THE ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NCUPC

THE ACTIVITIES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NCUPC

1975 to present - The NCUPC organized and engaged in various programs of pest control activities and seminars.

1975 - The Department of Health Circular 155 was signed by Health Secretary Clemente Gatmaitan where the Principles of Effective Pest Control Programs are enumerated and the institution of the Franchise System of Urban Pest Control.

1979 - The NCUPC was formally formed in the Office of the President of the Philippines with various Government Agencies and Non-Government Organizations through a Memorandum of Agreement to assist the Department of Health and MAPECON Philippines, Inc. implement Health Circular 155, and to harmonize various government regulations on pest control such in Presidential Decree No. 856 [Sanitation Code of the Department of Health]; Presidential Decree No. 522 [Sanitation Requirements for Establishment Catering the Traveling Public of the Department of Tourism]; and Presidential Decree No. 1096 [Building Code of Department of Public Works & Highways].

1980 - Urban Pests And Their Control by Gonzalo O. Catan, Jr. & Nancy Russell Catan was published as a Manual for Urban Pest Control Workers. It details in Chapter 25, The Pest Control Laws & Regulations in the Philippines; Chapter 26, The National Committee on Urban Pest Control; and in Chapter 27, The Franchise System of Urban Pest Control.

1981 - The Office of the Governor of Metropolitan Manila Commission [MMC] now the Metro Manila Development Authority [MMDA] issued Executive Order 81-04 in July 1981 to create the National Capital Region Urban Pest Control Program where the NCUPC acted as the Technical Working Committee on the Pest Control Program in Metropolitan Manila.

1991 - The NCUPC registered and duly accredited with the Security & Exchange Commission [SEC] with a legal authority to train and accredit Pest Control organizations [PCOs] and Certifies Pesticide Applicators [CPA] for Urban Pest Control & Fumigators.

1997 - President Fidel V. Ramos signed Presidential Proclamation 990 to recognize the importance of “Zero-Waste, Zero-Pest” plays in the community. It is part of the Annual Clean Up The World Month Celebration of the Department of Environment & Natural Resources under the aegis of the NCUPC.

1997 to present - The NCUPC celebrates the Annual Zero-Waste, Zero-Pest Week with various government agencies [Gas], local government units [LGUs] and non-government organizations [NGOs]. Received endorsements from the Office of the President, and various Government Agencies.

2003 - Department of the Interior & Local Government [DILG] Memorandum Circular 2003-186 instruct the Local Government Units to create their respective Municipality/ City/ Provincial Pest Abatement Committees and implement Environment Pest Abatement Maintenance Program & Projects in their localities. Local Government Units [LGUs] that signed their Executive Orders creating their respective Pest Abatement Committees [PAC] were: Puerto Princesa City, Iloilo City, Bacolod City, and Calbayog City.

2003 - The Court of Appeals Decision & Resolution in favor of MAPECON Philippines, Inc., and the NCUPC.

2004 - The NCUPC issued Implementing Rules & Regulations [IRR] for Urban Pest Control & Fumigation in the Philippines; and Implementing Rules & Regulations [IRR] for Registration of Urban Pesticides in the Philippines through the NCUPC Memorandum Circular 2004-01 addressed to all concerned.

2007 - The Supreme Court Decision & Final Resolutions in favor of MAPECON Philippines, Inc., and the NCUPC that affirmed Health Circular 155 and Presidential Proclamation 990, and became the Legal Jurisprudence in Urban Pest Control & Fumigation.

2008 - The Department of Environment & Natural Resources/ Laguna Lake Development Authority/ MAPECON Green Charcoal Philippines, Inc./ National Committee on Urban Pest Control Memorandum of Agreement [MOA] organizing the Research & Development Task Force to recycle water lilies and organic mud in Pasig River and Laguna Lake.

2010 - President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Presidential Proclamation 2063, Strengthening & Expanding the Coverage of Presidential Proclamation 990 of 1997 thus giving substance to the February 8, 2007 Supreme Court Ruling. This affirms the Franchise System of Urban Pest Control in Health Circular 155, and made clear that it is the NCUPC that has jurisdiction on urban pest control and fumigation. 

2012 - The CPE Council of Agriculture of the Professional Regulation Commission issued a Certificate of Accreditation [Accreditation No. 2012-003] in February 2012 as a Continuing Professional Education [CPE] Provider for all its programs, seminars. conferences, etc.

2016 - The Department of the Interior & Local Government [DILG] Memorandum Circular 2016-07 directs all LGUs to support the Environmental Pest Abatement Maintenance Program [EPAMP] to immediately combat Dengue/ Zika in Barangays and Subdivisions through the NCUPC.

2016 - Letter-Communications to the Office of the President, Executive Secretary, Presidential Action Center, Presidential Management Staff and various Government Agencies [Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, Department of Environment & Natural Resources, Department of Budget & Management] on Pest Control & Fumigation Syndicate.

2017 - File a Motion to be allowed to Intervene in: Spec. Civil Action No. R-MND-17-0076-SC For: Petition for Declaratory Relief with Urgent Application for Temporary Restraining Order and Writ of Preliminary Injunction In the case Pest Control Association of the Philippines, Inc., And Bio-Tech Environmental Services Philippines Inc. both Represented by Hector Binwek as the Plaintiffs -Versus – The Quezon City Local Government & the Local Health Board of Quezon City Both Represented by Hon. Herbert M. Bautista.