[ PROCLAMATION NO. 1594, August 20, 2008 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 1384 DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1975 WHICH RESERVED A PARCEL OF LAND IN BARANGAY AMAS, MUNICIPALITY OF KIDAPAWAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO AS CAPITOL SITE FOR KIDAPAWAN, COTABATO BY GRANTING OWNERSHIP THEREOF IN FAVOR OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF COTABATO



Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and by virtue of the power vested in me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 1384 dated February 12, 1975, which reserved a parcel of land for capital site purposes of Kidapawan, North Cotabato, by granting ownership thereof in favor of the Provincial Government of Cotabato, Island of Mindanao, subject to private rights, if any there be, which parcel of land is more particularly described as follows:

PR-12-000001

A PARCEL OF LAND (as shown on Plan Pr-12-000001), covered by Presidential Proclamation No. 1384 dated February 12, 1975 situated in the Barrio of Amas, Municipality of Kidapawan, Province of Cotabato, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NE., along lines 1-2-3-4-5-6 by National Highway on the SE., SW., and NW., along lines 6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-1 by Amas Forest Reservation. Beginning at a point marked "1" on the Plan being N. 63-04'W., 1,522.22 meters from B.L.L.M. No. 7, Pls 59; thence:

S. 60-53'E.,
190.90 m. to point 2;
S. 61-23'E.,
359.25 m. to point 3;
S. 61-59'E.,
399.06 m. to point 4;
S. 62-33'E.,
  50.01 m. to point 5;
S. 62-33'E.,
370.61 m. to point 6;
S. 26-06'W.,
349.97 m. to point 7;
S. 26-06'W.,
324.69 m. to point 8;
N. 75-30'W.,
350.01 m. to point 9;
N. 75-30'W.,
349.99 m. to point 10;
N. 75-30'W.,
115.02 m. to point 11;
N. 37-30'W.,
373.00 m. to point 12;
N. 46-15'W.,
300.02 m. to point 13;
N. 46-15'W.,
306.34 m. to point 14;
N. 47-02'E.,
  85.03 m. to point 15;
N. 64-11'E.,
299.96 m. to point 16;
N. 55-38'E.,
255.57 m to point of

beginning. Containing an area of ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (1,144,932) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked by B.L. Cyl. Mons. Bearing true. Date of original survey on July 27, 1956 and that of the segregation survey executed by Lucio V. Nazareth on December 22-24, 27-30, 1976, January 3-4, 1977 and was approved by the OIC-Regional Director, Bureau of Lands, Region XII on June 20, 1977.

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 20th day of AUGUST, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.

(Sgd.) GLORIA M. ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary