EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8-W

: The purpose of Executive Order No. 8-W is to organize the Department of Information and Public Relations and to transfer to it the powers, functions, duties, personnel, appropriations, and properties of the Office of the President of the Philippines and the Office of Special Services.
: The organization of the Department of Information and Public Relations became effective on October 1, 1943.
: The Department of Information and Public Relations was charged with the duty of collecting, collating, and disseminating information about the Philippines and the Commonwealth Government.
: The powers, functions, duties, personnel, appropriations, and properties of the Office of Special Services, Office of the President of the Philippines, were transferred to the Department of Information and Public Relations.
: Executive Order Numbered 5-W, series of 1942, was repealed insofar as it was inconsistent with Executive Order No. 8-W.
: Executive Order No. 8-W was signed in the City of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.
: The date "the eighth" refers to the eighth year of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, marking its duration since establishment.
: Before the creation of the Department of Information and Public Relations, the Office of Special Services under the Office of the President of the Philippines handled similar functions.