Amending Memorandum Order No. 178 and Placing the Management, Administration and Maintenance of the Panglao Tourism Special Infrastructure Program under the Department of Transportation and Communications

January 13, 2006

MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 178-A

AMENDING MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 178 AND PLACING THE MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PANGLAO TOURISM SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC)

WHEREAS, pursuant to Memorandum Order No. 178 (s. 2005) Panglao Tourism Special Infrastructure Program (PTSIP) was established to ensure and sustain the competitiveness and marketability of Panglao, Bohol, as a premier and world-class tourist destination;

WHEREAS, flagship project of the PTSIP is the Panglao Airport;

WHEREAS, EO No. 292, series of 1987, otherwise known as the "Administrative Code of 1987" grants the President continuing authority to "reorganize the administrative structure of the Executive Branch". HcaDTE

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Memorandum Order No. 178 (s. 2005) as follows:

Section 2 of the said Memorandum Order is hereby amended as follows:

"SEC. 2. Supervision and Control. — The management, administration and maintenance of the PTSIP are hereby placed under the direct supervision and control of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC). The Secretary of Transportation is directly responsible for the effective and efficient implementation of the Program."

Section 3 of the said Memorandum Order is hereby amended as follows:

"Sec. 3. PTSIP Project Office. — A PTSIP office shall be established pursuant to this order. The PTSIP Project Management Office shall be composed of a Project Manager represented by an Assistant Secretary of the Department of the DOTC and a Deputy Project Manager represented by an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Tourism. TIaCHA

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Section 4 of the Memorandum Order is hereby amended as follows:

"Sec. 4. Assistance. — The Secretary of Transportation and the PTSIP Project Office may call upon the Department of Tourism (DOT), the Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the Air Transportation Office (ATO), the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), and any other agency of the government for such assistance as may be necessary in the performance of their functions. All heads of departments, agencies, bureaus, offices, including government owned or controlled corporations, are hereby enjoined to render full assistance and cooperation to the Secretary of Transportation and the PTSIP Project Office and provide such information and data as may be required to carry out their functions pursuant to this Order."

Section 6 of the Memorandum Order is hereby amended as follows:

"Sec. 6. Funding. — The DBM Secretary shall regularly release the allotments and disbursement authority intended for projects under the PTSIP, as authorized in the General Appropriations Act, covering both loan proceeds and local fund counterparts, and from the budgets of DOTC, PTA, DOT, ATO and PPA."

All executive issuances, directives, rules and regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Memorandum Order, are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately. DSCIEa

DONE in the City of Manila, this 13th day of January, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Six.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 102, No. 14, p. 2162, April 3, 2006.