[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 144, October 23, 1989 ]
PLACING THE KALINGA SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF KALINGA-APAYAO
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 848, dated 12 December 1975, as amended by Executive Order No. 302, dated 26 July 1987, created the Kalinga Special Development Authority (KSDA) to accelerate socio-economic growth and development of eight (8) towns in Kalinga-Apayao for purposes of improving the quality of lives of their inhabitants.
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 302 provides for the transfer of the KSDA to the appropriate unit within the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and which shall be under the supervision of the President of the Philippines.
WHEREAS, the KSDA and the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao have almost identical objectives that of hastening the growth and development of an area in Kalinga-Apayao; enabling its inhabitants to participate more actively in the national development efforts; and coordinating with other government agencies, departments and instrumentalities in the implementation of comprehensive development programs, projects and activities in the area.
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has adopted a policy of transferring the responsibility for over-all coordination, direction, and supervision of single province integrated area development (IAD) projects to the respective Provincial Governments per NEDA Resolution No. 68-88.
WHEREAS, the functions of KSDA are in fact inherently vested in the reorganized Provincial Development Council (PDC).
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to place the KSDA under the supervision and control of the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao to enable the two offices to undertake an integrated approach and direction towards the development of Kalinga-Apayao.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
1. The Kalinga Special Development Authority is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao which shall be the appropriate unit within CAR where KSDA shall be transferred pursuant to Executive Order No. 302.
2. The appointed members of the Governing Council and Administrator of KSDA shall report to the Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Kalinga-Apayao.
3. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG JR.
Executive Secretary
WHEREAS, Section 2 of Executive Order No. 302 provides for the transfer of the KSDA to the appropriate unit within the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and which shall be under the supervision of the President of the Philippines.
WHEREAS, the KSDA and the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao have almost identical objectives that of hastening the growth and development of an area in Kalinga-Apayao; enabling its inhabitants to participate more actively in the national development efforts; and coordinating with other government agencies, departments and instrumentalities in the implementation of comprehensive development programs, projects and activities in the area.
WHEREAS, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has adopted a policy of transferring the responsibility for over-all coordination, direction, and supervision of single province integrated area development (IAD) projects to the respective Provincial Governments per NEDA Resolution No. 68-88.
WHEREAS, the functions of KSDA are in fact inherently vested in the reorganized Provincial Development Council (PDC).
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to place the KSDA under the supervision and control of the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao to enable the two offices to undertake an integrated approach and direction towards the development of Kalinga-Apayao.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
1. The Kalinga Special Development Authority is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the Provincial Government of Kalinga-Apayao which shall be the appropriate unit within CAR where KSDA shall be transferred pursuant to Executive Order No. 302.
2. The appointed members of the Governing Council and Administrator of KSDA shall report to the Provincial Development Council (PDC) of Kalinga-Apayao.
3. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.
(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG JR.
Executive Secretary