Take Over of Certain Airports by the Philippine Air Force
Letter of Instructions No. 260, issued on March 21, 1975, mandates the Philippine Air Force to take over the management and supervision of six designated airports, which are classified as military airports. The airports include Laoag, Puerto Princesa, Cagayan de Sulu, General Santos City, Davao, and Awang. This directive aims to ensure uniform standards in their construction, improvement, and maintenance. The Secretary of Public Highways and the Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration are required to report on the progress of these airports following the turnover. Additionally, while local government is given custody of funds for Laoag Airport, the project remains under national jurisdiction, prohibiting the governor from entering contracts related to it.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 260
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 21, 1975
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 260
| TO | : | The Secretary of Public Highways |
| The Administrator, Civil Aeronautics Administration | ||
| The Commanding General, Philippine Air Force |
In view of the need to consolidate the management and supervision of airports considered as military airports, and in order to enforce uniform standards in their construction or improvement and maintenance, I hereby direct that the following airports be taken over immediately by the Philippine Air Force:
1. Laoag Airport
2. Puerto Princesa Airport
3. Cagayan de Sulu Airport
4. General Santos City Airport
5. Davao Airport
6. Awang Airport
The Secretary of Public Highways or the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics Administration, as the case may be, shall, jointly with the Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, submit a progress report to me as soon after the turnover as possible on the construction, improvement or condition of each of the above-mentioned airports. casia
DONE in the City of Manila, this 21st day of March, 1975.
P.S. All present work, personnel and equipment shall continue but PAF will now supervise and direct the project. In case of Laoag, only the custody of the funds was handed over to the local government not the project. Contracts should not be entered into by the governor. It is a national project.
Cite This Law
Take Over of Certain Airports by the Philippine Air Force, Letter of Instructions No. 260, Mar 21, 1975 (Philippines)
Take Over of Certain Airports by the Philippine Air Force, Letter of Instructions No. 260 (Phil. 1975)
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