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List of Acronyms
3Rs Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
3G Third Generation
4Ps Program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
A&D Alienable and Disposable
AAGR Annual Average Growth Rate
AARNR Agriculture, Agrarian Reform and
Natural Resources
ACE ASEAN Center for Energy
ACPC Agricultural Credit and Policy Council
AD Ancestral Domains
ADB Asian Development Bank
ADBI Asian Development Bank Institute
ADM Alternative Delivery Modes
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADSDPP Ancestral Domain Sustainable
Development and Protection Plan
AFF Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
AFFLA Agroforestry Farm Lease Agreement
AFMA Agriculture and Fisheries
Modernization Act
AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines
AHA Aquino Health Agenda
ALS Alternative Learning System
AMTP AIDS Medium Term Plan
APIS Annual Poverty Indicators Survey
AMCFP Agro-Industry Modernization Credit
Financing Program
AMLA Anti-Money Laundering Act
AO Administrative Order
APEC Asia-Pacifc Economic Cooperation
APJR Action Program for Judicial Reform
APP Annual Procurement Plan
ARB Agrarian Reform Benefciaries
ARC Agrarian Reform Communities
ARTA Anti-Red Tape Act
ASA Air Service Agreement
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ATM Automated Teller Machine
ATO Air Transportation Offce
AWS Automatic Weather Stations
BemONC Basic and Comprehensive Emergency
Obstetric and Neonatal Care
BARC Barangay Agrarian Reform Committee
BAS Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Basel II New Risk-based Capital Adequacy
Framework
BCF Billion Cubic Feet
BCM Billion Cubic Meter
BDR Beneft Delivery Ratio
BESRA Basic Education Sector Reform
Agenda
BFAR Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources
BHS Barangay Health Stations
BHFS Bureau of Health Facilities and
Services
BI Bureau of Immigration
BIR Bureau of Internal Revenue
BIS Bank for International Settlements
BMT Billion Metric Ton
BOC Bureau of Customs
BOD Biological Oxygen Demand
BOI Board of Investments
BOP Balance of Payment
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer
BPLS Business Permits and Licensing
System
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
BSP Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
BSWM Bureau of Soils and Water
Management
BTr Bureau of the Treasury
BTU/lb British Thermal Unit / Pound
CA Court of Appeals
CAA Clean Air Act
CAA Confict-affected Area
CAAP Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines
CAB Civil Aeronautics Board
CADT Certifcate of Ancestral Domain Titles
CALABARZON Region IV-A (Batangas, Cavite,
Laguna, Quezon and Rizal)
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CALT Certifcate of Ancestral Land Title
CAMIS Court Administration Management
Information System
CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio
CARP Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program
CARPER Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program Extension with Reforms
CATV Cable Television
CBA Cost - Beneft Analysis
CBEP Community-Based Employment
Program
CBFMA Community-Based Forest Management
Agreement
CBFMP Community-Based Forest Management
Program
CBMS Community-Based Monitoring System
CBOs Community-based Organizations
CCA Center for Culture and the Arts
CCA Climate Change Adaptation
CCC Climate Change Commission
CCIC Central Credit Information Corporation
CCT Conditional Cash Transfer
CDA Cooperative Development Authority
CDD Community Driven Development
CDI Child Development Index
CDIS Citizens Database Information System
CEA Country Environmental Analysis
CeC Community e-Center
CES Career Executive System
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp
CFO Commission on Filipinos Overseas
CFP Community Forestry Program
CFSA Community Forest Stewardship
Agreement
CHED Commission on Higher Education
CISFA Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter
Finance Act
CHRP Commission on Human Rights of the
Philippines
CIA CARP Implementing Agencies
CIAC Children in Armed Confict
CICT Commission on Information and
Communications Technology
CIDF Communal Irrigation Development
Fund
CIMS Collateral Information and
Management System
CIPB Compliance and Integrity Programs for
Business
CIS Communal Irrigation System
CISFA Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter
Finance Act
CISL Collective Investment Schemes Law
CISs Communal Irrigation Systems
CITP Convention on Indigenous and Tribal
Peoples or ILO Convention No. 169
Ckt Circuit Kilometer
CL Contingent Liabilities
CLM Contingent Liability Management
CLOA Certifcate of Land Ownership Award
CLUP Comprehensive Land Use Plan
CME Coco-Methyl Ester
CMIS Case Management Information System
CMP Community Mortgage Plan
CMTS Cellular Mobile Telephone Service
CNFIDP Comprehensive National Fishery
Industry Development Plan
CNG Compressed Natural Gas
CNS-ATM Communications Navigation
Surveillance-Air Traffc Management
CO
2
Carbon Dioxide
COA Commission on Audit
COMELEC Commission on Elections
CPI Consumer Price Index
CPI Corruption Perception Index
CPP Communist Party of the Philippines
CPR Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
CQI Continuous Quality Improvement
CRC Convention of the Rights of the Child
CSC Certifcate of Stewardship Contract
CSF Credit Surety Fund
CSO Civic Society Organization
CTI-R/N POA Coral Triangle Initiative Regional/
National Plan of Action
DA Department of Agriculture
DAR Department of Agrarian Reform
DBCC Development Budget Coordination
Committee
DBM Department of Budget and
Management
DBP Development Bank of the Philippines
DCAF Democratic Control of Armed Forces
DENR Department of Environment and
Natural Resources
DepEd Department of Education
DFA Department of Foreign Affairs
DHUD Department of Housing and Urban
Development
DICT Department of Information and
Communications Technology
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DILG Department of the Interior and Local
Government
DMIA Diosdado Macapagal International
Airport
DO Dissolved Oxygen
DOE Department of Energy
DOF Department of Finance
DOH Department of Health
DOJ Department of Justice
DOLE Department of Labor and Employment
DOPPI Deep Ocean Power Philippines, Inc.
DOST Department of Science and Technology
DOT Department of Tourism
DOTC Department of Transportation and
Communications
DPWH Department of Public Works and
Highways
DRR Disaster Risk Reduction
DRRM Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management
DSWD Department of Social Welfare and
Development
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
DTT Digital Terrestrial Television
DTU Direct-to-User Satellite Provider
DU Distribution Utility
EC Electric Cooperative
ECC Environmental Compliance Certifcate
ECCD Early Childhood Care and
Development
ECE Early Childhood Education
eCFM Enhanced Case Flow Management
EE & C Energy Effciency and Conservation
EEID Environmental Education and
Information Division
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFA Education For All
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EITI Extractive Industry Transparency
Initiative
EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
E-JOW Enhanced Justice on Wheels
EMB Environmental Management Bureau
ENR Environment and Natural Resources
EO Executive Order
EPEP Environmental Protection and
Enhancement Program
EPIRA Electric Power Industry Reform Act
ERA Energy Reform Agenda
ERC Energy Regulatory Commission
ERDB Ecosystems Research and
Development Bureau
ERDT Engineering Research and
Development for Technology
ERP Economic Resiliency Plan
ESCO Energy Service Company
ESWMA Ecological Solid Waste Management
Act of 2000
ETEEAP Expanded Tertiary Education,
Equivalency and Accreditation
Program
EU European Union
E-waste Electronic waste
EV Electric Vehicle
FAA Federal Aviation Authority
FDCP Film Development Council of the
Philippines
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
ETEEAP Expanded Tertiary Education,
Equivalency and Accreditation
Program
F1 FOURmula One
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FL Functionally Literate
FLEMMS Functional Literacy, Education and
Mass Media Survey
FE Forward Estimates
FIA Freedom of Information Act
FICAP Federation of International Cable TV
Association of the Philippines
FIES Family Income and Expenditures
Survey
FiT Feed-in Tariff
FLA Fishpond Lease Agreement
FLAg (Special) Forest Land Use Agreement
FLAgT Forest Land Use Agreement for
Tourism Purposes
FLGMA Forestland Grazing Management
Agreement
FLMA Forest Land Management Agreement
FMB Forest Management Bureau
FMR Farm-to-Market Road
FMR/DP Final Mine Rehabilitation and/or
Decommissioning Program
FOB Freight on Board
