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Office of the President
of the Philippines
Malacaang
MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 2
AMENDING MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 1, SERIES 2010.1. In the
exigency of the service and to ensure continuity of government
operations, official processes and transactions as well as the
delivery of services
to the people, Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Memorandum Circular No. 1
are hereby
amended to read as follows:
2. All non-Career Executive Service Officials (non-CESO)
occupyingCareer Executive Service (CES) positions in all agencies
of theExecutive Branch shall remain in office and continue to
performtheir duties and discharge their responsibilities until
October 31,
2010 or until their resignations have been accepted and/or
untiltheir respective replacements have been appointed or
designated,whichever comes first, unless they are re-appointed in
themeantime.3. In cases where the head of agency or office has
resigned andwhose resignation has been accepted or is deemed
separated on
June 30, 2010 and no replacement has been appointed
ordesignated, the next-in-rank and most senior official of the
agencyof a senior official of the Department to which said agency
isattached, shall be designated by the Department
Secretaryconcernedas Officer-in-Charge, to perform the duties
anddischarge the responsibilities of the position until October
31,2010or until a replacement has been appointed or
designated,whichever comes first, unless his designation is
extended inthe meantime.
2. Any official whose service has been terminated or whose
resignation has
been accepted and/or before July 31, 2010, but whose replacement
has not yet
been appointed or designated shall be deemed separated from the
service as of
the date of termination or acceptance of resignation.
3. Any provision of Memorandum Circular No. 1, Series 2010 and
its
Implementing Guidelines dated 16, July 2010, inconsistent
herewith is hereby
deemed repealed or modified accordingly. This Memorandum
Circular shall take
effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila this 29th day of
July 2010.
By Authority of the President:
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(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2678 - AN ACT EXPANDING AND REORGANIZING
THE
NATIONAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, PROVIDING THE NECESSARY
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. For purposes of promoting maximum efficiency in
the
discharge of its duties and securing full implementation of its
functions,
provided under section one (a) (h), Republic Act Numbered One
hundred
fifty-seven, as amended, particularly pertaining to the
investigation of
graft and corruption cases and all other forms of crimes and
offenses, the
National Bureau of Investigation shall be expanded and
reorganized by
increasing the composition of its personnel and creating
additional
divisions and regional offices. Provided, however, That all
divisions shall
be adequately represented in each regional office: And provided,
further,
That each division shall be headed by an assistant director and
every
regional office placed under the charge of a regional director
whose rank
and pay shall be equal to that of an assistant director. The
present district
offices shall, hereafter, be known as re-regional offices.
Section 2. Appointments to positions in the Investigation
Division shall
be limited to members of the bar and/or certified public
accountants upon
passing the competitive mental and physical examination and
aftersufficient instruction and training to be given by the
National Bureau of
Investigation: Provided, however, That the present members of
the
Investigation Division shall be retained: And provided, further,
That only
bona fide members of the Philippine Bar shall be exclusively
appointed to
the positions of regional director, as contemplated in this Act.
Promotion
in the National Bureau of Investigation shall be based only on
merit.
Section 3. The National Bureau of Investigation shall, subject
to the
approval of the authorities concerned, negotiate for the
purchase of a lot
and the construction of a permanent building in Quezon City or
in Manila,the total cost of which shall not exceed one million
pesos.
Section 4. In addition to such sums as may have been provided in
the
current General Appropriations Act, there is hereby
appropriated, out of
any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
the sum of
five million pesos to carry out the provisions of this Act,
particularly for
salaries and wages, traveling and other expenses of personnel,
for
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purchases of necessary supplies, materials and equipment, for
acquisition
of a lot and construction of a building and for other purposes.
Henceforth,
the appropriations provided for in this Act should be carried in
the annual
General Appropriations Act, less the amount to be used in the
purchase of
a lot and construction of a permanent building, which amount
shall involve
only one appropriation, as herein provided.
Section 5. Any Act or provisions of Acts inconsistent herewith
is hereby
repealed.
Section 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 18, 1960
