Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Persons with disabilities






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Pertinent Laws and Issuances on the Welfare of PWDs 

 RA 7277: Magna Carta for Disabled Persons 

 RA 6759: An Act Declaring August One of Each Year as White Cane Safety Day in the Philippines and for Other Purposes 

 BP 344: An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Buildings, Institutions Establishments and Public Utilities to Install Facilities and Other Devices 

 Implementing Rules and Regulations as Amended of BP 344 (Accessibility Law) 4 

 Proclamation No. 125: Proclaiming the Nationwide Observance in the Philippines of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled persons, 1993-2002 

 Civil Service Commission Memo Circular No. 23, s. 1999: Employment of Qualified PWDs 


Supreme Court


 Rule on Examination of a Child Witness 

 Rule on Juveniles in Conflict with the Law 

 Supreme Court Rulings and Issuances: o A.M. No. 03-05-01-SC: Adopting the New Code of conduct for the Philippine Judiciary (Canon 5) 

o Benchbook for Trial Court Judges (p 5-8) 

o Circular No. 46-95: Accessibility of Courtrooms to Disabled Persons 

o Memorandum Order No. 59-2004: Authorizing the Court Administrator to Act on and Approve Requests of Lower Courts for the Hiring of Sign Language Interpreters 

o Amended Revised Administrative Circular No. 50-2001: Establishing the Merit Selection and Promotion Plan for the Lower Courts [ IV (1); VI(1)(6)] 

o Administrative Circular No. 37-2001A: Establishing the Supreme Court Merit Selection and Promotion Plan [ IV (1); VI(1)(b)] 


 Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 

Internal Memoranda: 

o Disseminating CSC MC No. 23, s. 1999 relative to the hiring of PWDs 

o Designating Focal Persons to the Regional Committees for the Welfare of Disabled Persons 

o Directing All Regional Directors/Project Managers to Implement the Accessibility Law (BP 344) and its Amended Implementing rules and Regulations 


 Commission on Elections: 

o Resolution No. 6667, 15 March 2004 (Sec. 31) 

o Resolution No. 2971, 12 January 1998 (Sec. 30)


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