EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 405 February 1, 2005

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 254-A, SERIES OF 2004, WHICH AUTHORIZED THE FURTHER RELEASE OF FUNDS FROM THE NET GOVERNMENT SHARE FROM SERVICE CONTRACT NO. 38 OVER THE CAMAGO-MALAMPAYA NATURAL GAS RESERVOIR AS ASSISTANCE TO THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 254, dated December 8, 2003, authorized the release of funds from the net government share from Service Contract No. 38 over the Camago-Malampaya Natural Gas Reservoir as assistance to the Province of Palawan;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 254, as amended by Executive Order No. 254-A dated March 3, 2004, authorized the further release of funds from such service contract, for the construction of additional facilities for the Ospital ng Palawan Provincial Hospital and for the acquisition of land and development of the El Nido Municipal Airport, among others;

WHEREAS, the Province of Palawan will be better benefited if the Provincial Health Office is designated as beneficiary, instead of Ospital ng Palawan, which has been nationalized and placed under the supervision of the Department of Health, and further authorizing said office to acquire medical equipment;

WHEREAS, the funds allocated for the acquisition of land and development of the El Nido Municipal Airport would not be sufficient, and the concreting and installation of a drainage system of the Poblacion to Lio Airport road in the Municipality of El Nido is more feasible, to facilitate travel to existing infrastructure in said municipality, such as the diesel power plant and the airport, among others;

WHEREAS, The President may, under Local Government Code, upon request of the local government unit concerned, direct the appropriate national agency to provide financial, technical, or other forms of assistance to the local government unit at no extra cost to the local government unit concerned;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Section 2 (g) and 2 (i) of Executive Order No. 254-A, series of 2004, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 2.

g. Ten Million Pesos (P10,000,000,00) for the construction of additional facilities and acquisition of additional medical equipment for the Provincial Health Office.

i. Forty Million Pesos (P40,000,000.00) for the concreting and installation of a drainage system of the Poblacion to Lio Airport road in the Municipality of El Nido."

Section 2. Repealing Clause. – All Executive Orders and other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Section 3. Effectivity Clause. – This Executive Order shall take effect after publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Five.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary