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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JV EJERCITO
AN ACT
REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Republic Act No. 10912 or the "Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 
Act of 2016", was enacted by Congress with the noble intention of uplifting 
professional standards and ensuring the global competitiveness of Filipino 
professionals. But after nine years since its enactment, the law has become an 
enormous burden for Filipino professionals in many fields and sectors. Instead of 
promoting professional progress, the CPD provisions have hampered professional 
advancement by imposing financial burdens, increasing bureaucratic complexity, and 
undercutting pre-existing, self-initiated development efforts.
Undeniably, Filipino professionals now face a heavier financial burden as a 
result of complying with the CPD Act. One of the main points of contention at present 
is the cost of attending accredited seminars, training, and conferences, which 
includes registration fees, travel expenses, and even hotel accommodations. Given 
the state of the economy, where our people are already struggling with growing living 
expenses, this financial strain is especially burdensome and problematic. Many find it 
increasingly difficult to meet these mandatory requirements without jeopardizing 
their household budgets due to the current upward trend in inflation rates, which the
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Philippine Statistics Authority reports increased to an overall rate of 1.4% as of June 
20251.
Professional groups also continue to express concerns that the bureaucratic 
complexity has caused confusing and time-consuming processes for fulfilling CPD 
requirements that imposes not just a financial burden on many of our professional 
workers, but also detracts from their productive time and undoubtedly creates 
unnecessary frustration. This is a challenge that no less than President Ferdinand 
Marcos Jr. himself acknowledged during the 123rd Labor Day celebrations last May 
2025.2 It is important to note that Filipino professionals have long been engaged in 
robust, self-initiated professional development and continuing education activities 
even before the enactment of the CPD Act.
The unintended effects of the CPD law have added a rigid, often expensive, 
and redundant layer of requirements to existing professional growth mechanisms. 
This has turned the voluntary and passionate pursuit of knowledge into an exercise 
of compliance that has become driven by the pursuit of profit for some companies 
and organizations. Fundamentally, the Continuing Professional Development Act of 
2016 has not met its noble goals and has instead become a dubious cross that is 
unnecessarily borne by our professionals, and thus, must be repealed.
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.
JV EJERCITO
1 Philippine Statistics Authority (2025). Consumer Price Index and Inflation Rate
2 Philippine News Agency (2025). PBBM wants to revisit Continuing Professional 
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
25 AUG-7 P4 33
S. No.
SENATE
1134
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INTRODUCED BY SENATOR JV EJERCITO
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AN ACT
REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Republic Act No. 10912, otherwise known as the "Continuing 
Professional Development Ad of 2016': Is hereby repealed.
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Sec. 2. All other laws, executive orders, resolutions, rules and regulations, and
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other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act are hereby
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repealed, amended or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the
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Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,