LEGAL BASES ON

REPUBLIC ACT OF 2001 OF SOLID WASTER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE PROGRAM

R.A AIR QUALITY POLICY PROGRAM

Clean Water act R.A 9275

EO 579

R.A 9163

10121. AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE NATIONAL DISASTER
RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Philippine New Anti-Terrorism Law Enacted

On 3 July 2020, the Philippine President signed into law Republic Act No. 11479 or The Anti-Terrorism
Act of 2020 (the “Act”), a law that seeks to prevent, prohibit and penalise terrorism. The Act repealed
the Human Security Act of 2007, the old anti-terrorism law of the Philippines. Although the
implementing rules and regulations are yet to be promulgated, the Act already took effect in the
Philippines. It bears noting, however, that the Act has an extraterritorial application, which means that it
may also apply to non-Filipino citizens and/or those situated outside the territorial limits of the
Philippines.

Prior to its enactment, the Act has already been the subject of controversies. In less than a week after
the President signed the Act, several petitions were filed with the Philippine Supreme Court seeking to
nullify certain provisions of the Act.