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Development Policy Research Month (Proclamation No. 247, s. 2002)

The observance of Policy Research Month will provide the means for promoting, enhancing, instilling and drawing nationwide awareness and appreciation of the importance and necessity of policy research as a tool for national socio-economic development and for insuring the support of the public at large for all activities aimed at advancing the quality and standard of policy research in the country.

What is the status of a marriage celebrated using an expired marriage license?

The license shall be valid in any part of the Philippines for a period of 120 days from the date of issue and shall be deemed automatically cancelled upon the expiration of said period if the contracting parties have not made use of it. (Art. 20, FC)
If the parties contracted marriage after the lapse of 120 days from the issuance of the marriage license, such marriage shall be considered void for lack of marriage license.

Obesity Prevention Awareness Week (Proclamation No. 162, s. 1999)

The UK National Health Service (NHS) explained that obesity, which affects one billion people all over the world—650 million adults, 340 million teens, 39 million children—is generally caused by eating too much and moving too little.
According to a survey between July 2021 and June 2022, 38.6 percent of adults aged 20 and 59 in the Philippines were diagnosed as obese or overweight.

The Supreme Court decides: The Court ruled in favor of Manila Peninsula, holding that the additional conditions imposed by the circulars were invalid.

In this case, the Supreme Court addressed the validity of Revenue Memorandum Circulars No. 46-2008 and No. 31-2011, which imposed additional requirements for VAT zero-rating on services provided to entities engaged in international air transport operations. Manila Peninsula argued that VAT zero-rating for such services required only two conditions: the service must be provided by a VAT-registered service provider in the Philippines and rendered to persons engaged in international air transport. In contrast, the CIR contended that the additional conditions stipulated in the circulars—namely, that the services must pertain to the transport of goods or passengers directly from a Philippine port to a foreign port without stopping at any other Philippine port—were also required.

Elements and Types of Illegal Recruitment

Illegal recruitment is any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring, or procuring workers and includes referring, contract services, promising or advertising for employment abroad, whether for profit or not, when undertaken by non-licensee or non-holder of authority. There are two types of illegal recruitment: simple and illegal recruitment as economic sabotage.