MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ PROCLAMATION NO. 550, February 17, 2004 ]

RESERVING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED IN BARANGAYS LALAKAY BAMBANG, AND TIMUGAN, ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LOS BAÑOS, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, FOR HOUSING SITE PURPOSES AND DECLARING THE SAME OPEN FOR DISPOSITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF R.A. NO. 274 IN RELATION TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARRORO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby reserve for housing site purposes in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 274 in relation of the provisions of CA 141, as amended otherwise known as the Public Land Act, certain parcels of land located in Barangays Lalakay, Bambang and Timugan, all of the Municipality of Los Baños, Province of Laguna, Island of Luzon, containing an approximate total area of 188.30 hectares, subject to private rights, if any there, actual survey and delineation on the ground, and to the exclusion of the areas used and earmarked for public and quasi-public purposes, which parcels of land are more particularly described as follows:

BRGY. TIMUGAN LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA
(Approximate Area – 42.97 Hectares)

A PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Municipality of Los Baños, Laguna, bounded on the North by portion of Barangay Timugan, on the East also by portion of Barangay Timugan, on the South by Makiling Forest Reserve and on the West by Brgy. Bambang. Beginning at the point marked "1" on plan being S. 05 deg. 10’ E., 1,122 meters from BLLM #1, Cad 450, Los Baños Cadastre, thence:

beginning, containing an approximate area of FORTY TWO(42.97) HECTARES.

BRGY. BAMBANG LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA
(Approximate Area – 103.37 Hectares)

A PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Municipality of Los Baños, Laguna bounded on the North by Laguna de Bay, on the East by Brgy. Timugan on the South by Makiling Forest Reserve (previously portion of Camp Eldridge Military Reservation) and on the West by Brgy. Lalakay. Beginning at the point marked "1" on paln being S. 05 deg. 10’ E., 1,122 meters from BLLM #1, Cad 450, Los Baños Cadastre, thence:

beginning, containing an approximate area of ONE HUNDRED THREE (103) hectares.ℒαwρhi৷

BRGY. LALAKAY LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA
(Approximate Area – 41.96 Hectares)

A PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Municipality of Los Baños, Laguna bounded on the North by Brgy. Bambang, on the South by Makiling Forest Reserve and on the West by Brgy. Bagong Kalsada, Calamba City. Beginning at the point marked "1" on plan being S. 35 deg. 03’ W., 1,915 meters from BLLM #1, Cad 450, Los Baños Cadastre, thence:

beginning, containing an approximate area of FORTY ONE (41.96) hectares

The areas herein declared for housing purposes shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 274 I relation to the provisions of Commonwealth Act 141, as amended otherwise known as the Public Land Act.

The unoccupied portions of the area covered by the proposed proclamation which are found to be suitable for housing purposes shall be disposed of in favor of the qualified beneficiaries as identified by the Local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC) chaired by the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC);

The portion of the area herein reserved for housing purposes and declared open for disposition, that are being used for earmarked for public or quasi-public purposes shall be excluded from such disposition.

A local Inter-Agency Committee (LIAC) is hereby created composed of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) as Chair, the Local Government Unit of Los Baños as Vice-Chairman and the Department and Natural Resources (DENR), Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP), and the representative of the respective homeowners associations as members. The LIAC shall prepare the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of this proclamation.

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 17thday of February, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Four.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary


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