FOI Freedom of Information
FPIC Free, Prior and Informed Consent
FRB Fiscal Responsibility Bill
FRIA Financial Rehabilitation and
Insolvency Act
FSAP Financial Sector Assessment Program
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FSF Financial Sector Forum
FSSR Food Staples Self-Suffciency
Roadmap
FTA Free Trade Agreement
FY Fiscal Year
GAA General Appropriations Act
GAD Gender and Development
GCM Global Climate Model
GCR Global Competitiveness Report
GDI Gender Development Index
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GEF Global Environment Facility
GEM Gender Empowerment Measure
GFI Government Financial Institution
GHG Greenhouse Gas
GIFMIS Government Integrated Financial
Management Information System
GIR Gross International Reserve
GIS Geographic Information System
GMO Genetically-Modifed Organism
GNP Gross National Product
GOCC Government Owned and Controlled
Corporations
GPI Gender Parity Index
GPS Global Positioning System
GQMP Government Quality Management
Program
GQMSS Government Quality Management
Systems Standards
GRP Government of the Republic of the
Philippines
GS Government Securities
GSIS Government Service Insurance System
GSM Global System for Mobile
Communications
GVA Gross Value Added
GWh Gigawatt-Hour
HCW Health Care Waste
HDI Human Development Index
HEI Higher Education Institution
HFA Hyogo Framework for Action
HGC Home Guaranty Corporation
HIV-AIDS Human immunodefciency virus
acquired immune defciency syndrome
HLURB Housing and Land Use Regulatory
Board
HRD Human Resource Development
HRH Human Resources for Health
HSRA Health Sector Reform Agenda
HUCs Highly Urbanized Cities
HUDCC Housing and Urban Development
Coordinating Council
HWG Hazardous Waste Generator
IAM Internal Audit Manual
IAS International Accounting Standards
IAs Irrigators Associations
IAS Invasive Alien Species
IATCTP Inter-Agency Technical Committee
on Transport Planning
IC Insurance Commission
ICAO International Civil Aviation
Organization
ICC Investment Coordination Committee
ICC Indigenous Cultural Communities
ICC-DBCC Investment Coordination Committee-
Development Budget Coordination
Committee
ICERD International Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination
ICM Integrated Coastal Management
ICS Internal Control System
ICT Information and Communications
Technology
ICRMP Integrated Coastal Resources
Management Project
IDP Integrated Development Plan
IEC Information, Education and
Communication
IES Impact Evaluation Study
IFC International Finance Corporation
IFMA Integrated Forest Management
Agreement
IFRS International Financial Reporting
Standards
IGF International Gateway Facility
IKSP Indigenous Knowledge Systems and
Practices
ILO International Labour Organization
IMD International Institute for
Management Development
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMR Infant Mortality Rate
IMT Irrigation Management Transfer
INFRACOM NEDA Board Committee on
Infrastructure
IP Indigenous People
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel for Climate
Change
IPMAP Indigenous Peoples Masterplan
IPP Independent Power Producer
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IPPA Independent Power Producer
Administrator
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IPRA Indigenous Peoples Rights Act
IRA Internal Revenue Allotment
IRR Implementing Rules and Regulations
ISDB-T Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-
Terrestrial
ISFs Irrigation Service Fees
ISM International Safety Management
ISO International Organization for
Standardization
ISPS International Ship and Port Facility
ISSP Information Systems Strategic Plan
IWRM Integrated Water Resources
Management
JCMS Judiciary Case Management System
JICA Japan International Cooperation
Agency
JMC Joint Memorandum Circular
JMP Joint Monitoring Program
JRC Joint Research Centre
JV Joint Venture
KALAHI-CIDSS Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-
Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services
KPO Knowledge Process Outsourcing
kV Kilovolt
LAA Land Administration Authority
LAD Land Acquisition and Distribution
LARA Land Administration Reform Act
LBP Land Bank of the Philippines
LCCAP Local Climate Change Action Plan
LDC Least Developed Countries
LEP Ladderized Education Program
LET Licensure Examination for Teachers
LHB Local Housing Boards
LFS Labor Force Survey
LGC Local Government Code
LGU Local Government Unit
LMB Land Management Bureau
LMP League of Municipalities of the
Philippines
LNB Liga ng mga Barangay
LPG Liquefed Petroleum Gas
LRA Land Registration Authority
LRTA Light Rail Transit Authority
LTI Land Tenure Improvement
LUB Luzon Urban Beltway
LWUA Local Water Utilities Administration
M1 Currency in circulation, peso demand
deposits
M2 M1 and peso savings, time deposits
MARINA Maritime Industry Authority
Mbps
MC Memorandum Circular
MCC Millennium Challenge Corporation
MCP Mandated Credit Program
MDFO Municipal Development Fund Ofce
MDG Millennium Development Goals
MDGF Millennium Development Goal Fund
MEDP Missionary Electrifcation
Development Plan
MERALCO Manila Electric Company
MfDR Managing for Development Results
MFI Microfnance Institution
MGB Mines and Geosciences Bureau
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency
MILF Moro Islamic Liberation Front
MIMAROPA Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and
Palawan
MB Million Barrels
MBFOE Million Barrels of Fuel Oil Equivalent
MMDA Metro Manila Development
Authority
MME Monitoring, Management, and
Evaluation
MMLOE Million Liters of Oil Equivalent
MMMT Million Metric Tons
MMR Maternal Mortality Ratio
MMS Multimedia Messaging Service
MMSCF Million Standard Cubic Feet
MNCHN Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health,
and Nutrition
MNLF Moro National Liberation Front
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOOE Maintenance and Other Operating
Expenses
MPA Marine Protected Area
MPDI Mandatory Pre-Departure Inspections
MRF Materials Recovery Facility
MRF Microinsurance Regulatory
Framework
MRR Mandatory Rate Reduction
MRS Materials Recovery System
MSACC Multi-Sectoral Anti-Corruption
Council
MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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MT Metric Tons
MTDPFS Medium-Term Development Plan for
the Financial Sector
MTEF Medium-Term Expenditure
Framework
MTOE Million Tons of Oil Equivalent
MTPDP Medium Term Philippine
Development Plan
MVA Megavolt-Ampere
MVUC Motor Vehicle User's Charge
MW Megawatt
MWSS Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System
MWSS-RO Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage SystemRegulatory Ofce
NACPA National Anti-Corruption Plan of
Action
NAFC-CFA National Agriculture and Fishery
Council-Committee on Fisheries and
Aquaculture
NAIA Ninoy Aquino International Airport
NALUA National Land Use Act
NAMRIA National Mapping and Resource
Information Authority
NAPC National Anti-Poverty Commission
NATCCO National Confederation of
Cooperatives
NAT MPS National Achievement Test Mean
Percentage Score
NBB National Biofuels Board
NCBTS National Competency-Based Teacher
Standards
NCCA National Commission for Culture and
the Arts
NCCAP National Climate Change Action Plan
NCI National Convergence Initiative
NCIP National Commission on Indigenous
Peoples
NCR National Capital Region
NDCC National Disaster Coordinating
Council
NDF National Democratic Front
NDHS National Demographic and Health
Survey
NDRRMC National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council
NDRRMF National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Framework
NDSA National Defense and Security Act
NEA National Electrifcation
Administration
NEC National Ecology Center
NEDA National Economic and Development
Authority
NEECP National Energy Efciency and
Conservation Programs
NEEDS National Environmental Economic
and Development Study
NEFCA National Endowment Fund for
Culture and the Arts
NER Net Enrolment Rate
NFA National Food Authority
NG National Government
NGA National Government Agency
NGCP National Grid Corporation of the
Philippines
NGICS National Guidelines on Internal
Control System
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NGVPPT Natural Gas Vehicle Program for
Public Transport
NHA National Housing Authority
NHIP National Health Insurance Program
NHTS-PR National Household Targeting System
for Poverty Reduction
NIA National Irrigation Administration
NIMF National Irrigation Management
Fund
NIPAS National Integrated Protected Areas
System
NIS National Irrigation Systems
NJIS National Justice Information System
NLEX North Luzon Expressway
NPA New Peoples Army
NPA Non-Performing Assets
NPC National Power Corporation
NPL Non-Performing Loans
NPP New Power Provider
NREB National Renewable Energy Board
NREP National Renewable Energy Program
NSCB National Statistical Coordination
Board
NSDI National Spatial Data Infrastructure
NSM National Safety Management
NSO National Statistics Ofce
NSWMC National Solid Waste Management
Commission
NTC National Telecommunications
Commission
NTP National Transport Policy
NUDHF National Urban Development and
Housing Framework
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NWAPP National Wetlands Action Plan for
the Philippines
NWAR National Warrant of Arrest Registry
NWRA Net Worth-to-Risk Assets
NWRB National Water Resources Board
NWRP National Water Resources Policy
NWAPP National Wetlands Action Plan for
the Philippines
O&M Operations and Maintenance
ODA Ofcial Development Assistance
OECD Organisation for Economic
Cooperation and Development
OEOs Other Executive Ofces
OFW Overseas Filipino Worker
OMB Ofce of the Ombudsman
OPIF Organizational Performance Indicator
Framework
OSH Occupational Safety and Health
OTEC Ocean Termal Energy Conversion
OWWA Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration
PACBRMA Protected Area Community Based
Resource Management Agreement
PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical
and Astronomical Services
Administration
PAGCOR Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corporation
PAL Private Agricultural Land
PAMANA Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan
Program
PAMB Protected Area Management Board
PAO Public Attorneys Ofce
PAR Philippine Area of Responsibility
PAS Philippine Accounting Standards
PAYGO Pay-As-You-Go
PBD Program Benefciaries Development
PBS Paper on Budget Strategy
PC Personal Computer
PCFC Peoples Credit and Finance
Corporation
PCG Philippine Coast Guard
PCL Priority Chemical List
PCSHC Philippine Center for Specialized
Health Care
PCSO Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Ofce
PCTA Philippine Cable Television
Association, Inc.
PCW Philippine Commission on Women
PDEx Philippine Dealing Exchange
PDIC Philippine Depository Insurance
Corporation
PDR Philippine Defense Reform
PDU Private Distribution Utility
PECR Philippine Energy Contracting Round
PEEP Philippine Energy Efciency Program
PEGR Partnership for Economic Governance
Reforms
PELMATP Philippine Energy Efciency Lighting
Market Transformation Project
PER Public Expenditure Review
PERA Personal Equity and Retirement Act
PES Payment for Environmental Services
PESFA Private Education Student Financial
Assistance Program
PESO Public Employment Service Ofce
PESS Philippine Education Sector Study
PEZA Philippine Economic Zone Authority
PFM Public Financial Management
PFRS Philippine Financial Reporting
Standards
PGIAM Philippine Government Internal
Audit Manual
PGS President Gloria Scholarship Program
PHF Post-Harvest Facilities
PhilGEPS Philippine Government Electronic
Procurement System
Philhealth Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation
PHILPOST Philippine Postal Corporation
PHIVOLCS Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and Seismology
PIA Philippine Information Agency
PICCS Philippine Inventory of Chemicals
and Chemical Substances
PIDS Philippine Institute for Development
Studies
PIOU Private Investor-owned Utility
PISs Private Irrigation Systems
PMS Performance Management System
PMS-OPES Performance Management System-
Ofce Performance Evaluation
System
PMTP Philippine Medical Tourism Program
PNHA Philippine National Health Accounts
PNHRS Philippine National Health Research
System
PNOC Philippine National Oil Corporation
PNOC-AFC Philippine National Oil Company -
Alternative Fuels Corporation
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PNQF Philippine National Qualifcation
Framework
PNP Philippine National Police
PNP-MG Philippine National Police- Maritime
Group
PNRPS Philippine National REDD+ Strategy
PO Peoples Organization
POs Private Operators (Water Service
Provider)
PPP Public-Private Partnership
PPP Purchasing power parity
PQA Philippine Quality Award
PROC Peoples Republic of China
PS Personal Services
PSA Payment System Act
PSALM Power Sector Assets and Liabilities
Management Corporation
PSEi Philippine Stock Exchange Index
PSF Peoples Survival Fund
PSSR Philippine Sustainable Sanitation
Roadmap
PTF Patubigayan Trust Fund
PWD Persons with Disability
PWSSR Philippine Water Supply Sector
Roadmap
QMS Quality Management System
QTP Qualifed Third Party
R&D Research and Development
RA Republic Act
RATE Run After Tax Evaders
RATS Run After the Smugglers
RBCA Risk-based Capital Adequacy
Framework
RCA Revealed Comparative Advantage
RD&E Research, Development and Extension
RDC Regional Development Councils
RE Renewable Energy
REC Regional Ecology Center
REDD Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation
REDD+ Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation
(with enhanced carbon stock)
REER Real Effective Exchange Rate
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
RHU Rural Health Units
RIPS Revenue Integrity Protection Service
RLX Regional Check Centers
ROD Registry of Deeds
RORO Roll-On/Roll-Off
ROW Right-of-Way
RP Rationalization Plan
RP-FP Responsible Parenting and Family
Planning
RPMP/ RPA-ABB Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng
Manggagawa-Pilipinas /Revolutionary
Proletariat Army-Alex Boncayao
Brigade
RPS Renewable Portfolio Standard
RRTS Road-RORO Terminal System
RSEC-WR Rules for Setting EC Wheeling Rates
S & T Science and Technology
S/S Substation
SAFDZ Strategic Agriculture and Fisheries
Development Zone
SBC Small Business Corporation
SBIA Subic Bay International Airport
SC Service Contract
SC Supreme Court
SCMB Subic-Clark-Manila-Batangas
SCTEx Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway
SCWR Sub-Committee on Water Resources
SD Sustainable Development
SDAH Sector-wide Development Approach
for Health
SDMP Social Development and Management
Program
SEA-K Self-Employment Assistance -
Kaunlaran
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SIFMA Socialized Industrial Forest
Management Agreement
SIJ Strengthening the Integrity of the
Judiciary
SLB Securities Borrowing and Lending
SLM Sustainable Land Management
SLP Special Land Use Permit
SME Small and Medium Enterprises
SNAP Strategic National Action Plan
SNC Second National Communication
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea
SPED Special Education
SPLULA Special Land Use Lease Agreement
SPPD Support for Policy and Programme
Development
SPUG Small Power Utilities Group
SRNH Strong Republic Nautical Highway
SSIPs Small-Scale Independent Providers
SSL Salary Standardization Law
SSME Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion
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SSS Social Security System
STAR Southern Tagalog Arterial Road
STuFAPs Student Financial Assistance Programs
SUF Spectrum User Fee
SWM Solid Waste Management
SWS Social Weather Stations
TB Tuberculosis
T/L Transmission Line
TDP Transmission Development Plan
TelOf Telecommunications Offce
TESDA Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority
TESDP Technical Education and Skills
Development Program
TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
TEZ Tourism enterprise zones
TFEC Total Final Energy Consumption
TFLA Tree Farm Lease Agreement
TFP Total Factor Productivity
TIEZA Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise
Zone Authority
TLA Timber Licence Agreement
TNE Transnational Education
TPES Total Primary Energy Supply
TPLEx Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union
Expressway
TransCo National Transmission Corporation
TRM Trade Related Matters
TSD Transport, Storage, Disposal
TSNs Transcript of Stenographic Notes
TSP Total Suspended Particles
TV Television
TVET Technical And Vocational Education
And Training
UASF Universal Access and Service Fund
UCME Universal Charge for Missionary
Electrifcation
UDHA Urban Development and Housing Act
UHC Universal Health Care
ULAP Union of Local Authorities of the
Philippines
UNCAC United Nations Convention Against
Corruption
UNDP United Nations Development
Programme
UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacifc
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change
UNICEF The United Nations Children's Fund
VAS Value-Added Service
VAT Value-Added Tax
VAW Violence Against Women
VE/VA Value Engineering/Value Analysis
VTMS Vessel Traffc Management System
WB World Bank
WDR World Development Report
WDs Water Districts
WEDC Women in Extremely Diffcult
Circumstances
WEF World Economic Forum
WEO World Economic Outlook
WESM Wholesale Electricity Spot Market
WGI Worldwide Governance Indicators
WHO World Health Organization
WHS Wooden Hull Ships
WiFi Wireless Fidelity
WSP Water Service Provider
WTO World Trade Organization
WWF World Wildlife Fund
YTD Year-to-Date
ZBB Zero-Based Budgeting