DIVISION MEMORANDUM: No.136 .s. 2018 DISSEMINATION OF MEMORANDUM FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Republic of the Philippines

                                                                                          Department of education

Region VIII

                       SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF CATBALOGAN CITY

April 23, 2018

DIVISION MEMORANDUM:

No.  136 .s. 2018

DISSEMINATION OF MEMORANDUM FROM THE EXECUTIVE
                                          SECRETARY

TO:     ALL DIVISION OFFICE PERSONNEL

FIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERVISORS ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS
TEACHERS AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL

In connection with the above-captioned matter, enclosed hereto is a Regional Memorandum dated April 11, 2018, RE: Dissemination of Memorandum from the

Executive Secretary (Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies to Participate in the 2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation (PME) and to Render Assistance to the Anti-Money Laundering Council in the Conduct of the PME), contents of which is self-explanatory.

Please be guided accordingly.

CRISTITO A. ECO, CESO VI Schools Division Superintendent

For the Superintendent:

FRANCIS ANGELO S. GELERA    

Asst. School Div. Superintendent

Republic of the ^Ijtlippinef

©apartment of aEbucatinn

REGIONAL OFFICE NO. VIII (EASTERN VISAYAS)          

Government Center, Candahug, Palo, Leyte

MEMORANDUM

TO:           SCHOOLS DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS

FROM:       AAMIR B. UYTICO, Ed.D., CESOIV

OIC-Regional Director

SUBJECT:                DISSEMINATION OF MEMORANDUM FROM THE EXECUTIVE

SECRETARY (Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies to

Participate in the 2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation (PME) and to Render Assistance to the Anti- Money Laundering Council in the Conduct of the PME)

DATE:         April 11, 2018

1.         Attached is DepED Memorandum No.       057, s.   2018 entitled Dissemination of

Memorandum from the Executive Secretary (Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies

to Participate in the 2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation (PME) and to Render Assistance

to the Anti-Money Laundering Council in the Conduct of the PME) for information.

2.         Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

DepEd MEMORANDUM

No.       056   . s-2018               

DISSEMINATION OF MEMORANDUM PROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY (Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies to Participate in the 2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation (PME) and to Render Assistance to the Anti-Money Laundering

Council in the Conduct of the PME)

To:       Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries

Bureau and Service Directors Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents

Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads All Others Concerned

1.           For the information and guidance of all concerned, enclosed is a certified copy of Memorandum from the Executive Secretary dated February 22, 2018 entitled Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies to Participate in the 2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation (PME) and to Render Assistance to the AntiMoney Laundering Council (AMLC) in the Conduct of the PME.

2.         Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is desired.

LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES

            Secretary

End.:

As stated

Reference:

None

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
            under the following subjects:

BUREAUS AND OFFICES COUNCIL

LEGISLATIONS OFFICIALS

Office of the President
       of the Philippines

Malacañang

MEMORANDUM FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

For                           ALL DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AND AGENCIES

OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR

-CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS

Subject                     Enjoining Relevant Government Agencies to Participate in

the    2018 Philippines’ Mutual Evaluation            (PME) and to

Render Assistance to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC} in the Conduct of the PME

Date          :           22 February 2018

The Philippines is a member of the Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering, an associate member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).1 As pat of the APG, the Philippines committed to a mutual peer review system involving the country visit of experts, referred to as Mutual Evaluation (ME), to determine its level of compliance with the international Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) standards.

In this regard, this Office has designated the AMLC as the lead agency of the PME scheduled in 2018. To evaluate the Philippines’ technical compliance with the recommendations of the FATF as well as the effectiveness of the existing AML/CFT system, it is essential for the AMLC to establish an inter-agency structure PME in the form of working groups. Said working groups shall include representatives from various government agencies.

Accordingly, this Office enjoins all departments, bureaus, offices, and agencies of the Executive branch, including government financial institutions and government-owned or -controlled corporations, to be identified by the AMLC to actively participate and/or extend the necessary assistance in the conduct of the PME, consistent with the operational guidelines that may be issued by the AMLC, subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

For strict compliance.

By authority of the President

SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA