EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 27

: The main purpose is to reorganize the executive departments of the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines, restoring them with modifications after the Japanese invasion and reestablishment of the government in Manila.
: Nine executive departments were established.
: Yes. The departments are: Interior; Finance; Justice; Agriculture and Commerce; Public Works and Communications; Instruction and Information; Labor; National Defense; and Health and Public Welfare.
: The President of the Philippines.
: The Secretary of the Interior.
: It was abolished.
: They may be transferred, subject to the President's approval, either to the Department of Instruction and Information in the Philippines or to the Division of Information which may be created in the Office of the Resident Commissioner to the U.S.
: Executive Order No. 15-W, series of 1944, and any other executive orders inconsistent with Executive Order No. 27.
: It marks the day the order was promulgated and the reorganization of the executive departments was formally established after the liberation of Manila.