Title
Establishing PMMA Campus in Cagayan de Oro
Law
Republic Act No. 11782
Decision Date
May 29, 2022
The Philippine Jurisprudence case involves the establishment of a new campus of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in Cagayan de Oro City, with the transfer of assets, personnel, and records, and the application of the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997.

Questions (BFAD BUREAU CIRCULAR NO. 11-A, S. 1999)

It is titled as an act establishing a campus of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, to be known as the PMMA–Cagayan de Oro City Campus, and appropriating funds therefor.

In Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental.

The PMMA–Cagayan de Oro City Campus.

Primarily short-term, technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its areas of competency and specialization, subject to PMMA’s mandate and Board of Regents’ determination, and aligned with human resource development needs of Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, and Region X.

It must undertake research and extension services and provide progressive leadership in these areas.

A Campus Administrator.

The Campus Administrator is appointed or designated by the Board of Regents upon the recommendation of a search committee and the President, subject to Board guidelines, qualifications, and standards.

Yes. The Campus Administrator shall render full-time service.

It must ensure the minimum requirements for operation of the campus, including those related to its course offerings, are fully complied with.

All assets (real and personal), personnel and records, as well as liabilities or obligations of the PMMA–Cagayan de Oro City Campus are transferred to the PMMA Academy.

The positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty members and personnel employed at the campus under existing laws prior to integration are respected.

Parcels of land belonging to the government occupied by the campus are declared property of the Academy and shall be titled under that name.

If the Academy ceases to exist or is abolished, or if the parcels are no longer needed by the Academy.

Republic Act No. 8292, the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997.

The remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in full force and effect (separability clause).

Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

It indicates that under Article VI, Section 27(1) of the Constitution, the bill became law by lapse (i.e., became effective without the President’s signature within the constitutional period).


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