Proclamation No. 392, s. 1994

MALACANANG Manila

BY THE

PRESTDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO.392

RESERVING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIEG OF CALBIGA AND PINABACDAO, PROVINCE OF SAMAR FOR THE PURP

OSE OF ESTABLISHING A SETTLEMENT AND AN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY UN

CNDER THE AGRARIAN REFORM COMMUNITY PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM,

WHEREAS, it igs the polic Vigorous land resett

y of the State to provide truly viable social

lement Program in order to and economic structure in t

a create a he country;

WHEREAS, it igs the government's responsibility to Provide with lands as well as technical guidance and assistance to make them independent, self-reliant and responsible Citizens;

WHEREAS, a tract of public agricultural land in the Municipalities of Javier, Abuyog, Mahaplag, Baybay, Inopacan and Hilongos, ail of the province of Leyte is found to be

Suitable for cultivation and can be developed as resettlement area;

WHEREAS, Section 85, Commonwealth Act No, Land Act", Proclamation, domain for egt Section 14, Administrative to reserve:for public Purposes, use of which is n

Chapter XII, Title 5 of

141, otherwise known as the "Public

authorizes the President to designate, by | any tract or tracts of land of the public

ablishment of agricultural communities; and

Chapter 4, Title I, Book tTII of the | Code of 1987 grants the President the power |

settlement or public use, and for specific

any of the lands of the Pp

ublic domain, the ot otherwise dir

ected by law; and

• WHEREAS, Section 3(5), Chapter 1, Title XI, Book tv of

the Administrative Code of 1987 empowers the Department of Agrarian Reform to

administer and dispose, under a settlement scheme, all portions of the public domain declared ag alienable and disposable lands for speedy distribution te and development by deserving and qualified

persons who do not own any land, NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL Vv, Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested

in me by law and upon recommendation of the Secretary of AW Agrarian Reform and the Secretary of the Environment and

RAMOS, President of the

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Natural Resources, do hereby reserve for the establishing a settlement and an under the administration and d of Agrarian Reform, Certain p

purpose of agricultural community isposition of the Department subject to private rights, if any, arcels of land, particularly described as follows:

Technical Description

Certain parcels of land, bounded on the north by barangays Macaalam and Paligan of the Municipality of Calbiga, On the east by DENR Bauxite Reserve area, Presidential Proclamation No. 1615, on the south by the Municipality of Sta, Rita, Samar, and on the west by barangays Parasanon and Pahug of the Municipality of

Pinabacdao and a national highway, and more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a joint marked "1" on the plan located at °

° 11 32°03" latitude and 125 1°43"

longtitude, thence: N, 27 deg. 52'W., 6,036.74 m. to point 2; thence: N. 01 deg. LI'E., 1,570.28 m. to point 3; thence: N. 61 deg. 52'E., 7,136.17 m. to point 4; thence: S. 89 deg. 28'E., 4,329.99 m. to point 5; thence: S. 01 deg. 0O'W., 7,585.00 m. to point 6; thence: S. 88 deg, 59'W.e, 1,390.89 m. to point 7;

thence: S. 55 deg. 16'W., 4,563.25 m. to point 8; thence: 8S. 89 deg. 30'W., 2,560.00 nm. to point of

beginning; containing an area of FIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (8,160.00) hectares, (more or less).

The above technical descriptions are subject to adjustment based on the result of the final survey.

All areas within the reservation which fall under the classification of timberland, forest land or mineral public

land, if any, shall be deemed excluded from the scope of this Proclamation.

The Department of Environment and Natural shall retain jurisdiction over portions covered b ‘ land applications as of the date hereof and shall to process such applications. fy Rerveween shall be respected,

Resources y public continue All vested rights inside the

DONE in the City of Manila, this a7 day of May in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Ninety Four.

s TEOF#STO T , JR, Executive Secretaivy/

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