The ''Official Gazette'', which is printed by the
National Printing Office
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(NPO), is the
public journal
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and main publication of the
government of the Philippines
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. Its website only uploads what has been published; it is managed by
Presidential Communications Operations Office
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(PCOO).
History
During the Spanish colonial period, there existed many publications by the government authorities in the islands. In 1852, the ''Boletin Oficial de Filipinas'' was created by law and featured not only official government issuances but also local and international news and among others, serialized Spanish novels.
It ceased publication by a royal order in 1860.
In 1861, it was revived as the ''Gaceta de Manila''. This was the
official gazette
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of the government in the Philippines which published government announcements, new decrees, laws, military information, court decisions, and the like. It also republished notices originally appearing in the ''
Gaceta de Madrid
La Gaceta may refer to
* ''La Gaceta'' (Honduras), the official journal of the Republic of Honduras.
* ''La Gaceta'' (Tampa), a trilingual newspaper in Tampa, Florida, United States
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'' which were relevant to the islands and decrees and other notices that required its publication in the ''Gaceta de Manila'' to take effect. By law, certain officials were required to subscribe to the ''Gaceta''. Publication ceased on August 8, 1898, five days before the Americans occupied Manila during the
Spanish–American War
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.
The
Insular Government
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began their own official gazette and the ''Official Gazette'' was created under Act No. 453, "An Act providing for the publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette, under the general direction of the Department of Public Instruction". Enacted by the
Philippine Commission
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The first Philippine Commission, also known as the Schurman Commission, was appointed by Preside ...
on September 2, 1902, it provided that the Gazette be published weekly in both English and Spanish.
Vol. 1 No. 1 of the ''Official Gazette'' came out on September 10, 1902.
Act No. 664, enacted on March 5, 1903, amended the earlier Act No. 453 and provided for further distribution of the ''Official Gazette''. The
2nd National Assembly of the Philippines passed Commonwealth Act No. 638, "An Act to provide for the uniform publication and distribution of the Official Gazette" on May 22, 1941, which was approved by
President
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Manuel L. Quezon
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on June 10, 1941. The Spanish edition was last published in 1941.
Executive Order No. 200 issued by President
Corazon C. Aquino
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states "Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines".
On July 26, 2010, the online version of the ''Official Gazette'' was launched. Executive Order No. 4, signed by President
Benigno S. Aquino III
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on July 30, 2010, placed editorial responsibilities for the ''Official Gazette'' under the
Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office.
On July 3, 2018, the Official Gazette, along with around 116 government websites, became inaccessible due to hardware failure from six-year-old servers in need of upgrades. While the other sites returned online,
the Official Gazette returned online by July 30.
Contents
According to Section 1 o
Commonwealth Act No. 638 the contents of the ''Official Gazette'' include the following:
*all important legislative acts and resolutions of a public nature of the
Congress of the Philippines
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;
*all executive and administrative orders and proclamations, except such as have no general applicability;
*decisions or abstracts of decisions of the
Supreme Court
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and the
Court of Appeals
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as may be deemed by said courts of sufficient importance to be so published;
*such documents or classes of documents as may be required so to be published by law; and
*such documents or classes of documents as the
President of the Philippines
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shall determine from time to time to have general applicability and legal effect, or which he may authorize so to be published
References
Notes
External links
* {{official website, http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph
BoletĂn Oficial de Filipinas(1852–1860) – digitized collection from the
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Organizations
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* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union
* Union of Trade Unions of Chad (Union des Syndicats du Tchad)
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Miguel de Benavides Library and Archives Digital Collections
Gaceta de Manila(1861–1898) – digitized collection from the
UST UST or Ust may refer to:
Organizations
* UST (company), American digital technology company
* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union
* Union of Trade Unions of Chad (Union des Syndicats du Tchad)
* United States Television Manufacturing Corp.
* UST Gr ...
Miguel de Benavides Library and Archives Digital Collections
Gaceta Oficial(1902–?) – digitized collection from the
UST UST or Ust may refer to:
Organizations
* UST (company), American digital technology company
* Equatorial Guinea Workers' Union
* Union of Trade Unions of Chad (Union des Syndicats du Tchad)
* United States Television Manufacturing Corp.
* UST Gr ...
Miguel de Benavides Library and Archives Digital Collections
Official Gazette / Gaceta Oficial(1902–2011) – digitized collection hosted by the National Library of the Philippines
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Newspapers published in the Philippines
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Publications established in 1902
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