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The Philippine Military Academy traces its roots to the old Santa Lucia Barracks in Intramuros, Manila where it started as an Officer's School for the Police Force of the Philippines on February 17, 1905. The students then underwent a nine-month training period to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to make them effective leaders of the Police Force.
Three years later, on September 1, 1908, the school was transferred to Baguio City, first at Camp Henry T. Allen and later at Teacher's Camp. The school was renamed as the Philippine Constabulary Academy in September 8, 1926 and it's course of study was lengthened from nine months to three years.

On December 21, 1936, Manuel L. Quezon, president of the Philippine Commonwealth, signed into law the National Defense Act. This law provided for the formal organization of the Philippine Military Academy which was heretofore authorized to confer a Bachelor of Science degree on its graduates after they successfully complete the four-year course.
The operation of the Academy was temporarily stopped with the outbreak of World War II in December 1941. The graduating classes of 1942 and 1943 were allowed to graduate earlier than scheduled and were given assignments in combat units in Bataan and other parts of the country. Many of them sacrificed their lives in the altar of duty. The Academy then reopened on May 5, 1947 at Camp Henry T Allen in Baguio City.
In 1950, the Academy was transferred to the sprawling 373-hectare compound ten kilometers south of downtown Baguio City. Here, it found its permanent home in a camp named after the young hero of the battle of Tirad Pass, Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar. The PMA site, which is now referred to as Fort Del Pilar, was developed into an ideal military training institution with facilities and infrastructures required by a growing military academy. Its curriculum, which was initially technically oriented (having been patterned after that of the U.S. Military Academy at West point) remained unchanged for a number of years.

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It was September 4, 1976, when the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) awarded the Conditional Certificate of Conformance No.29 to the Calamba Water District (CWD). This certificate of conformance entitled CWD the rights and privileges authorized under PD 198. Occupying a small space in the Treasury Office of the Municipal Hall with only 15 employees, an old desk, 2 chairs, an old typewriter and a filing cabinet donated by the municipal government, this was how Calamba Water District started its operations. In the early years of CWD, the Municipality of Calamba granted the monthly subsidy for CWD, which helped in the maintenance and operation of the system until such time that the District could support itself.
Because of the growing number of concessionaires and employees, the Management decided to have a place they could call their own in 1977. Just a couple of meters away from Municipal Hall, CWD rented a small place in Del Pilar St., previously called The 1001 Disco Pub now known as Delmart Building.

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The GSIS, created by Commonwealth Act No. 186 passed on November 14, 1936 is mandated to provide and administer the following social security benefits for government employees: compulsory life insurance, optional life insurance, retirement benefits, disability benefits for work-related contingencies and death benefits.
In addition, the GSIS is entrusted with the administration of the General Insurance Fund by virtue of R.A. 656 of the Property Insurance Law. It provides insurance coverage to assets and properties which have government insurable interests.
The GSIS covers all government workers irrespective of their employment status, except employees who have separate retirement schemes under special laws, to wit:
• Members of the Judiciary and Constitutional Commissions
• Contractual employees who have no employee-employer relationship with their agencies
Uniformed members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, including the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protection
The principal benefit package of the GSIS consists of compulsory and optional life insurance, retirement, separation and employee's compensation benefits.
Active GSIS members are entitled to the following loan privileges: salary, policy, emergency and housing loans.
The governing and policy-making body of the GSIS is the Board of Trustees, the members of which are appointed by the President of the Philippines.
The GSIS workforce consists of 3,104 employees, 52% of whom are in the Head Office while the remaining 48% are in the Branches. To date, there are 40 branches and 78 satellite offices nationwide. It is envisioned that the System's service network will continue to increase as the institution is committed to provide branch offices in every province where there exists a minimum of 15,000 active members. .