the Quezon City Development and Financing Corporation (QCDFC), whose property will be affected by the proposed widening/concreting of Katipunan Avenue Extension, Quezon City, should be paid just compensation for the twenty (20) meter portion to be affected

Whether the children of barangay officials enrolled at Altavas College in Aklan, which is a municipally-created-and-operated educational institutition, could be charged to pay matriculation and tuition fees as per Article 77 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R.A. No. 7160 or the Local Government Code of 1991

Whether Mr. Victor M. Barroso can continue to serve as Bukidnon State University (BSU) president until June 13, 2015, which is the end of a four-year term, or only until his 70th birthday on January 12, 2015, the mandatory retirement age for a state university or college (SUC) president as per R.A. No. 8292 (Higher Education Modernization Act of 1977) and R.A. No. 9456 (Bukidnon State University Charter)

Whether legislation is required for the purpose of privatizing a local water district such as the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD)

Whether electric cooperatives registered with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) can now avail of the preferential rights granted under R.A. No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) even if they are not registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA)

Guidance on the procedure for administrative settlement or adjudication of disputes, claims and controversies between or among government offices, agencies and instrumentalities, including government-owned-or-controlled corporations (GOCCs), relative to the intention of the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) to file an arbitration case against the National Power Corporation (NPC) for breaching its obligation to reimburse PNOC-EC for the E-VAT on wharfage, brokerage and arrastre charges for the latter's supply and delivery of imported steaming coal to NPC's thermal plant in Sual, Pangasinan

Queries on registration of a Certificate of Sale of an acquired asset by QUEDANCOR from a defaulting borrower when the original copy of the certificate of title of the property kept by the Register of Deeds (of Albay) is missing

Whether there is basis for the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSALM) Corporation to entertain the higher offer made by Therma Power Visayas, Inc. (TPVI) after the Naga Power Plant Complex (NPPC) has already been awarded to SPC Power Corporation (SPC) after the latter exercised its right to top the winning bid submitted by TPVI

Relative to the continuous filing of complaints of Ms. Wilhelmina E. Tobias of Empalico Homes, Inc. (EHI) with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), considering that she is no longer entitled to be an officer of the EHI

Whether the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) may disrgard the implementation of Section 32 of R.A. No. 9173, or the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002, which provides that: "In order to enhance the general welfare, commitment to service and professionalism of nurses, the minimum base pay of nurses working in the public health institutions shall not be lower than salary grade 15 as prescribed under R.A. No. 6758, otherwise known as the Position Compensation and Classification Act of 1989..."

Relative to Bingo Milyonaryo game operation specifically on: a) Whether it can operate without valid mayor's/business permit; b) Whether its betting agent can operate without a betting station in the city; and c) In case the Local Government Unit (LGU) does not want the Bingo Milyonaryo to operate in its jurisdiction, what remedies are available to it

Whether a lessee of a foreshore land whose lease has already reached the maximum period of fifty (50) years can apply or file a new lease (foreshore) application over the same parcel of (foreshore) land

Regarding the University of the Philippines' (UP) Law Center's collection of the Legal Research Fund (LRF) Fee from applicants taking the Foreign Service Officer (FSO) Examinations

Opinion on the Commission on Audit's (COA) request for information on any action undertaken to recover mobilization fees released to contractors in three (3) on-going projects in Quezon City

Clarification on the proper application of the provisions of Article 125 of the Revised Penal Code, as amended, in relation to Department of Justice Circular No. 50, s. 2012, concerning the period within which detained persons are to be delivered to the proper judicial authorities

Request for Opinion exempting Mr. Felicito M. Mejorado from the coverage of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Opinion No. 40, s. 2012, with a view that Mejorado's twenty percent (20%) informer's reward is a vested, contractual right and is constitutionally protected and guaranteed under Sec. 10, Article II (Declaration of Principles and State Policies) of the 1987 Constitution

Whether there was unfair treatment on the part of the Central Mindanao University (CMU) and its alleged failure to reinstate Mr. Samuel Hechanova to any position commensurate to a university president

Relative to the ownership of a parcel of land presently occupied by the Ajuy National High School which appears to have been donated to it but is the subject of an adverse claim for and on behalf of the assumed heirs of the donor, Mr. Rederick B. Tupas

Constitutionality of Executive Order No. 854, s. 2009, entitled "Revoking Proclamation No. 704, s. 1995 and Proclamation No. 1160, s. 2006 and Establishing a Task Force to Formulate and Implement a Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan for the Napindan Channel, Lupang Arenda and Manggahan Floodway"

Request for comments and inputs on the Draft Agreed Minutes for the Inaugural Meeting of the Philippines-Laos Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), which will be held in Laos on January 2015

Regarding the alleged Right of Way Claim of Mr. Virgilio B. Cortero, Sr., against the National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), which accordingly remains unpaid since 2008

Opinion on the Notice of Disallowance, dated 17 January 2014, issued by the Commission on Audit of the Province of Bulacan-Audit Group F, declaring Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 2013-112, "A Resolution Approving the Grant of Productivity Enhancement Incentive Amounting to Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (P25,000.00) for All Local Government Officials and Regular Employees of the Municipality of Angat, Bulacan," to be in violation of Sec. 1 of Executive Order No. 80, dated 20 July 2012 and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Circular No. 2013-3, dated 21 November 2013

Whether Letter of Instruction (LOI) No. 13878, s. 1984 (Authorizing the Ministry of Trade and Industry to Monitor and Regulate Copper Export Shipments), is still valid considering the Philippine Smelting and Refining Corporation (PASAR) and whether such LOI is a law or merely an administrative issuance by a higher authority for the guidance of its subordinates

Whether a certificate of live birth is considered sufficient and substantial evidence of one's Philippine citizenship to qualify a person to be a majority stockholder/investor in a domestic stock corporation engaged in land development for real estate housing projects

Whether the rule on nepotism applies to those relatives of the appointing authority within the third civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, whose employments are under contracts of service or job orders; and if the said rule applies to their re-appointment

Whether the son of Director Walter R. Ocampo of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is prohibited from participating in the competitive biddings conducted by the Bids and Awards Committees (BAC) of the regional and district offices of the DPWH considering that he holds the position of Director of DPWH's Bureau of Construction

Whether the request of Mr. Takashiro Usui, Group CEO of Aruze Gaming Macau Limited (AGML), for the reversal of the 25% discount of the original price of the 398 units of slot machines that the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) purchased from AGML may be given due course

Request for reconsideration of DOJ Opinion No. 73, s. 2014, dated October 9, 2014, which provides for the transfer of the regulatory function of the Boards of Marine Deck and Marine Engineer Officers, consisting of the administration of licensure examination for Marine Deck and Marine Engineer Officers and the conduct of the administrative investigation against erring Marine Officers under the supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) to the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA)

Regarding Resolution No. 561, s. 2014 adopted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Surigao del Sur requesting for legal opinion on the status, legality and validity of Proclamation No. 671, issued by then-Governor General Frank Murphy on March 16, 1934, in connection with the review by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the Ordinance No. CV-415, s. 2013, enacted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, entitled "Reiterating the Provision of Proclamation No. 671, Penalizing the Survey, Construction and Disposition of Any Portion of the Land Under Its Coverage"

Relative to the convening and composition of the Local Housing Board (LHB) of Bacolod City, specifically on whether City Ordinance No. 593 (Ordinance on Sustainable Development Program for the Alleviation of Informal Settlers) or the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular No. 2008-143 (Creation of Local Housing Boards) should prevail; and whether the inclusion of non-government organizations/society organizations as members of the LHB is legal

Appointment of the Regional Director of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) as an additional member of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) Board of Regents despite having the Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture (DA) as a sitting member