WHEREAS , Section 5, Article IV of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 857, or the œRevised Charter of the PPA,  provides that the PPA may submit to the President, through the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), applications for the declaration of specific areas as Port Districts (Port Zones);

WHEREAS , Section 3 of Executive Order No. 410 (s. 1990), which provides for new guidelines for the processing of applications for port zone delineation, states that applications which are jointly recommended for approval by the Philippine Ports Authority and Regional Development Council shall be submitted directly to the Office of the President;

WHEREAS , the Port of Lianga caters to domestic RoRo vessels; and

WHEREAS , there is a need to define the Port zone of Lianga for the planning, development, financing, and operation of said Port with the objective of promoting development through the dispersal of industries and commercial activities throughout the different regions.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III , President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Port of Lianga . The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Lianga situated in Sitio Baugo, Barangay Baucaue, Municipality of Lianga, Province of Surigao del Sur, is hereby delineated and established, particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point marked 1 on the plan, being S. 14 deg. 48' W., 2,931.06 m. from BLLM No. 1, PLS-44, Lianga Public Land Subdivision, Surigao del Sur, thence:

S.	38 deg.	01'	W.,	84.02 m.	to point 2;
N.	54 deg.	36'	W.,	42.46 m.	to point 3;
N.	10 deg.	47'	E.,	59.08 m.	to point 4;
N.	62 deg.	30'	W.,	25.61 m.	to point 5;
N.	38 deg.	02'	E.,	25.40 m.	to point 6;
N.	59 deg.	38'	W.,	399.98 m.	to point 7;
N.	30 deg.	57'	E.,	532.26 m.	to point 8;
S.	59 deg.	38'	E.,	799.96 m.	to point 9;
S.	38 deg.	01'	W.,	384.00 m.	to point 10;
DUE WEST				299.99 m.	To point of beginning;

Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR (395,624) SQUARE METERS, more or less.

SECTION 2. PPA Jurisdiction. The Lianga Port zone, as delineated, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the PPA, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development and utilization of the port.

SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. All issuances, orders, rules and regulations, or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Order are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Order is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected thereby shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of February, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Fourteen.

(Sgd.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III

By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary