ARCHRONOLOGY : The Chronology of Important Events Over the Past 61 Years (June 1950 thru July 2011)

Relative to the Practice of the State-Regulated Profession of ARCHITECTURE in the Philippines and of
CONTINUING ORCHESTRATED NATIONWIDE NON-IMPLEMENTATION, NON-ENFORCEMENT AND WILFULL VIOLATIONS OF THE LAWS ON THE
PRACTICE OF THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE BY THE NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (PH) AND BY
PRIVATE NATURAL AND JURIDICAL ENTITIES/ PERSONS WHO BENEFITTED THEREFROM

A. Date or B. Event/ Milestone C. Annex D. Title or Description of Annex E. Source*

Year Number
1. June 1950 Passage of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 544, the Civil Engineering (CE) PRBoA
law; the law does not mention that civil engineers (CEs) can prepare, IAPOA-UAP
sign and seal architectural plans and documents OAA
2. June 1950 Passage of R.A. No. 545, the organic Architecture law; this special PRBoA
law specifically mentions that only registered and licensed architects IAPOA-UAP
can prepare, sign and seal architectural plans and documents OAA
3. June 1956 Passage of R.A. No. 1581, the amended Architecture law; the PRBoA
amended portion specifically delineate the responsibility and liability of IAPOA-UAP
the architect in contrast to the CE; there is therefore no overlap in OAA
professional function
4. June 1956 Passage of R.A. No. 1582, the amended CE law; the amended portion PRBoA
(Sec. 24) specifically delineate the responsibility and liability of the CE IAPOA-UAP
in contrast to the architect; there is therefore no overlap in professional OAA
function
5. 1965 Passage of R.A. No. 4566 : The Contractor’s Law that Allows PRBoA
Architects to Engage in Certain Types of Constructing Activities IAPOA-UAP
OAA
6. Feb 1977 Promulgation of Presidential Decree (P.D.) No. 1096, otherwise known PRBoA

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 as the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines (NBCP) by IAPOA-UAP
Philippine Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos OAA
7. 1979 Publication and dissemination of copies of the Implementing Rules and PRBoA
Regulations (IRR) of P.D. No. 1096 by the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) and of part of the IRR of R.A. No. 1581 (the IAPOA-UAP
Amended architecture law of 1956) i.e. the Architects’ National Code
(otherwise known as the UAP Documents 200 through 208) were OAA
promulgated by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in Sep
1979 as part of the IRR of R.A. No. 1581/545 (the amended/ organic
laws on architecture)
8. mid-1980s Architects who are Members of the National Legislature i.e. Batasan PRBoA
Pambansa, led by Arch. Pentong Gaite and the leading lights of the IAPOA-UAP
United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), lobby for the passage of a OAA
new Architecture law
9. early 1990s Initial amendments to IRR of P.D. No. 1096; R.A. No. 7160 (The Local PRBoA
Government Code of 1991) becomes law; surprisingly, its Article
Seven Sec. 477 allows the Municipal/ City Engineers (MCEs) of local
government units (LGUs) who are in charge of horizontal works, to act IAPOA-UAP
simultaneously as the building official (BO) in charge of vertical works;
this turn of events has forged an apparently unholy alliance between OAA
the MCEs and the LGUs, which has undoubtedly resulted in multiple
potentially willful violations of P.D. No. 1096 and R.A. No. 1581 and
their IRRs; the BOs (who are MCEs) are supposedly the entities to
fully implement and enforce P.D. No. 1096 & its IRR but they appear to
be the very first ones to condone violations of the National Building
Code;
10.late 1990s The Architecture Code was issued by the DPWH to serve as one of PRBoA
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 the referral codes of P.D. No. 1096 IAPOA-UAP
OAA
11.1997 R.A. No. 8293 (The Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines) PRBoA
becomes law; the Architect’s ownership and copyright over his/her IAPOA-UAP
work is upheld OAA
12.1998 R.A. No. 8534 (The Interior Design Act) becomes law; interior design PRBoA
thus became a separate regulated profession; the law however does IAPOA-UAP
not allow registered and licensed interior designers (RLIDs) to practice OAA
architectural interiors (AI), which still formed part of the state-
regulated profession of architecture.
13.2000 R.A. No. 8981 (The PRC Modernization Act) becomes law; the Board PRBoA
of Architecture (BoA) comes under greater administrative control and IAPOA-UAP
supervision of the PRC; OAA
14. circa (c.) Commencement of work of the DPWH Board of Consultants (BoC) on PRBoA
2002 the Revision of the IRR of P.D. No. 1096 (1977 NBCP); the DPWH IAPOA-UAP
BoC limits the signing and sealing of architectural plans and OAA
documents only to registered and licensed architects (RLAs) to
conform to R.A. No. 1581
15.c.March Realizing that the refilled/ rehashed architecture bill (by Sen. Serge PRBoA
2002 Osmeña) was not progressing at the Senate (as fast as in the Lower
House through the collaboration of the Philippine Institute of
IAPOA-UAP
Architects (PIA) and the UAP), the nine (9)-member outgoing UAP
National Committee on Legislation and Codes (NCLC, chaired by
Archt. Greg Timbol II), which was then about to regroup as the OAA
Architecture Advocacy International Foundation (AAIF), sought the
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 on architecture; Senator Magsaysay was the first to heed the call and
filed the first Senate Bill (S.B. No. 2081) based on the draft of the UAP
NCLC (later reconstituted as the AAIF)
16.c.November Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., the acknowledged father of R.A. No. PRBoA
2002 7160 (The Local Government Code of 1991) files Senate Bill 2426 IAPOA-UAP
(The Architecture Act of 2002) again substantially based on the draft OAA
bill supplied by the UAP NCLC (later AAIF)
17.2003 Civil engineers (CEs) through their accredited professional PRBoA
organization (APO), the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE)
work out an agreement (modus vivendi) with the APO for architects,
IAPOA-UAP
the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) in which architects
shall entirely give up the structural design of buildings in exchange
for PICE support for the architecture bill then pending in Congress; the OAA
architecture bills shall only state that registered and licensed Architects
(RLAs) will only undertake structural conceptualization instead; in
good faith, the Architects thus give up an important part of their
professional practice, foregoing the many years of training in structural
design of buildings
18.c. late 2003 Continuing manifestation of the opposition by CE members of the BoC PRBoA
(who officially represent the PICE) to the draft of the Revised IRR of
P.D. No. 1096 which limits the signing and sealing of architectural
plans and documents only to registered/ licensed Philippine architects; IAPOA-UAP
this act already constituted a violation of the 2003 modus vivendi
between the PICE and the UAP; thereafter, the CE/ PICE members of OAA
the BoC make representations with the DPWH for the department to
seek a legal opinion from the Department of Justice (DoJ); the CE/
PICE members of the BoC guarantee to abide by the DoJ legal
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 opinion; CEs representing the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers
(PICE) attend several congressional hearings on the crafting of the
new architecture bill, particularly at the Philippine Senate;
19.c.November a golden window of opportunity emerged at the Philippine Senate PRBoA
2003 when a two (2)-week delay occurred in the transmittal of the 2004 IAPOA-UAP
national budget bill from the Philippine House of Representatives; this
gave Senator Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr., the acknowledged father of OAA
R.A. No. 7160 (The Local Government Code of 1991) the opportunity
to sponsor Senate Bill 2710 (The Architecture Act of 2003)
20. 09 January The DoJ (through Sec. Merceditas Gutierrez) issues its legal PRBoA
2004 opinion limiting the signing and sealing of architectural documents to
registered/ licensed architects (RLAs); contrary to what was agreed
upon at the BoC, the CE members of the BoC apparently resisted the IAPOA-UAP
DoJ legal opinion and sought out other venues to air their complaints;
PICE members attend bi-cameral conference committee hearings in
Congress and make representations to extend the bill provision OAA
authorizing the appointment of RLAs to local and national Philippine
government positions requiring the expertise of architects i.e. from 3
months to 3 years (Sec. 35 of R.A. No. 9266, which took full effect on
10 April 2007); start of the Bi-cameral Conference Committee hearings
to merge the approved House and Senate versions of the architecture
bill
21. 17 March R.A. No. 9266 (The Architecture Act of 2004) was finally signed into PRBoA
2004 law by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) IAPOA-UAP
OAA
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 2004 Government Requiring the Services of Registered and Licensed IAPOA-UAP
Architects) which was scheduled to take effect on 10 April 2007, a last OAA
minute concession granted to the CEs by the Bi-cameral Conference
Committee
23. c. April CE Members of the BoC appeal their case before the DPWH National PRBoA
2004 Building Code Review Committee (NBCRC) but lost on their appeal IAPOA-UAP
OAA
24. late 2004 DPWH Secretary Florante Soriquez promulgates the 2004 Revised PRBoA
IRR of P.D. No. 1096 containing the provisions under Sec. 302.3 that
state that architectural documents signed/ sealed by registered and IAPOA-UAP
licensed architects (RLAs) shall be submitted as part of list of
documents to accompany a building permit application; the IRR of R.A. OAA
No. 9266 was approved by the Professional Regulation Commission
(PRC) in September 2004 and published in the Official Gazette on 15
November 2004 (taking effect 15 days later)
25. 01 Dec the IRR of R.A. No. 9266 takes full effect PRBoA
2004 IAPOA-UAP
OAA
26. January Architects from the AAIF and the UAP defeat two (2) Lower House PRBoA
2005 bills that apparently sought to vest CEs with the privilege to undertake IAPOA-UAP
the work of registered and licensed architects (RLAs) through the use OAA
of the apparently undeserved title of “prime professional” for buildings
27. 01, 08 and DPWH publication of the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096 in a PRBoA
15 April national broadsheet (Manila Standard) copies of which were freely IAPOA-UAP
2005 distributed at the UAP National Convention OAA
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 2005 IAPOA-UAP
OAA
29. late April CEs file two (2) near simultaneous cases against the DPWH Secretary PRBoA
through early (at the Quezon City and Manila Regional Trial Courts/RTCs), arguing
May 2005 that the CEs have the supposed right (??? actually, the practice of a
regulated profession is only a privilege that could be taken away by
the State; the practice of a State-regulated profession was never a
right) to prepare, sign and seal architectural documents; the CEs IAPOA-UAP
then sought temporary restraining orders (TROs) and writs of
preliminary injunction (WPIs) against the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D.
No. 1096 on the basis of an apparently intercalated version of
Sec. 302 of P.D. No. 1096 (the 1977 NBCP) i.e. with an unofficial
insertion supposedly allowing CEs to sign and seal architectural OAA
documents; the two (2) cases filed by the CEs apparently/ completely
fail to mention the existence of R.A. No. 9266 (a valid and subsisting
special national law) and relied heavily on the said unofficial/
incorrect/intercalated (with insertion) version of Sec. 302 of P.D. No.
1096 (purportedly allowing CEs to sign and seal architectural
documents) i.e. the Vicente Foz version openly sold at National
Bookstore branches nationwide); the Quezon City RTC rules in favor
of the architects while the Manila RTC sides with the CEs and issues
TROs only against portions of Secs. 302.3 and 302.4 of the 2004
Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096 i.e. not on the entire 2004 Revised IRR
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30. 24 May Manila RTC Branch 22 issues the writ of preliminary injunction PRBoA
2005 against Secs. 302.3 and 302.4 of the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No.
1096 (which calls for the signing and sealing of architectural IAPOA-UAP
documents only by Architects, as harmonized with the multiple express OAA
provisions under R.A. No. 9266 that limit to registered and licensed
architects/ RLAs the act of preparing, signing and sealing
architectural documents); the injunction visibly failed to address the
matter of the regulatory law concerning the practice of the profession
of architecture i.e. R.A. No. 9266, its IRR and derivative regulations
which were all in full effect (valid and subsisting special national laws/
regulations) at the time of the issuance of the injunction
31. May Registered and licensed Architect (RLA) members of the DPWH BoC PRBoA
through saw through the PICE game plan and immediately sought help from IAPOA-UAP
July 2005 architectural organizations such as the AAIF and the PIA to talk to the OAA
UAP-IAPOA about intervening in the case since RLAs/ Architects
have no voice in the cases filed by the CEs;
32. August The RLA/ Architects represented by the UAP-IAPOA, the PIA, the PRBoA
through AAIF, the CCAPP and the original Professional Regulatory Board of
September Architecture/ PRBoA (Architects Eugene Gan, Fernando Santos & IAPOA-UAP
2005 Miguel Caluza) sign a memorandum designating the UAP-IAPOA to
represent them in the planned intervention; the United Architects of the OAA
Philippines (UAP), the integrated and accredited organization of
architects (IAPoA) accredited by the PRC in compliance with R.A. No.
9266 officially intervenes in the Manila case on behalf of all registered
and licensed architects (RLAs);
33. December The UAP-IAPOA moves to have the Manila court lift the injunction PRBoA
2005 IAPOA-UAP
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 OAA
34. February Parties submit memoranda to the Court (Manila RTC Branch 22) PRBoA
2006 hearing the 2005 PICE Petition IAPOA-UAP
OAA
35. c. May Designated target date for the resolution of the Manila case PRBoA
2006 IAPOA-UAP
OAA
36. c. mid-2007 Due to the apparently continuing, deliberate and seemingly PRBoA
orchestrated violations of R.A. No. 9266, its IRR and derivative IAPOA-UAP
regulations, many RLAs/ Architects openly question their local OAA
government units (LGUs) and local executives concerning the full
implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266
37. November Start of the reconstitution of the Professional Regulatory Board of PRBoA
2006 Architecture (PRBoA) with the appointment of its 1st member (Arch. IAPOA-UAP
Angeline T. Chua Chiaco) and Chairman (Arch. Armando N. Alli), in OAA
full compliance with R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR
38. December to clarify and counter the deliberate disinformation spread by some PRBoA
2006 non-architects that the May 2005 injunction also covers R.A. No.
9266 and its IRR, the UAP-IAPOA, after seeking official prior IAPOA-UAP
clearance from the PRBoA and the PRC, causes the publication of a
full-page public announcement stating that there was no injunction on OAA
R.A. No. 9266 nor its IRR, as part of the observance of the annual
Nationwide Architecture Week (NAW); this was later used as a basis
for the filing of an indirect contempt complaint by the PICE against
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39. March 2007 Through the PRC, the partially reconstituted PRBoA start a PRBoA
campaign to fully inform the LGUs of its official position concerning IAPOA-UAP
the signing and sealing of architectural documents by CEs and issue OAA
a call for the full implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266
and its IRR
40. 27 March Through its official position filed with the PRC, the PRBoA requests PRBoA
2007 the PRC to officially rule on the preparation, signing and sealing of IAPOA-UAP
architectural documents by CEs in line with its efforts aimed at the full OAA
implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR
41. 30 Mar The full reconstitution of the PRBoA is completed with the PRBoA
2007 appointment and oath-taking of the 3rd Member (Arch. Marietta B. IAPOA-UAP
Segovia); the mandate under R.A. No. 9266 is satisfied; the PRBoA
embarks on a multi-media campaign targeted against fake architects OAA
and other non-architects (who may have secured other types of
professional licenses from the state)
42. c. early The PICE files an indirect contempt complaint against the UAP and PRBoA
April its responsible officers and against the Building Official of Naga City (a
2007 registered and licensed architect or RLA who sought to enforce IAPOA-UAP
R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR) within his jurisdiction; the DPWH BoC,
responsible for crafting the repeal version of the National Building OAA
Code, is also reconstituted by the DPWH Officer-in-charge (OIC); the
incumbent PRBoA Chairman (Alli) is re-appointed by the DPWH OIC
as Co-Vice Chair of the DPWH BoC
43. 10 April R.A. No. 9266 Sec. 35 (Positions in Government Requiring the PRBoA
2007 Services of Registered and Licensed Architects) takes full effect; Sec. IAPOA-UAP
35 provides that all positions in the local and national Philippine OAA
government primarily requiring the services of an Architect/ RLA shall
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 be filled only by registered and licensed architects (RLAs);
44. 16 April The OIC of the DPWH (Sec. Manuel Bonoan) issues an order allowing PRBoA
2007 CE signatures and seals on architectural plans and documents in IAPOA-UAP
direct violation of R.A. No. 9266 OAA
45. May 2007 After getting no feedback from informal channels, the PRBoA officially PRBoA
requests a PRC-mediated meeting with the Professional Regulatory
Board of Civil Engineering (PRBoCE) to ascertain its official position IAPOA-UAP
on the matter, which the PRBoCE inexplicably turned down; the
PRBoA writes the DPWH OIC seeking official clarification on the legal OAA
basis (or bases) of the 16 April 2007 DPWH order allowing CEs to sign
and seal architectural plans and documents in violation of R.A. No.
9266
46. June 2007 The PRBoA seeks a new legal opinion from the Department of Justice PRBoA
(DoJ) on the matter of the preparation, signing and sealing of IAPOA-UAP
architectural plans and documents and related matters. OAA
46. July 2007 Architect Winstoney Ma. Salceda of UAP Camarines Sur Chapter PRBoA
files a complaint against CE Don Emmanuel Santy for his illegal IAPOA-UAP
practice of architecture, a violation of R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR OAA
47. August PRBoA Chairman (Alli) goes on national broadsheet (the Philippine PRBoA
2007 Daily Inquirer) to address the matter of illegal practices violative of IAPOA-UAP
R.A. No. 9266 OAA
48. September The PICE files another indirect contempt complaint against Architect PRBoA
2007 Salceda and PRBoA Chairman Alli, mainly for the mailing by the PRC IAPOA-UAP
to various LGUs of the PRBoA’s official position on the preparation, OAA
signing and sealing of architectural documents and for the PRBoA’s
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49. September The PRBoA and the PRBoCE exchange strongly-worded letters PRBoA
through addressed to the PRC and various agencies of the national IAPOA-UAP
October government; the DoJ issues two (2) legal opinions based on PRBoA
2007 requests; the last one suggested that the PRC resolve the issue of the OAA
signatory to architectural documents; the PRBoA campaigns openly
against the CEs on various fora
50. November The PRC writes the PRBoA advising it to go to court to implement PRBoA
2007 and enforce R.A. No. 9266; the PRBoA Chairman (Alli) goes on
national TV (the Explainer on the ANC Channel) to address the matter
of illegal practices violative of R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR; the PRBoA IAPOA-UAP
prepares the legal kits for filing of charges against national and local
government officials (specifically the CE-Building Officials) violating
R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR and against fake architects (or other state- OAA
regualted professionals illegally practicing architecture); the Mutual
Recognition Agreement (MRA) for the practice of architecture in the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) i.e. the ASEAN
Architect, is signed for the Philippines by the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) Secretary Peter Favila; the MRA takes full effect in
year 2015
51. December The PRBoA (with its private legal counsel, Atty. Dante S. David) PRBoA
2007 drafts the administrative and criminal complaints against DPWH
Secretary Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr. for his multiple culpable IAPOA-UAP
violations of various laws and regulations (R.A. No. 9266 & IRR, P.D.
No. 1096 & IRR, R.A. No. 8981 & IRR, R.A. No. 3019, R.A. No. 6713,
OAA
Revised Penal Code, The Administrative Code, etc.); the PRBoA
conducts the first (1st) ever foreign licensure examinations for
architects (FLEA in Al-Khobar and Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/
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 KSA) in full compliance with directives from the Office of the President
(PGMA);
52. January The PRBoA officially hires its private counsel and refines the PRBoA
2008 administrative and criminal complaints against DPWH Secretary
Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr. for multiple culpable violations of R.A. IAPOA-UAP
No. 9266, P.D. No. 1096, R.A. No. 3019, R.A. 6713, the Revised
Penal Code, the Administrative Code, etc.; the UAP-IAPOA through OAA
National President Medeliano Roldan actively follows up the
promulgation of the Decision of Manila RTC Branch 22 i.e. supposedly
completed 29 January 2008; the PRBoA data website at
www.architectureboard.ph finally goes online;
53. February The PRBoA unofficially interposes its strong objections against the PRBoA
2008 confirmation of the appointment of DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B.
Ebdane, Jr. due to PRBoA allegations of multiple culpable violations
of R.A. No. 9266, P.D. No. 1096, R.A. No. 8981, R.A. No. 3019, R.A.
6713, the Revised Penal Code, the Administrative Code, etc.; the
Congressmen-members of the Commission on Appointments (CA)
set an 05 March 2008 meeting between the PRBoA and Sec. Ebdane;
IAPOA-UAP
in deference to the CA arrangements, the PRBoA momentarily defers
the filing of its administrative and criminal complaints against Sec.
Ebdane, originally scheduled for 11 February 2008; on the basis of the
intercession of the Congressmen members of the Commission on
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Ebdane before the CA; on 13 February 2008, Sec. Ebdane is
confirmed as DPWH Secretary; on the same day, the long-awaited
Decision dated 29 January 2008 from the Manila RTC Branch 22 is
finally released i.e. dismissing the 2005 PICE Petition, together
with the Order lifting/ dissolving the 24 May 2005 injunction on
Secs. 302.3 and 302.4 of the 2004 Revised IRR of the 1977 P.D.
No. 1096 (NBCP) and declaring the said sections as valid and
constitutional; the Decision also stated that the PICE used the
unofficial and incorrect i.e. actually intercalated version of Sec. 302
of P.D. No. 1096 and committed forum shopping in filing its Petition;
the PRBoA and the UAP-IAPOA disseminate the Decision to
concerned parties including national government officials and the
Congressmen members of the CA; the PRBoA data compact disc
(CD) containing its website and 2007 annual report and general
information is distributed for reproduction and use by various
stakeholders
54. late The PRBoA fires off six (6) successive letters to DPWH Secretary PRBoA
February Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr. i.e. initially sent via PRC priority mail and
through electronic mail, detailing PRBoA requests for action leading to the full
early implementation and enforcement of R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR in light
March 2008 of the promulgation of the long-awaited Decision of Manila RTC
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 officially received by the Office of the DPWH Secretary on 04 March IAPOA-UAP
2008; the Commission on Appointments (CA)-arranged 05 March 2008
meeting between the PRBoA and Sec. Ebdane does not take place as
Sec. Ebdane begged off at the last minute; the PRBoA readies all the
documents necessary for the filing of administrative and criminal
complaints should Sec. Ebdane still fail to meet with the PRBoA by 13
March 2008 i.e. one full month after the release of the Decision of the
OAA
Manila RTC Branch 22 which was effective immediately; the PICE files
its Motion for Reconsideration (MR) against the Decision promulgated
by the Manila RTC Branch 22; the Court Order lifting/ dissolving the
injunction on Secs. 302.3 & 4 of the 2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No.
1096 (the 1977 NBCP) was supposed to have been implemented by
the DPWH as the lifting/ dissolution order has an automatic effect i.e.
should not be delayed by the filing of the MR by the PICE; on 07
March 2008, the PICE Naga/CamSur Chapter publishes a memo
supposedly emanating from the Office of the DPWH Secretary stating
that the supposed status quo created by the DPWH shall be
maintained i.e. that Building Officials nationwide shall continue to
receive and process architectural plans/documents prepared, signed
and sealed by civil engineers (CEs) in clear and deliberate violation
of R.A. No. 9266, its IRR and derivative regulations, that are all in
effect and not covered by any TRO, injunction nor pending question
on the constitutionality of any of its provisions.
55. mid-March The PRBoA is again requested and assured by the Congressmen PRBoA
2008 members of the Commission on Appointments (CA) that they shall
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 March 24 through 28; the PRBoA acquiesces noting that 27 March IAPOA-UAP
2008 is the 15th and last working day for the DPWH Secretary to
officially respond to its six (6) letters i.e. or else Sec. Ebdane can be
additionally charged by the PRBoA under R.A. No. 6713 (The 1989 OAA
Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees) which prescribe a time limit to respond to
correspondences;
56. late March PRBoA resolutions concerning the mandatory registration of PRBoA
2008 architectural firms (RAFs) and the issuance of temporary/special
permits (TSPs) to foreign architects (FAs) are published in a
broadsheet through assistance from the UAP-IAPOA Task Force R.A.
No. 9266; due to representations and assurances made by various
IAPOA-UAP
official entities, the PRBoA continues to momentarily defer the filing of
its complaint against DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr.
with the Office of the Ombudsman for his multiple culpable violations
of standing laws and regulations such as R.A. No. 9266 (The
Architecture Act of 2004), P.D. No. 1096 (The 1977 National
Building Code of the Philippines), R.A. No. 8981 (The 1990 PRC
Modernization Act), R.A. No. 3019 (The 1960 Anti-Graft and
Corrupt Practices Act), R.A. 6713 (The 1989 Code of Conduct and
Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees), the
Revised Penal Code, Executive Order/ E.O. 262 (The OAA
Administrative Code), etc.; the PRBoA readies similar complaints
against other national and local government unit (LGU) officials.
57. May 2008 The PRBoA and the PRC Standards and Inspection Division (SID) PRBoA
commence with the review of applications for registration of IAPOA-UAP
architectural firms under R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR; OAA
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58. June 2008 The PRBoA and the PRC International Affairs Division (IAD) PRBoA
commence with the review of an application for the issuance of a IAPOA-UAP
temporary/ special permit (TSP) for a foreign architect (FA) under R.A. OAA
No. 9266 and its IRR ;
59. 25 The 2007 PICE case filed against the UAP-IAPoA is dismissed by a PRBoA
September Court Decision dated 12 September 2008; this is the 2nd major court IAPOA-UAP
2008 victory for the RLAs in 2008 and reaffirms the common position of
the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Philippine OAA
Government that architectural documents are only for RLAs to
prepare, sign and seal; no appeal was filed by the PICE.
60. c. The LGU of Digos (Davao Province) fully implement and enforce the PRBoA
September provisions of R.A. No. 9266 that limit the preparation, signing and IAPOA-UAP
2008 sealing of architectural documents only to RLAs. OAA
61. 22 October The LGU of Davao City (under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and through PRBoA
2008 Acting Mayor/ Vice mayor Sarah Duterte, based on the
recommendation of the City Legal officer, promulgate an IAPOA-UAP
Administrative Order (AO) calling for the full implementation and OAA
enforcement of the provisions of R.A. No. 9266 that limit the
preparation, signing and sealing of architectural documents only to
RLAs.
62. c. The LGU of Tacloban City fully implement and enforce the provisions PRBoA
December of R.A. No. 9266 that limit the preparation, signing and sealing of IAPOA-UAP
2008 architectural documents only to RLAs. OAA
63. January & Prior to the filing of its complaint at the Office of the Ombudsman, the PRBoA
February PRBoA issues its final warnings to DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B.
2009 Ebdane, Jr. to fully implement and enforce R.A. No. 9266 and its IRR IAPOA-UAP

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 in conjunction with the full implementation of Sec. 302.3 & 4 of the OAA
2004 Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096 (the 1977 National Building Code
of the Philippines/ NBCP), the injunction for which was lifted in a court
order promulgated January 2008;
64. February The PRBoA wage a campaign against foreign architects (FAs) without PRBoA
2009 temporary/ special permits (TSP) to practice architecture in the
Philippines and against similar entities who violate Sec. 38 of R.A. No.
9266, its IRR and derivative regulations; the attention of national IAPOA-UAP
government offices that permit such practices were also called by the
PRBoA; the PRBoA draft an anti-graft bill to help in its struggle to
have R.A. No. 9266 fully implemented and enforced by all government OAA
entities i.e. through Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (the father of R.A.
No. 9266) was one of the first law-makers approached by the PRBoA
thru the AAIF (with several other lawmakers given copies of the bill); in
a separate case resolution, the Office of the Ombudsman uphold the
provisions of R.A. No. 9266 that limit the preparation, signing and
sealing of architectural documents only to RLAs.
65. 04 May The long-awaited Ruling dated 04 May 2009 from the Manila RTC PRBoA
2009 Branch 22 is finally signed i.e. AFFIRMING the 29 January 2008
dismissal of the 2005 PICE Petition, and AFFIRMING the Order of IAPOA-UAP
even date LIFTING/ DISSOLVING the May 2005 injunction on OAA
Secs. 302.3 and 302.4 of the 2004 Revised IRR of the 1977 P.D.
No. 1096 (NBCP) and AFFIRMING the said sections as valid and
constitutional;
66. 11 June the PRBoA holds the First (1st) Architecture Stakeholders’ Forum with PRBoA
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 object to a proposal by the DPWH Board of Consultants (BoC) to IAPOA-UAP
vest civil engineers (CEs) with the privilege of signing and sealing
architectural plans, specifications and documents; the PRBoA issues OAA
a series of letters to the Government Procurement Policy Board
(GPPB) anent provisions of the IRR of R.A. No. 9184 (The
Government Procurement Reform Act of 2003) which conflict with the
provisions of R.A. No. 9266 (The Architecture Act of 2004), a special
and later law.
67. 25 June the PRBoA and the UAP-IAPOA commence dissemination of PRBoA
2009 information concerning the 04 May 2009 Court Ruling to concerned IAPOA-UAP
parties including national government officials; OAA
68. end July The Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) and the Housing and PRBoA
2009 Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) require PRBoA-PRC IAPOA-UAP
temporary/special permits (TSPs) for all foreign architects (FAs) OAA
working on projects on Philippine soil;
The PRBoA officially warns DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B.
Ebdane, Jr., and an Undersecretary NOT to allow Civil Engineers
(CEs) to sign and seal architectural documents
69. 26 August the PRBoA holds the Second (2nd) Architecture Stakeholders’ Forum PRBoA
2009 with the PIA as host; legal initiatives/ steps against the major violators
of R.A. No. 9266 and laws already harmonized with it as well as the IAPOA-UAP
PRBoA working draft of the repeal version of the 1979 Standards of
Professional Practice (SPP, otherwise known as the UAP OAA
Documents or the Architects National Code) are taken up; the PRBoA
transmits to the UAP-IAPOA an electronic copy of its 1979 SPP repeal
working draft
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70. September DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr., issues a PRBoA
2009 Memorandum Circular No. 2 addressed to Building Officials IAPOA-UAP
nationwide instructing them to accept, process and approve OAA
architectural documents signed and sealed by CEs; instead of
publishing architectural permit forms (that the DPWH failed to publish
in 2005), the DPWH partly bases its Memorandum Circular on a
Decision handed down by a Court in a separate 2005 complaint filed
by the Philippine Institute of Sanitary Engineers (PSSE) against DPWH
Sec. Ebdane
71. 04 The PRBoA sues DPWH Secretary Hermogenes B. Ebdane, Jr., PRBoA
November his Senior Undersecretary, an Undersecretary (as public IAPOA-UAP
2009 respondents), together with the PICE and Publisher Atty. Vicente OAA
Foz (as private respondents) for GRAFT before the Office of the
Ombudsman
72. October The DPWH, through its National Building Code Review Committee PRBoA
2009 (NBCRC) and Board of Consultants (BoC), which are offices under the IAPOA-UAP
Office of the DPWH Secretary, accede to the official Professional OAA
Regulation Commission (PRC) request to let the PRC internally
resolve/ harmonize the matter of the preparation, signing and sealing
of architectural documents (between the Professional Regulatory
Board of Architecture/ PRBoA and the Professional Regulatory Board
of Civil Engineering/ PRBoCE), as well as with the other concerned
Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs)
73. January to The PRBoA continues to call on LGUs nationwide to fully implement/ PRBoA
June enforce R.A. No. 9266 and P.D. No. 1096 and reminds the LGUs of IAPOA-UAP
2010 the status of R.A. No. 9266 as a valid and subsisting law that must be OAA
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 The PRBoA Acting Chairman Armando Alli, the IAPOA-UAP National
President Ana Mangalino-Ling and other IAPOA-UAP officers meet
with DPWH Secretary Victor Domingo regarding the need for the
DPWH to revoke the September 2009 Memorandum Circular issued
by then DPWH Secretary Ebdane, in order to fully implement R.A. No.
9266 and P.D. No. 1096 (The 1977 National Building Code of the
Philippines/ NBCP) and their derivative regulations and referral codes
(as applicable); there was no visible action on the part of the DPWH
Secretary until he left office
74. July PRBoA Issues Letters to the PRC anent the standing of R.A. No. 9266 PRBoA
2010 and the need to fully implement and enforce the law, including P.D. IAPOA-UAP
No. 1096 (the 1977 National Building Code of the Philippines/ NBCP) OAA
75. August PRBoA Issues Letters to the LGU of Cebu City reminding the said PRBoA
2010 LGU of the standing of R.A. No. 9266 and of the need to fully IAPOA-UAP
implement and enforce the law OAA
76. c. early to The PRC officially notifies the concerned PRBs to fully cooperate in PRBoA
mid-2010 the effort to harmonize all professional practices relating to the IAPOA-UAP
planning and design of buildings and their environs; the fully PRBoA OAA
complies with the directive;
77. mid-2010 The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) sues PRBoA PRBoA
Chairman Armando Alli for alleged violations of R.A. No. 3019 (Anti- IAPOA-UAP
Graft Law) and R.A. 6713 (Code of Conduct of Government Officials) OAA
before the Office of the Ombudsman;
The PRBoCE refuses to participate in the PRC-sponsored effort at
internally harmonizing the practice of the State-regulated professions
relative to the planning and design of buildings and their environs
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78. September The PRBoA led by its Acting Chairman Armando Alli and the IAPOA- PRBoA
2009 UAP led by its National President Ramon Mendoza and other IAPOA- IAPOA-UAP
UAP officers meet with Executive Secretary (ES) Paquito Ochoa and OAA
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel (CFLC) Atty. Edgardo de Mesa
regarding the need for the DPWH to revoke the September 2009
Memorandum Circular issued by then DPWH Secretary Ebdane, in
order to fully implement R.A. No. 9266 and P.D. No. 1096 (The 1977
National Building Code of the Philippines/ NBCP) and their derivative
regulations and referral codes (as applicable); the PRBoA and the
IAPOA-UAP craft and Executive Order for review by the Offices of the
ES and CFLC and the Office of the President (Benigno Simeon C.
Aquino III)
79. December The PRBoA continues to call on LGUs nationwide to fully implement/ PRBoA
2010 enforce R.A. No. 9266 and P.D. No. 1096 and reminds the LGUs of
the status of R.A. No. 9266 as a valid and subsisting law that must be
implemented by all Philippine Government officials
80. 08 The PRBoA Acting Chairman Armando Alli, the IAPOA-UAP National PRBoA
February President Ramon Mendoza and other IAPOA-UAP officers meet with IAPOA-UAP
2011 DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson regarding the need for the DPWH OAA
to revoke the September 2009 Memorandum Circular issued by then
DPWH Secretary Ebdane, in order to fully implement R.A. No. 9266
and P.D. No. 1096 (The 1977 National Building Code of the
Philippines/ NBCP) and their derivative regulations and referral codes
(as applicable); there has been no positive action on the part of the
DPWH Secretary until early July 2011
81. April DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson re-appoints PRBoA Acting PRBoA
2011 Chairman Armando N. Alli to the post of Vice Chairman of the DPWH IAPOA-UAP
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 Board of Consultants (BoC), an advisory body to craft policy pertaining OAA
to the implementation and enforcement of P.D. No. 1096 (The 1977
National Building Code of the Philippines/ NBCP) and its derivative
regulations and referral codes; Chairman Alli has been with the DPWH
BoC since 2002; also appointed by Sec. Singson to the DPWH BoC
are two (2) representatives from the IAPOA-UAP
82. April The Office of the Ombudsman dismisses the PICE suit against PRBoA
2011 PRBoA Chairman Armando Alli for alleged violations of R.A. No. IAPOA-UAP
3019 (Anti-Graft Law) and R.A. 6713 (Code of Conduct of Government OAA
Officials)
83. 23 March After nearly 4.5 years of requesting the PRC to arrange a meeting PRBoA
2011 between the PRBoA and the Professional Regulatory Board of Civil IAPOA-UAP
Engineering (PRBoCE), the meeting between the 2 Professional OAA
Regulatory Boards (PRBs) finally materializes; however, the PRBoCE
(acting on the behest of the PICE) insists that their law (R.A. No. 544,
as amended by R.A. No. 1582) supposedly allows the CEs to prepare,
sign and seal architectural documents (which the PRBoCE/ PICE/
CEs deliberately/ misleadingly refer to as building design plans and
specifications, despite the 61-year absence of a codified set of
implementing rules and regulations/ IRR of the CE law (R.A. No. 544,
as amended by R.A. No. 1582) that could properly define the terms
thay they want to use in reference to their capabilities to undertake
professional services); Sec. 2 of R.A. No. 544 does not state that
buildings per se form part of the scope of work of CEs i.e. it only
mentions buildings in relation to waterworks;
84. April The PRBoCE writes to the PRC stating that it shall not continue to PRBoA
2011 participate in meetings with the PRBoA and that it does not recognize
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 the PRBoA position
85. May The PRBoA continues to call on LGUs nationwide to fully implement/ PRBoA
2011 enforce R.A. No. 9266 and P.D. No. 1096 and fully explains that the
2005 writ of preliminary injunction against Secs. 302.3 and 302.4
(which limit to Architects the act of signing/ sealing of architectural
documents appended to building permit applications), of the 2004
Revised IRR of P.D. No. 1096 (the 1977 National Building Code of the
Philippines/ NBCP) have been LIFTED/ DISSOLVED in 2008 and are
already in full effect despite the September 2009 DPWH Memorandum
Circular No. 2 (issued by Sec. Ebdane), which the DPWH still upholds
in clear violation of valid and subsisting laws such as R.A. No. 9266
86. 06 July The PRBoA, the IAPOA-UAP and the OAAs represented by the PIA PRBoA
2011 and AAIF meet with Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. to map out plans for IAPOA-UAP
the filing of the Petition for Mandamus to mandate the Philippine OAA
Government to fully implement and enforce R.A. No. 9266 (The
Architecture Act of 2004) and its derivative regulations, all of which are
NOT covered by any Court Order (TRO or injunction) NOR by any
pending constitutional question before any Court and to similarly
mandate all of the public and private natural and juridical persons
actively resisting the law to fully comply with the law.
*1) PRBoA – Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (URL:www.architectureboard.ph) created under Sec. 4 of R.A. No. 9266 (The Architecture Act of
2004), presently headed by its Acting Chairman Architect Armando N. ALLI; 2) IAPOA-UAP – Integrated and Accredited Professional Organization of
Architects (under Sec. 40 of R.A. No. 9266) – presently the United Architects of the Philippines headed by its National President Architect Ramon S.
MENDOZA; and 3) OAA-Other Associations of Architects under Sec. 40 of R.A. No. 9266 i.e. Philippine Institute of Architects (PIA) led by National President
Architect Antonio LOVERIA, Architecture Advocacy International Foundation (AAIF) led by its Chairman and President Architect Greg TIMBOL II and Council
of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools in the Philippines (CODHASP) led by Dean/ Architect Jojo FERNANDEZ.
Nothing follows.
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