Signed on October 15, 2008: Declaring Thursday, November 13, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of Pantukan, province of Compostela Valley
Signed on October 15, 2008: Declaring Friday, December 5, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the city of Palayan, Nueva Ecija
Signed on October 15, 2008: Declaring Friday, November 7, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of Cuenca, province of Batangas
Signed on October 13, 2008: Creating and designating a building which stands on two parcels of land located along Regalado Avenue corner Quirino Hi-Way, barangay Pasong Putik, Novaliches, Quezon City as information technology center pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916 as amended by Republic Act No. 8748
Signed on October 10, 2008: Declaring Monday, November 10, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the province of Eastern Samar
Signed on October 9, 2008: Declaring Friday, October 24, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the province of Negros Oriental
Signed on October 9, 2008: Declaring Tuesday, October 28, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of Dingle, province of Iloilo
Signed on October 8, 2008: Declaring the period from November 3 to 10, 2008 as National Dance Sport Week
Signed on October 8, 2008: Declaring the month of November 2008 as National Consciousness Month for Punctuality (Respect for the Value of Time) and Civility (Respect for the Rights of Others) (Buwan ng Pagpapahalaga sa Oras at sa Karapatan ng Kapwa)
Signed on October 8, 2008: Declaring the period from November 24 to 30, 2008 as "Civil Engineering Week"
Signed on October 6, 2008: Declaring Monday, October 20, 2008, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the city of Bacolod
Signed on October 6, 2008: Declaring Tuesday, October 7, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of Imus, province of Cavite
Signed on October 6, 2008: Declaring Wednesday, October 8, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the city of Koronadal, province of South Cotabato
Signed on October 4, 2008: Conversion of the city of Tacloban into a highly-urbanized city
Signed on October 3, 2008: Amending Proclamation No. 609 dated April 20, 2004, which reserved certain parcel of land of the public domain for Kalayaan Pump Storage Plant Complex Site of the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) by granting ownership in favor of NAPOCOR, situated in the municipalities of Kalayaan and Lumban, province of Laguna, island of Luzon
Signed on September 29, 2008: Reserving certain parcels of land of the public domain for public purposes of the municipal government of Ramon, Isabela, situated in the municipality of Ramon, province of Isabela, island of Luzon
Signed on September 29, 2008: Reserving for municipal town hall site purposes of the municipality of Brooke's Point, province of Palawan, a certain parcel of land of the public domain situated in Poblacion II, municipality of Brooke's Point, province of Palawan, island of Palawan
Signed on September 29, 2008: Philippine participation in the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA 2009)
Signed on September 26, 2008: Declaring Tuesday, September 30, 2008, as a special (non-working) day in the province of Eastern Samar
Signed on September 22, 2008: Declaring Monday, September 29, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of San Rafael, province of Bulacan
Signed on September 22, 2008: Declaring Friday, September 26, 2008, as special (non-working) day in the municipality of Naval, province of Biliran
Signed on September 19, 2008: Creating and designating Eton Cyberpod Corinthian, situated at certain parcels of land of the private domain located at Ortigas Avenue corner Epifanio delos Santos Avenue, barangay Ugong Norte, Quezon City, as information technology park pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916 as amended by Republic Act No. 8748
Signed on September 19, 2008: Declaring Wednesday, October 1, 2008 as a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid'l Fitr (Feast of Ramadhan)
Signed on September 17, 2008: Declaring Thursday, October 16, 2008 as special (non-working) day in the city of Calbayog