WHEREAS, the Port of Benoni is one of the major and busiest ports in the country;

WHEREAS, there is a need to expand the Port of Benoni for planning purposes to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and to program the development of the necessary port facilities to support the demands of the shipping trade within the region;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO , President 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 Benoni is hereby expanded and particularly described as follows:

œA parcel of land including Lots 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660 and 1661 PLS-1103, Case 4 Mahinog Cadastre situated in Barangay Benoni, Municipality of Mahinog, Province of Camiguin. Bounded on the North West by the National road along lines 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 5-6 and 10-1 on the North by the Mindanao Sea along line 6-7 on the East by the Mindanao Sea along lines 8-9 and 9-10 all of the Cadastral Plan PLS-1103, Case 4 beginning at point marked œ1  on the plan being S19 -34'-49?E, 1,684.20m from B.L.L.M. No. 1, PLS 1103 Mahinog, Camiguin to corner 1,

thence N27 -10 ™E.,	42.71m to point 2
thence N38 -56 ™E.,	100.00m to point 3
thence N30 -28 ™E.,	19.72m to point 4
thence N34 -42 ™E.,	15.81m to point 5
thence N10 -37 ™E.,	24.42m to point 6
thence DUE EAST.,	357.50m to point 7
thence DUE SOUTH.,	601.00m to point 8
thence DUE WEST.,	300.00m to point 9
thence N36 -34 ™W.,	387.81m to point 10
thence N29 -28 ™E.,	137.25m to point 1. point of

beginning containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT THOUSAND FIFTY EIGHT (258,058.00) SQUARE METERS more or less.  All points referred to are indicated in the plan, bearings true, date of original survey, December 5-8, 1997 by Survey Team from Harbor Maintenance Department, Philippine Ports Authority, Manila.

SEC. 2. The Benoni Port Zone, as expanded, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, 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.

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orders, proclamations and issuances or portions thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 31st of August in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Five.

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary