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National Health Emergency Preparedness Day (Proclamation No. 705, series of 1995)

December 6 of every year is declared as National Health Emergency Preparedness Day, by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 705, series of 1995. 

The celebration is intended to promote awareness among Filipinos regarding health emergency preparedness through public health education, training and information dissemination at the national level.

Minimum Amount of 13th Month Pay

13th month pay shall mean one-twelfth (1/12) of the basic salary of an employee within a calendar year. (Section 2, par. a, Rules and Regulations Implementing Presidential Decree No. 851)

The minimum 13th month pay required by law shall not be less than one-twelfth of the total basic salary earned by an employee within a calendar year. (par. 4 [a], Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of the 13th Month Pay Law)

Trafficking in Persons (Republic Act No. 10364)

Trafficking in Persons refers to the recruitment, obtaining, hiring, providing, offering, transportation, transfer, maintaining, harboring, or receipt of persons with or without the victim’s consent or knowledge, within or across national borders by means of threat, or use of force, or other forms of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or of position, taking advantage of the vulnerability of the person, or, the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person for the purpose of exploitation which includes at a minimum, the exploitation or the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery, servitude or the removal or sale of organs.

MIRANDA RIGHTS

Any person under investigation for the commission of an offense shall have the right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel preferably of his own choice. If the person cannot afford the services of counsel, he must be provided with one. These rights cannot be waived except in writing and in the presence of counsel. (Section 12, par. 1, Article III, 1987 Constitution)

Rights of Persons with Disabilities under the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons

Persons with disabilities, as a member of the society, have the right to participate fully into the mainstream society. Towards this end, the persons with disabilities have the right to be given full support to the improvement of their well-being and their integration into the mainstream of the society. (Section 4, Rule II, Implementing Rules and Regulations of R.A. No. 9442)