Upon recommendation of the General Manager, Philippine Ports Authority and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 300 dated October 12, 2000, which declared and delineated the Loay Port Zone in Loay, Bohol as part of Port System of the country by correcting the technical description thereof which should read as follows:

œBeginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 49.05m with bearing S36 30 ™W, thence to point 3 at a distance of 19.10m with bearing S12 00 ™W, thence to point 4 at a distance of 53.03m with bearing S57 11 ™E, thence to point 5 at a distance of 85.18m with bearing S36 02 ™W, thence to point 6 at a distance of 201.02m with bearing S87 16 ™W, thence to point 7 at a distance of 187.10m with bearing N08 30 ™E, thence to point 8 at a distance of 43.10m with bearing N42 45 ™E, thence to point 9 at a distance of 75.35m with bearing N23 40 ™E, thence to point 10 at a distance of 46.10m with bearing N10 10 ™E, thence to point 11 at a distance of 91.04m with bearing N00 25 ™W, thence to point 12 at a distance of 6.06m with bearing S89 21 ™E, thence to point 13 at a distance of 19.19m with bearing N20 05 ™E, thence to point 14 at a distance of 94.70m with bearing S80 15 ™E, thence to point 15 at a distance of 16.20m with bearing S54 50 ™E, thence to point 16 at a distance of 36.91m with bearing S12 00 ™E. thence to point 17 at a distance of 45.06m with bearing N75 38 ™W, thence to point 18 at a distance of 12.05m with bearing S18 13 ™W, thence to point 19 at a distance of 16.02m with bearing S20 10 ™E, thence to point 20 at a distance of 11.11m with bearing S10 30 ™W, thence to point 21 at a distance of 17.09m with bearing S75 45 ™E, thence to point 22 at a distance of 29.90m with bearing S30 10 ™W, thence to point 23 at a distance of 11.14m with bearing S48 48 ™W, thence to point 24 at a distance of 32.51m with S50 00 ™E, thence to point 25 at a distance of 55.12m with bearing S20 05 ™W, thence to point 26 at a distance of 4.00m with bearing S70 08 ™E, thence to point 27 at a distance of 34.10m with bearing S04 44 ™W, thence to point 28 at a distance of 20.02m with bearing S35 25 ™E, thence to point 29 at a distance of 6.82m with bearing S46 50 ™E, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 19.08m with bearing S46 55 ™E, all in all comprising a total area of 59,636.69 sq. m., more or less. 

The amendment will not affect the proclaimed area but would rather correct the documentation.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of December, in the year of Our Lord two thousand.

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

(SGD.) RAMON B. CARDENAS
Acting Executive Secretary