EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 177, November 19, 1999

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 76, SERIES OF 1999, TO INCLUDE A MAYOR OF A NEGROS OCCIDENTAL MUNICIPALITY/CITY ALONG THE TAÑON STRAIT AS MEMBER OF THE TAÑON STRAIT COMMISSION

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 76, series of 1999, constituted the Tañon Strait Commission to serve as the planning, policy and program coordinating body for the accelerated, balanced and sustainable development of the Tañon Strait;

WHEREAS , Section 3 of Executive Order 76 provides the composition of the Commission to include, among others, the Mayor of a Negros Oriental and Cebu municipality/city along the Tañon Strait;

WHEREAS , the coverage of the Commission includes one city and three municipalities of Negros Occidental located along the Tañon Strait;

WHEREAS , said city and municipalities are not represented in the Tañon Strait Commission;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Section 3 of Executive Order 76, to include as member of the Commission the Mayor of a Negros Occidental Municipality/City along Tañon Strait.

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of November, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA

Executive Secretary