WHEREAS, the port of Cuyo is one of the busiest ports in the country more particularly in the northeastern areas of Palawan;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to accelerate the development of the existing seaport of Cuyo in Barangay Tenga-Tenga, Municipality of Cuyo, Palawan to serve as a hub of sea borne commerce and trade in northern Palawan, and a gateway to the municipalities, cities, provinces and other countries;

WHEREAS, the development of the existing seaport of Cuyo is necessary in order to accommodate projected increase in port traffic and program the development of the port facilities to support the increasing demands of the shipping trade within the region.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The territorial jurisdiction of the port of Cuyo situated in Barangay Tenga-Tenga, Municipality of Cuyo, Province of Palawan is hereby declared, expanded, and delineated particularly described as follows:

"Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, located at the present main gate of the Cuyo port, thence going due East parallel to point 2 at a distance of 35.30 meters, thence/going due South parallel to point 3 at a distance of 557.80 meters, thence going due West parallel to point 4 at a distance of 911.50 meters, thence going due North parallel to point 5 at a distance of 803.00 meters, thence going due East parallel to point 6 at a distance of 850.00 meters, thence going due South diagonal with Bearing S 26.5 E to point 7 at a distance of 80.00 meters, thence going due South parallel to point 8 at a distance of 165.00 meters, thence going due West diagonal with Bearing S 21.5'W to point 9 at a distance of 3.00 meters, thence due South parallel to point of beginning at a distance 7.86 meters, containing an area of Seven Hundred Twenty Two thousand Two Hundred Sixty point Sixty square meters (722,260.60 sq.m.). All points referred to are indicated on the plan."

SECTION 2. The Cuyo port as defined, expanded and delineated is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government, implement program in the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the ports.

SECTION 3. All orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby amended, repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eight.


By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary