ADB - Asian Development Bank

AFPCES - Armed Forces of the Philippines Commissary and

Exchange Service
BCDA - Bases Conversion Development Authority
BFP - Bureau of Fire Protection
BIR - Bureau of Internal Revenue
BLGF - Bureau of Local Government Finance
BOC - Bureau of Customs
BOI - Board of Investment
BSP - Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
BTr - Bureau of the Treasury
CAR - Cordillera Autonomous Region
CARP - Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
CBCI - Central Bank Certificate of Indebtedness
CBP - Central Bank of the Philippines
CCP - Cultural Center of the Philippines
CDA - Cooperative Development Authority
CFBP - Consolidated Foreign Borrowing Program
CHED - Commission on Higher Education
A C R O N Y M S
CHED - Commission on Higher Education
DAP - Development Academy of the Philippines
DBP - Development Bank of the Philippines
DECS - Department of Education, Culture and Sports
DENR - Department of Environment and Natural Resources
DOE - Department of Energy
DOH - Department of Health
DOJ - Department of Justice
DSWD - Department of Social Welfare and Development
EO - Executive Order
EPZA - Export Processing Zone Authority
FMB - Forestry Management Bureau
FPA - Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority
FXTN - Fixed Rate Treasury Notes
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GOCCs - Government-owned and Controlled Corporations
GSIS - Government Service Insurance System
HDMF - Home Development Mutual Fund
HIGC - Home Insurance Guarantee Corporation
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
INP - Integrated National Police
INPSSS - INP Special Store System
IP - Interest Payments
LBP - Land Bank of the Philippines
A C R O N Y M S
LCP - Lung Center of the Philippines
LGUs - Local Government Units
LMWD - Leyte Metropolitan Water District
LRTA - Light Rail Transit Authority
LTO - Land Transportation Office
LWUA - Local Waterworks and Utilities Administration
MDFO - Municipal Development Fund Office
MICP - Manila International Container Port
MMTC - Metro Manila Transit Corporation
MWSS - Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System
NABCOR - National Agribusiness Corporation
NAIA - Ninoy Aquino International Airport
NAWASA - National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority
NCAA - National Collegiate Athletic Association
NDA - National Dairy Authority
NDC - National Development Corporation
NEA - National Electrification Administration
NEDA - National Economic and Development Authority
NFA - National Food Authority
NG - National Government
NHA - National Housing Authority NHA - National Housing Authority
NIA - National Irrigation Administration
NKTI - National Kidney and Transplant Institute
Northrail - North Luzon Railways Corporation
NPA - Non-Performing Assets
NPC - National Power Corporation
NSRC - National Sugar Refineries Corporation
OCOM - Office of the Commissioner
PADC - Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation
PAF - Philippine Air Force
PAL - Philippine Airlines
PC - Philippine Constabulary
PCA - Philippine Coconut Authority
PCIC - Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation
PCMC - Philippine Childrens Medical Center
PCSO - Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
PD - Presidential Decree
PDIC - Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation
PEA - Public Estate Authority
PEZA - Philippine Economic Zone Authority
PGI - Philippine Genetics, Inc.
A C R O N Y M S
PHC - Philippine Heart Center
PHILGUARANTEE - Philippine Export and Foreign Loan
Guarantee Corporation
PHILEXIM - Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency
Philrice - Philippine Rice Research Institute
PIA - Philippine Information Agency
PNB - Philippine National Bank
PNOC - Philippine National Oil Company
PNPP - Philippine Nuclear Power Plant
PNPSSS - Philippine National Police Service Stores System
PNR - Philippine National Railways
PPA - Philippine Ports Authority
PPC - Philippine Postal Corporation
PSB - Premyo Savings Bond
PSBR - Public Sector Borrowing Requirements
PW & ED Bonds - Public Works and Educational Development Bonds
RA - Republic Act
SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
SSS - Social Security System
TCCP - Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines
TEF - Tax Expenditure Fund TEF - Tax Expenditure Fund
TIDCORP - Trade and Investment Development Corporation
of the Philippines
UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural
Organization
US - United States
VAT - Value Added Tax
WVSU - Western Visayas State University