Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11845)
Republic Act No. 11845 is titled "An Act Renaming the Cagayan de Oro Convention Center Located at Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City as Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. International Convention Center."
It provides for the renaming of the Cagayan de Oro Convention Center located in Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City to the Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. International Convention Center.
The convention center is located at Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City.
The convention center is renamed in honor of Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
The Act took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
No, Republic Act No. 11845 lapsed into law on June 18, 2022, without the President's signature, pursuant to Article Section 27(1) of the Constitution.
Article Section 27(1) of the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that a bill not acted upon by the President within 30 days after receipt shall become a law as if he had signed it.
The House of Representatives passed it on March 22, 2021, and the Senate passed it on January 31, 2022.
Key officials involved included Vicente C. Sotto III (President of the Senate), Lord Alan Jay Q. Velasco (Speaker of the House of Representatives), Myra Marie D. Villarica (Secretary of the Senate), Mark Llandro L. Mendoza (Secretary General House of Representatives), and Rodrigo Roa Duterte (President of the Philippines).
Naming public buildings or places after persons often honors their contributions or legacy, promotes national heritage, and is generally enacted through legislation as in RA 11845.