Proclamation No. 270




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 270, October 5, 1993 ] AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 216 BY INCREASING THE AREA TO BE RETAINED BY THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE (PAF) AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER TO AND OWNERSHIP BY THE BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BCDA) OF FUTURE AREAS TO BE RELEASED BY THE PAF IN THE PORO POINT SPECIAL ECONOMIC AND FREEPORT ZONE WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 216 (July 27, 1993) created the Poro Point Special Economic and Freeport Zone and transferred lands to BCDA except, among others, some 25 hectares which were reserved for PAF; WHEREAS, there is a need to increase the 25-hectare area to 30 hectares for a more efficient operation of PAFs radar and communication station; WHEREAS, there is a need for BCDA to own and administer land areas which shall, in the future, be released by PAF; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 216 as follows: Section 1. Section 2 of Proclamation No. 216 is hereby amended to read as follows: “Section 2. Transfer of Wallace Air Station Areas to the Bases Conversion Development Authority. – All areas covered by the Wallace Air Station as embraced and defined by the 1947 Military Bases Agreement between the Philippines and the United States of America, as amended, excluding those covered by Presidential Proclamations and some 30-hectare area for the radar and communication station of the Philippine Air Force, are hereby transferred to the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) provided that the area now occupied by the Voice of America shall be considered transferred to BCDA only upon the turn-over of this property to the Republic of the Philippines.ℒαwρhi৷ Future reclaimed lands from adjoining shores of Poro Point and areas released by the Philippine Air Force shall be considered transferred and owned by BCDA.” Section 2. All orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Proclamation are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly. Section 3. This Proclamation shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 5Th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Three. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President. (Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation