MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1676, October 8, 1977 ]

RESERVING FOR REGIONAL GOVERNMENT CENTER SITE PURPOSES FOR REGION V, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE CITY OF LEGAZPI, ISLAND OF LUZON

WHEREAS, it has been the declared policy of the government under LOI 448, dated 19 August 1976, to establish a regional government center to house all regional offices of national government departments/agencies within each administrative region in order to achieve greater economy and efficiency in operations and to serve as a stimulus to the development of growth centers;

WHEREAS, under the Integrated Reorganization Plan of the government, the City of Legazpi is the Regional Capital for Region V and the administrative center for said region;

WHEREAS, the Bureau of Public Works (BPW) Working Committee for the selection of Regional Government Center Site upon recommendation of the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region V has chosen an area located at Barrio Rawis, City of Legazpi, as the most ideal site for the establishment of the proposed Regional Government Center;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Natural Resources and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby withdraw from sale or settlement and reserve for Regional Government Center Site purposes for Region V under the administration of the Bureau of Lands, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to final survey, a certain parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Rawis, City of Legazpi, Island of Luzon, which is more particularly described as follows:

A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Rawis, City of Legazpi, Island of Luzon. Bounded on the W., along lines 1-2-3-4 by Lot-7430, Cad-56, property of Trinidad B. Mendoza, along line 4–5 by Creek, along lines 5-6-7 by Lot 5501, Cad-56, property of Trinidad B. Mendoza, along lines 7-8-9 by Lot-18364, Cad-56, property of Trinidad B. Mendoza, on the N., along lines 9-10-11 by Lucia Street, on the E., along lines 11-12-13 by Albay Gulf, on the S., along line 13–14 by Yawa River, along lines 14-15-16 by Lot 1353 (part.), Cad-56, property of Manuel Zuluaga, along lines 16-17-18 by Lot-1354 (part.), Cad-56, property of Trinidad B. Mendoza, and along line 18-1 by Yawa River (Present Course). Beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being S.00 deg. 09' E. 331.62 m. from BLM No. 12, Cad-56, Albay Cadastre;

thence N. 79 deg. 26’E. 57.85 m. to point. 2;

thence N. 17 deg. 40’E. 237.05 m. to point. 3;

thence N. 34 deg. 53’E. 121.93 m. to point. 4;

thence N. 23 deg. 00’E. 20.00 m. to point. 5;

thence N. 22 deg. 52’E. 35.90 m. to point. 6;

thence N. 74 deg. 11’E. 36.11 m. to point. 7;

thence N. 11 deg. 24’W. 130.00 m. to point. 8;

thence N. 11 deg. 24’W. 367.74 m. to point. 9;

thence S. 88 deg. 40’E. 73.89 m. to point. 10;

thence S. 88 deg. 40’E. 57.89 m. to point. 11;

thence S. 12 deg. 08’E. 296.49 m. to point. 12;

thence S. 20 deg. 37’E. 515.44 m. to point. 13;

thence S. 76 deg. 53’W. 149.67 m. to point. 14;

thence N. 11 deg. 59’W. 208.92 m. to point. 15;

thence S. 74 deg. 53’W. 112.76 m. to point. 16;

thence N. 78 deg. 26’W. 49.02 m. to point. 17;

thence S. 20 deg. 31’W. 289.10 m. to point. 18;

thence N. 83 deg. 33’W. 85.39 m. to point of beginning

containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY THREE (138,853) SQUARE METERS.1aшphi1

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 Legaspi, this 8th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant


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