EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 162, February 14, 2014

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

WHEREAS, Section 5, Article IV of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 857, or the “Revised Charter of the PPA,” provides that the PPA may submit to the President, through the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), applications for the declaration of specific areas as Port Districts (Port Zones);

WHEREAS, Section 3 of Executive Order No. 410 (s. 1990), which provides for new guidelines for the processing of applications for port zone delineation, states that applications which are jointly recommended for approval by the Philippine Ports Authority and Regional Development Council shall be submitted directly to the Office of the President;

WHEREAS, the Port of San Jose is strategically located in the Municipality of San Jose, the growth center of seven (7) municipalities in the Province of Dinagat Islands;

WHEREAS, the said Port, being the principal maritime gateway to the Province of Dinagat Islands, has a significant impact in the development of economic activities and improvement in the delivery of basic services; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port zone of San Jose 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 San Jose. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of San Jose situated in Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of San Jose, Province of Dinagat Islands, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 48 deg. 38' W., 3,003.03 m. from SRN 30 NAMRIA, San Jose, Dinagat Islands, thence:

N.	68 deg.	18'	E.,	12.29 m.	to point 2;
S.	83 deg.	19'	E.,	19.77 m.	to point 3;
S.	60 deg.	34'	E.,	14.94 m.	to point 4;
N.	26 deg.	56'	E.,	3.32 m.	to point 5;
S.	84 deg.	28'	E.,	42.00 m.	to point 6;
S.	74 deg.	27'	E.,	18.33 m.	to point 7;
S.	77 deg.	50'	E.,	30.52 m.	to point 8;
S.	63 deg.	37'	E.,	46.80 m.	to point 9;
S.	58 deg.	54'	E.,	44.36 m.	to point 10;
S.	01 deg.	48'	E.,	256.19 m.	to point 11;
S.	86 deg.	53'	W.,	440.00 m.	to point 12;
N.	27 deg.	07'	W.,	240.00 m.	to point 13;
N.	68 deg.	37'	E.,	350.00 m.	to point of beginning,

Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE (144,239) SQUARE METERS, more or less.1âwphi1

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The San Jose 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. Repealing Clause. 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 Clause. 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 14th day of February, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.

Executive Secretary