Preamble
WHEREAS, the government has undertaken a national program on population and family planning involving both public and private sector for the purpose of furthering national development; WHEREAS, the Department of Labor has engaged in a Population/Family Planning Program basically concerned in improving the quality of life of the Filipino workers and their families, pursuant to Article 134 of Presidential Decree 442 known as the Labor Code of the Philippines as amended; WHEREAS, the Population/Family Planning Project in the Department of Labor has been initiated with financial assistance from UNFPA in March 1975 to implement the family planning provision of the Labor Code; WHEREAS, there is no specific office or bureau in the Department of Labor which shall continue to implement the family planning program and maintain what has been achieved upon termination of the Project on December 31, 1977; WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is committed to absorb the project staff and to assume operational costs consonant with the provisions of the Project Sub-Agreement entered into between the Department of Labor, Commission on Population and the National Economic Development Authority, representing the Philippine Government, and the UNFPA; WHEREAS, it is essential to establish on office designed specifically for such purpose; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines do hereby decree;