Amendments to LOI No. 597 (s. 1977) Re: Creation of Magalang-Arayat Task Force

March 3, 1981

LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1110

WHEREAS, Letter of Instructions No. 597 was issued on September 4, 1977 creating an inter-agency task force to formulate and implement an integrated development plan for Mount Arayat and immediate vicinity; acd

WHEREAS, it now becomes imperative to achieve a realistic, systematic, practical and integrated approach to effect and ensure a successful and accelerated implementation of the development plans and programs as envisioned;

WHEREAS, to realize and accomplish the desired objective, there arises an urgent and compelling need for a simplification of the working mechanism and a structural reorganization thereof, a coordinated and centralized supervision and monitoring of activities, and a direct and active involvement and participation of local officials concerned;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order the amendment of Letter of Instructions No. 597 to read as follows:

"LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 597 — (Creating Magalang-Arayat Task Force To Formulate and Implement an Integrated Development Plan for Mount Arayat And Its Environs)

WHEREAS, our history is replete with records of the revolutionary struggle of the Filipino people for the improvement of their political, economic and social life;

WHEREAS, the contemporary Filipino, seeking no less the uplift of the country is likewise imbued with the same revolutionary zeal for change, striving to realize this change through revolutionary but peaceful means;

WHEREAS, the New Society with its program of reforms, has provided the encouragement and the impetus for the Filipinos to pursue these changes so that they may realize their dreams, hopes and aspirations for a better life;

WHEREAS, Mount Arayat in Pampanga has been the nursery of some of these revolutionary struggles;

WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable to embark on a program of development for Mount Arayat and its environs, for the primary purpose of establishing the area as the monument to the revolutionary spirit of the Filipino people and of the socio-economic reforms that had been undertaken for the upliftment of the masses, especially under the New Society;

WHEREAS, in order to achieve this end there is a need to create a Task Force to formulate and coordinate the planning and implementation of an integrated development plan for Mount Arayat and its immediate vicinity; aisa dc

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order the following:

1. It shall be the objective of the Government to develop Mount Arayat and its environs and to build it as the symbol and embodiment of the programs of change designed to improve the socio-economic condition of the area and the quality of life of its residents under the New Society;

2. There is hereby created a body to be known as Magalang-Arayat Task Force (MARATAF) to implement a program of development for Mount Arayat and its environs as envisioned, composed of the following members: casia

a.	Provincial Governor
	of  Pampanga	— Chairman
b.	NEDA Regional
	Director for Region III	— Vice Chairman
c.	Dr. Fortunato Battad,
	Sr., President of Pampanga
	Agricultural College	— Member
d.	Regional Director of
	the Ministry of Agriculture
	and Cooperatives	— Member
e.	Regional Director of the
	Ministry of Natural
	Resources	— Member
f.	Regional Director of the
	Ministry of Agrarian
	Reform	— Member
g.	Regional Director of
	the Ministry of Local
	Government and
	Community Development	— Member
h.	Regional Director of the
	Ministry of Education and
	Culture	— Member
i.	Regional Director of the
	Ministry of Public
	Highways	— Member
j.	Regional Director of the
	Ministry of Public
	Works	— Member
k.	Regional Director of the
	Kabataang Barangay	— Member
l.	Regional Director of the
	National Irrigation
	Administration	— Member
m.	Municipal Mayor of
	Arayat	— Member
n.	Municipal Mayor of
	Magalang	— Member

3. The Task Force shall be supported by any Executive Committee composed of the following:

a.	Provincial Governor of Pampanga
b.	Regional Director	—	National Economic
			and Development Authority
c.	Regional Director	—	Ministry of  Public Works
d.	Regional Director	—	Ministry of Public Highways
e.	Regional Director	—	Ministry of Agriculture
			and Cooperatives
f.	Regional Director	—	Bureau of Lands

4. The Task Force is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon ministries, government agencies, and instrumentalities to provide such services and assistance as may be necessary for the efficient and effective discharge of the functions and responsibilities of the Task Force. (A list of these government agencies, instrumentalities and offices is attached) The Office of the Provincial Governor of Pampanga shall act as the secretariat for the Task Force to monitor the execution of its programs and projects;

5. The Municipal Mayors of Arayat and Magalang, Pampanga and other leaders of the communities within the covered area are directed to extend full support to this project; acd

6. Ministries, government agencies and instrumentalities called upon for assistance in this project are hereby directed to utilize any savings they maintain for CY 1977 to fund the implementation and the operation of projects identified under this program. The Budget Commission shall ensure that savings of these agencies and government units are correctly certified and disbursed against such identified projects. The Budget Commission shall further ensure that funding requirement for CY 1978 and annually thereafter shall be incorporated in the respective annual budgets of the concerned offices and agencies;

7. The Task Force shall formulate the necessary development programs to carry out the purposes envisioned herein;

8. All existing records, correspondence, documents and papers pertaining to this project are hereby ordered to be turned over and/or transferred to the Secretariat herein mentioned.

This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 3rd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-One. aisa dc

ATTACHMENT A

1.	Agricultural Credit Administration	ACA
2.	Arayat Municipality	AM
3.	Bureau of Animal Industry-Ministry of
	Agriculture and Cooperatives	BAI-MAC
4.	Bureau of Plant Industry-Ministry of
	Agriculture and Cooperatives	BPI-MAC
5.	Bureau of Soils-Ministry of
	Agriculture and Cooperatives	BS-MAC
6.	Central Bank-Rural Banks of Arayat and
	Magalang	CB-RB
7.	Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
	Bureau of Agricultural Extention	MAC-BAEX
8.	Ministry of Agrarian Reform	MAR
9.	Ministry of Education and Culture	MEC
10.	Ministry of Health-Rural Health Units	MOH-RHUs
11.	Ministry of Local Government and
	Community Development	MLGCD
12.	Ministry of Natural Resources	MNR
	Bureau of Forest Development	BFD
	Bureau of Lands	BL
13.	Ministry of Public Highways	MPH
14.	Ministry of Public Works	MPW
15.	Ministry of Transportation and
	Communications   casia	MTC
16.	Ministry of Social Services and
	Development	MSSD
17.	FAITH-HUKVETS	FHV
18.	Free Farmers Federation	FFF
19.	Human Settlement Commission	HSC
20.	Kabataang Barangay	KB
21.	Land Bank of the Philippines	LBP
22.	Magalang Municipality	MM
23.	National Cottage Industries
	Development Authority	NACIDA
24.	National Economic and Development
	Authority	NEDA
25.	National Electrification Administration	NEA
26.	National Food and Agriculture Credit	NFAC
27.	National Housing Authority	NHA
28.	National Irrigation Administration	NIA
29.	National Manpower and Youth Council	NMYC
30.	Pampanga Agricultural College	PAC
31.	Pampanga Electric Cooperative	PELCO
32.	Philippine Council for Agriculture and
	Resources Research	PCARR
33.	Philippine National Bank	PNB
34.	Philippine Rural Reconstruction
	Movement	PRRM
35.	Philippine Training Center for Rural
	Development	PTC-RD
36.	Provincial Government Office