Declaring and Delineating the Ormoc Port Zone and Placing it under the Administrative Jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA)

February 11, 2016

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 200

DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE ORMOC PORT ZONE AND PLACING IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA)

WHEREAS, PPA is mandated to establish, develop, regulate, manage and operate a rationalized national port system in support of trade and national development; cSEDTC

WHEREAS, the delineation and declaration of port zones under PPA aims to redirect and reorganize port administration for the full development of port districts; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port Zone of Ormoc for the planning, development, financing and operation of said Port, with the objective of promoting development through the dispersal of industries and commercial activities throughout the different regions.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Port of Ormoc. — The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Ormoc situated in Ormoc City, Province of Leyte, is hereby delineated and established particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 40 deg. 48'W., 265.27 m. from BLLM No. 1, Cadastre 256, Ormoc City, thence:

S. 21 deg. 28' W. 384.32 m. to point 2;

S. 21 deg. 28' W. 779.29 m. to point 3;

N. 68 deg. 32' W. 327.05 m. to point 4;

N. 21 deg. 28' E. 1,029.74 m. to point 5;

S. 75 deg. 14' E. 124.85 m. to point 6;

S. 74 deg. 47' E. 52.44 m. to point 7;

S. 73 deg. 49' E. 50.41 m. to point 8;

N. 20 deg. 60' E. 83.42 m. to point 9;

N. 19 deg. 17' E. 18.54 m. to point 10;

S. 72 deg. 53' E. 11.38 m. to point 11;

S. 72 deg. 53' E. 14.94 m. to point 12;

N. 12 deg. 60' E. 3.66 m. to point 13;

S. 72 deg. 35' E. 62.99 m. to point 14;

S. 27 deg. 51' W. 3.03 m. to point 15;

S. 68 deg. 20' E. 13.93 m. to point of beginning;

Comprising a total area of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND NINETY TWO SQUARE METERS (353,092.00), more or less.

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. — The Ormoc Port Zone, as delineated, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the PPA, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the port.

SECTION 3. Repeal. — All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Separability. — If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. — This Order shall take effect immediately upon publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Sixteen.