Clarification of DOJ Opinion No. 22, series of 2015, in relation to DOJ Opinion No. 23, series of 2015, concerning R.A. No. 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act

Whether there would be a conflict of interest if the Commission on Audit (COA) will participate in the proceedings of the Welfareville Trustee Committee

Determination as to which between the Domestic Satellite Philippines Inc. (DOMSAT) and Solar Entertainment Corporation (SOLAR) should be recognized by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) as the rightful holder of the franchise under Presidential Decree No. 947 (Grant of Franchise to DOMSAT to Establish, Operate and Maintain in the Philippines Any and All Types of Telecommunications Service...)

Whether the proposed buyout by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project may be pursued, notwithstanding the policy declaration of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA) to privatize the National Power Corporation (NPC) generation assets

Opinion on the requirement for the President's approval of the Department of Transportaion and Communications (DOTC) Public Utility Jeepney Modernization Program

Validity of Provincial Ordinance 28, s. 2015, entitled "An Ordinance for the Provincial Coast Watch Surveillance and Environment Monitoring System in the Province of Zambales," specifically whether the Provincial Government of Zambales has the authority and mandate under existing laws to establish a maritime surveillance system independently from and without due regard to the mandates and functions of national agencies

Opinion on the appropriate response to the letter of the Governance Commission for Government-Owned-or-Controlled Corporations (GOCC) enjoining the submission of the Second Semester Report relative to the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC)

Relative to the Batangas-Manila Natural Gas Pipeline Project being proposed by the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) specifically on: 1) Whether the PNOC's Charter, (Presidential Decree No. 334, As Amended), can be considered as a franchise or legislative authority for PNOC to develop and operate the Project as a Gas Transmission System; and 2) Whether PNOC may appoint a Private Concessionaire as the operator of the Project without the need to secure a separate legislative franchise

Correct construction of Section 24 or R.A. No. 6948, as amended by R.A. No. 7696, entitled An Act Standardizing and Upgrading the Benefits for Military Veterans and Their Dependents, relative to the effects of the discovery of fraud before or after an application for pension is approved

Whether the National Development Company (NDC) can undertake to invest in a hydropower project to be located at Tublay, Benguet under the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA)

Whether the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICC/IP) representatives to the local Sanggunian bodies, pursuant to Section 16 of R.A. No. 8371, or the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997, fall within the class of "elective local officials" under Section 508 (a) of the Local Government Code of 1991 who may form their respective leagues or federation, subject to the pertinent provisions of the Code

Nature of the corporations surrendered to the Presidential Commission on Good Government by Mr. Jose Y. Campus and of the positions held by the officers and employees of these corporations

Whether an amendment of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of R.A. No. 9994, or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 is necessary, or a mere resolution by the National Coordinating and Monitoring Board (NCMB), the inter-agency body tasked to monitor the implementation of said law, will suffice, to provide guidelines on the identification documents that a senior citizen can use to avail of the benefits provided for under R.A. No. 9994

Relative to court jurisdiction of Criminal Case No. 380033, entitled "Philippines vs. Eduardo P. Gonzales: pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1727 or Declaring as Unlawful the Malicious Dissemination of False Information or the Willful Making of Any Threat Concerning Bombs, Explosives or Any Similar Devise or Means of Destruction and Imposing Penalties Therefor

Reconsideration of DOJ Opinion No. 70, s. 2014, dated September 26, 2014, stating that the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) may no longer enter directly into a bilateral contract with renewable energy (RE) developers and generators for the purchase of renewable energy

Request for opinion on the comments on the proposed emegency procurement for the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Drivers' License Cards Project, contained in a Memorandum submitted by officials of the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC)

Whether Presidential Proclamation (PP) No. 458 remains in effect and if so, whether the property covered thereby is still under the jurisdiction of the National Housing Authority (NHA), after Executive Order No. 854, s. 1995 revoked PP 1160, which amended said PP 458

Whether the President has the power to convey or assign properties previously declared as property dividends in favour of the National Government, through the Department of Finance (DOF), pursuant to R.A. No. 7656, or An Act Requiring GOCCs (Government-Owned-or-Controlled Corporations) to Declare Dividends Under Certain Conditions to the National Government

Whether the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB), under its existing powers and authority, can require subdivision and condominium project owners and developers to submit on a regular basis, certain information relating to their financial condition and reports for their projects

Whether the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) may validly and legally require a prior "Road Repair Clearance," as a prerequisite for the implementation of an infrastructure project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); and whether there is ground to contest the validity and enforcement of Makati City Ordinance No. 2005-018, which requires that all road constructions within their jurisdiction must post a cash bond deposit of 25% of the total project cost before the necessary permit for excavation can be issued

Whether the provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime are consistent with Philippine laws relative to cybercrime

Whether capital contributions of members of Non-Stock Savings and Loan Associations (NSSLAs) are subject to confidentiality provisions of Section 6, R.A. No. 8367, herein referred to as the NSSLA Law, and/or R.A. No. 1405 (An Act Prohibiting Disclosure of for Inquiry Into, Deposits with Any Banking Institution and Providing Penalty Therefor

Whether the Philippine National Police (PNP) can contribute to procure security services inside Camp Crame considering that in the organizational structure of the PNP, the Headquarters Support Service (HSS) performs the same functions as the procured security service

Comments on the Proposed Draft Declaration on the Right of Peoples and Individuals to International Solidarity

Opinion on Development Rights pertaining to Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3, specifically on the following issues: a) Whether the position of MRT Development Corporation (MRTDevCo) that the Development Rights and Advertising Rights under the Agreement to Build, Lease and Transfer and its amendments are separate is tenable; b) Whether the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) can give access permits to MRTDevCo in relation to the exercise of its Development Rights despite MRTDevCo's non-payment of Development Rights; and c) Whether MRTDevCo's claim over its rights to lease commercial stalls in MRT3 stations has any basis

Applicability of R.A. No. 7656, or An Act Requiring Government-Owned-or-Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) to Declare Dividends Under Certain Conditions or the Dividend Law, on the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)

Relative to the Scholarship Service Contracts (SSC) executed between the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and its scholars, specifically: a) Whether the NEDA may allow the reneging scholars to pay only the Philippine Government counterpart considering that the foreign sponsor counterpart was not included/enumerated in the SSC; b) Whether the scholars can be allowed to pay the obligation in monthly installments under Executive Order (E.O.) No. 367, s. 1989 and E.O. No. 297, s. 1987 or the Revised Administrative Code of 1987

Whether the amount corresponding to a government official or employee's purported indebtedness to the government may be withheld from his separation/retirement benefits pending final decision/resolution of a court or quasi-judicial body

Whether the Department of Finance (DOF) should pay the claims separately made by the Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWCI) and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad) under the separate but similarly-worded Performance Undertaking (PU) issued by the DOF in favour of MWCI and Maynilad, pursuant to Section 15.3 (iii) (d) (Conditions to Obligations of the Concessionaire) of the likewise separate but similarly-worded Concession Agreements entered into by the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Systems (MWSS) with MWCI and Maynilad

Whether the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) may use its "ring-fenced" funds to pay dividends in arrears due the National Government, which at present amounts to Ph944.01 million

Relative to the proposed implementing guidelines of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) entered into by and between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) on August 12, 2012, entitled "Guidelines on the Forfeiture, Management and Disposition of Untitled Lands Reclaimed Illegally or Without Approval," a DENR-PRA Joint Administrative Order, specifically seeking clarification on whether the DENR and PRA may validly agree to an equal sharing of the net proceeds of disposition of illegally reclaimed lands and whether the DENR share maybe placed in a fund to be administered by the PRA, subject to Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and Commission on Audit (COA) clearance, when necessary

Whether Section 16 of R.A. No. 10717 of the General Appropriations Act, Fiscal Year 2016 (GAA), is a legal impediment to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Deputy Governor Vicente S. Aquino's participation, in the Oxford Programme on Negotiation, or in any other seminar, training, or conference related to his job, with barely nine (9) months before his retirement

Whether the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)-Land Transportation Office (LTO) may accept the extension and renewal proposal of Stradcom Corporation (Stradcom) for the establishment of the LTO Computerization Infrastructure Project, and procure the services of Stradcom by way of negotiated procurement; and if the preceding is in the negative, whether or not the DOTC-LTO and Stradcom may enter into an extension/renewal contract of the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) Agreement pursuant to the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)

Opinion on the payment of retirement benefits of the Public Attorney's Office (PAO) lawyers under R.A. No. 10071, or the Prosecution Service Act of 2010, specifically referring to the position of the PAO that its thirty-nine (39) retired public attorneys should be given the same benefits as Prosecutors, in accordance with a retrospective application of Section 16, R.A. No. 10071

Whether Dr. Roland F. Hechanova, President of Sultan Kudarat State University (SKSU) can inform the Moya Law Office of the SKSU Board of Regents' Resolution No. 52-2015 and provide said law office of the Summary of Assessment of the one hundred fifty one (151) masters and doctorate sutdents who allegedly graduated from SKSU's Distance Learning Program in Bacolod City

Whether the directives issued by the Insurance Commissioner and the acts performed by the Conservator relative to the rehabilitation of the National Life Insurance Company of the Philippines (NLIC) are legal, valid and in accordance with R.A. No. 10607 or the Amended Insurance Code and despite the absence of consent of the policy holders and creditors

Concerning the position of Secretary Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial of the Department of Health (DOH) that the issuance of a policy prescribing the number of children that a family should have requires amendment of R.A. No. 10354 (Reproductive Health Law of 2012) and that wihout an amendment to the law, the DOH can simply advocate or campaign for the two-or-three-children-per-family policy

Whether the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Director and his deputies may issue subpoena and subpoena duces tecum

Whether the President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), may validly waive the one-year tenure requirement for the purpose of promoting Col. Jesse A. Alvarez to the rank of Brigadier-General

Whether the United States Embassy in Manila may be exempted from the coverage of R.A. No. 9239 (or An Act Regulating Optical Media, Reorganizing for this Purpose the Videogram Regulatory Board, Providing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes, Otherwise Known as the Optical Media Act of 2003) specifically on its request for a written exemption from the registration and licensing requirements of the law for their intended replication of Compact Disc (CDs) and/or Digital Video Discs (DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs)

Whether the power to issue Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) has been delegated to the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) by R.A. No. 9728 or the Freeport Area of Bataan Act of 2009

Legality of inclusion of the proposal by the Board of Investments (BOI) in the draft Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Executive Order No. 78, s. 2012 entitled "Mandating the Inclusion Provisions on the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in All Contracts Involving Public-Private Partnership Projects, Build-Operate and Transfer Projects, Joint Venture Agreements Between the Government and Private Entities and Those Entered Into by Local Government Units," given the differing positions of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-BOI and the Public-Private Partnership Center (PPPC) on the matter

Request for inputs on the draft Policy Framework and Strategies on the Internationalization of Philippine Higher Education

Whether the cases of Cena vs. Civil Service Commission (G.R. No. 97419, July 3, 1992) and Government Service Insurance System vs. De Leon (G.R. No. 186560, November 17, 2010) are applicable to the case of retired Judge Eranio G. Cedillo, claimant-appellant, in order for him to be entitled to a liberal application of the requirements of R.A. No. 10071 or the Prosecution Service Act of 2010

Inquiry on the soundness of the contract of lease of an 8,000 square meters, more or less, of a portion of a property of the Benguet State University for a commercial mall development entered into between the Benguet State University and Graceland 23 Corporation

Request for reconsideration with a comprehensive discussion on the coverage of what a government-owned-or-controlled corporation (GOCC) is under the Dividend Law or R.A. No. 7656 as well as under R.A. No. 10149 or the GOCC Governance Act of 2011

Whether it is within the power of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to relinquish the management and full control of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC), which was transferred to it by R.A. No. 6847 otherwise known as The Philippine Sports Commission Act

Request for opinion on R.A. No. 8794 or An Act Imposing a Motor Vehicle User's Charge on Owners of All Types of Motor Vehicles...," specifically on the following issues, to wit: a) Whether the Road Board is under the administrative control and supervision of the Office of the President (OP) or the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); and b) Whether the Executive Director of the Road Board Secretariat (RBS) is equivalent to the rank of an Undersecretary or Assistant Secretary

Whether the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), under R.A. No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and Section 27.3 of CHED Memorandum Order No. 9, s. 2013, entitled "Enhanced Policies and Guidelines on Student Affairs and Services," may issue a Memorandum Order to higher education institutions (HEIs)

Information on the status of the request of Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining Company (PASAR), for the review or reversal of Opinion No. 139, dated August 7, 2003 of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) and its letters dated November 12, 2009 and June 2011