Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-third day of July, two thousand eighteen.

REPUBLIC ACT No. 11408

An Act Declaring Santiago Cove in the Municipality of Santiago, Province of Ilocos Sur a Tourist Destination, Providing for its Development and Appropriating Funds Therefor

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1. The Pinsal Falls in the Municipality of Santa Maria, Province of Ilocos Sur, is hereby declared a tourist destination. As such, its development shall be prioritized by the Department of Tourism (DOT) and shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing the development of tourist destinations.

Section 2. The technical descriptions of Pinsal Falls, being declared a tourist destination, are as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1, being N 75°40' E, 7,071 meters from BLLM No. 1, Santa Maria Cadastre, Ilocos Sur to corner 1.

thenceN 32°50′ E321.22 mto point 2
thenceN 35° 18′ E49.82 mto point 3
thenceS 62° 13′ E114.16 mto point 4
thenceS 19° 16′ E115.20 mto point 5
thenceS 34°03′ W117.55 mto point 6
thenceS 28°07′ E151.93 mto point 7
thenceS 01°24′ E322.67 mto point 8
thenceS 18°44′ E198.02 mto point 9
thenceS 08°38′ E179.78 mto point 10
thenceS 02°08′ E171.23 mto point 11
thenceS 15°36′ E88.16 mto point 12
thenceS 76°09′ E85.71 mto point 13
thenceN 83°00′ E88.26 mto point 14
thenceN 88°43’ E249.27 mto point 15
thenceN 83°45′ E192.08 mto point 16
thenceS 80°30′ E110.86 mto point 17
thenceS 63°40′ E179.59 mto point 18
thenceS 68°31′E181.16 mto point 19
thenceS 50°04′ E135.29 mto point 20
thenceS 15°54′ E135.41 mto point 21
thenceS 03°03′ W147.96 mto point 22
thenceS 01°03′ W212.82 mto point 23
thenceS 29°32’E123.63 mto point 24
thenceS 35°20’ W63.70 mto point 25
thenceN 61°09′ W85.19 mto point 26
thenceN 21°39′ W89.05 mto point 27
thenceN 01°57′ W211.97 mto point 28
thenceN 07°08′ E160.38 mto point 29
thenceN 11°49′ W115.34 mto point 30
thenceN 58° 15′ W120.47 mto point 31
thenceN 66°06′ W211.42 mto point 32
thenceN 68° 16′ W159.64 mto point 33
thenceS 80°53′ W103.64 mto point 34
thenceS 70°36′ W167.60 mto point 35
thenceS 42°24′ W142.64 mto point 36
thenceS 60°20′ W124.75 mto point 37
thenceS 77° 14′ W189.86 mto point 38
thenceS 89°50′ W264.26 mto point 39
thenceN 73° 10′ W141.65 mto point 40
thenceN 22° 12′ W150.70 mto point 41
thenceN 05°04′ E89.37 mto point 42
thenceN 19°30′ E119.41 mto point 43
thenceN 25° 19′ E115.52 mto point 44
thenceN 24°35′ E94.62 mto point 45
thenceN 02° 14′ W187.39 mto point 46
thenceN 06°25′ W239.17 mto point 47
thenceN 18°21′ W198.20 mto point 48
thenceN 14°39′ W198.07 mto point 1

to the point of beginning, containing an area of seventy-five and 29⁄100 (75.29) hectares, more or less.

Section 3. Within one (1) year after the approval of this Act, the DOT, in coordination with the concerned local government units and agencies of the government, shall prepare a tourism development plan involving the construction, installation, and maintenance of appropriate infrastructure and facilities that shall encourage tourism in the area: Provided, That said development plan shall ensure the preservation and conservation of the natural beauty and resources of the area: Provided, further, That any activities and developments to be carried out in the area should conform with the concept of ecotourism as provided in the national ecotourism strategy jointly issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the DOT.1âшphi1

Section 4. The DOT and its concerned attached agencies shall take immediate steps to implement the tourism development plan that will suit the natural characteristics of Pinsal Falls, and shall incorporate the same in its tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year. It shall also include Pinsal Falls in all its national, regional and local promotion programs.

Section 5. The Secretary of the DOT shall include in the Department’s program the implementation of this Act, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act and from internally generated funds of the DOT.

Section 6. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary of the DOT, in consultation with the local government of Santa Maria, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the proper implementation of this Act.

Section 7. All laws, rules, regulations, proclamations, executive orders or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby amended accordingly.

Approved,

(Sgd) VICENTE C. SOTTO III
President of the Senate

(Sgd) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
Speaker of the House of Representatives

This Act which originated in the House of Representatives was passed by the House of Representatives and Senate of the Philippines on June 4, 2019.

(Sgd) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA
Secretary of the Senate

(Sgd) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING
Acting Secretary General
House of Representatives

(Sgd) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President of the Philippines

Approved: August 22, 2019.


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