Proclamation No. 2052




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 2052 DECLARING THE BARANGAYS OF SIBUGAY, MALUBOG, BABAG AND SIRAO INCLUDING THE PROPOSED LUSARAN DAM IN THE CITY OF CEBU AND THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ARGAO AND DALAGUETE IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU AS TOURIST ZONES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. WHEREAS, certain areas in the sector comprising the Barangay of Sibugay, Malubog, Babag and Sirao including the proposed Lusaran Dam in the City of Cebu and the Municipalities of Argao and Dalaguete in the province of Cebu have potential tourism value after being developed into resort complexes for the foreign and domestic market; and WHEREAS, it is necessary to conduct the necessary studies and to segregate specific geographic areas for concentrated efforts of both the government and private sectors in developing their tourism potential. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby declare the areas comprising the Barangays of Sibugay, Maiubog, Babag and Sirao including the proposed Lusaran Dam in the City of Cebu and. the municipalities of Argao and Dalaguete in the province of Cebu as tourist zones under the administration and control of the Philippine Tourism Authority pursuant to Section 5(d) of Presidential Decree 564. The PTA shall identify well-defined geographic areas within the zones with potential tourism value, wherein optimum use of natural assets and attractions, as well as existing facilities and concentration of efforts and limited resources of both government and private sector may be affected and realized in order to generate foreign exchange as well as other tourist receipts. Any duly established military reservations existing within the zones shall be excluded from this proclamation. All proclamations, decrees or executive orders inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked or modified accordingly.ᇈWᑭHIL IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 30th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR. Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation