EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 152, December 06, 2013

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

WHEREAS, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) is mandated to establish, develop, regulate, manage and operate a rationalized national port system in support of trade and national development;

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

WHEREAS, the Port of Butuan in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte houses the PPA Port Management Office and services smaller vessels bound for Butuan City proper; and,

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the port zone of Butuan for the planning and development of necessary port facilities to support the demands of shipping trade within the region.

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 Butuan. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Butuan situated in Butuan City, Province of Agusan del Norte, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being N. 12 deg. 26' W., 674.40 m. from BLLM No. 1, TS-65, thence:

N.	77 deg.	47'	E.,	38.41 m.	to point 2;
N.	84 deg.	17'	E.,	314.63 m.	to point 3;
S.	21 deg.	07'	E.,	379.34 m.	to point 4;
S.	63 deg.	03'	W.,	299.58 m.	to point 5;
S.	63 deg.	06'	W.,	37.68 m.	to point 6;
S.	56 deg.	23'	W.,	6.12 m.	to point 7;
N.	27 deg.	15'	W.,	161.10 m.	to point 8;
S.	03 deg.	24'	E.,	13.63 m.	to point 9;
N.	27 deg.	01'	W.,	103.20 m.	to point 10;
N.	05 deg.	18'	W.,	19.17 m.	to point 11;
N.	34 deg.	23'	W.,	33.94 m.	to point 12;
N.	35 deg.	05'	W.,	5.91 m.	to point 13;
N.	39 deg.	07'	W.,	3.72 m.	to point 14;
N.	09 deg.	46'	W.,	103.22 m.	to point 15;
N.	25 deg.	42'	W.,	12.58 m.	to point 16;
N.	11 deg.	02'	W.,	17.00 m.	to point 17;
N.	82 deg.	18'	E.,	7.75 m.	to point 18;
N.	18 deg.	29'	W.,	37.60 m.	to point 19;
N.	09 deg.	18'	W.,	28.16 m.	to point of beginning,

Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX SQUARE METERS AND SIXTY-SEVEN SQUARE DECIMETERS (160,736.67), more or less.

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Butuan 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.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Thirteen.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA JR.

Executive Secretary