Executive Order No. 130

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 130

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

WHEREAS, the Port of Catbalogan in Catbalogan City, Samar is one of the major and busiest ports in the country; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port Zone of Catbalogan for the planning and development of the necessary port facilities thereat to support the demands of the 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 Catbalogan. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Catbalogan situated in Barangay Poblacion, Catbalogan City, Province of Samar, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 81 deg. 41' W., 64.88 m. from SMR-3065, PRS-92, Catbalogan City, Samar, thence:

N. 75 deg. 23' E., 24.76 m. to point 2;

N. 12 deg. 20' W., 0.81 m. to point 3;

N. 74 deg. 28' E., 48.23 m. to point 4;

S. 06 deg. 28' E., 0.85 m. to point 5;

S. 14 deg. 40' E., 4.89 m. to point 6;

S. 15 deg. 38' E., 3.82 m. to point 7;

S. 15 deg. 38' E., 1.57 m. to point 8;

S. 15 deg. 11' E., 4.97 m. to point 9;

S. 14 deg. 45' E., 159.33 m. to point 10;

N. 76 deg. 44' E., 4.64 m. to point 11;

S. 15 deg. 51' E., 9.20 m. to point 12;

S. 76 deg. 00' W., 19.73 m. to point 13;

S. 75 deg. 20' W., 5.58 m. to point 14;

S. 74 deg. 44' W., 9.59 m. to point 15;

S. 16 deg. 23' E., 5.31 m. to point 16;

S. 15 deg. 15' E., 4.94 m. to point 17;

S. 15 deg. 02' E., 5.70 m. to point 18;

S. 75 deg. 22' W., 37.41 m. to point 19;

S. 76 deg. 39' W., 7.27 m. to point 20;

S. 14 deg. 26' E., 230.00 m. to point 21;

S. 75 deg. 34' W., 740.00 m. to point 22;

N. 14 deg. 26' W., 629.34 m. to point 23;

N. 75 deg. 34' E., 740.44 m. to point 24;

S. 14 deg. 26' E., 200.50 m. to point of beginning,

Containing a total area of FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (480,148) SQUARE METERS, more or less.

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Catbalogan 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 Executive Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.1âwphi1

SECTION 4. Separability. If any provision of this Executive Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 14th of March, 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

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