QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 773)
Proclamation No. 773 is issued pursuant to the President’s powers under Republic Act (RA) No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995), as amended by RA No. 8748, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
It creates and designates a Special Economic Zone (Information Technology Center).
The building designated is “One Ayala Avenue,” with a gross floor area of 277,533.31 square meters (more or less).
The SEZ includes the parcel of land upon which One Ayala Avenue stands. The land area is stated as 28,200 square meters (more or less), located at EDSA corner Ayala Avenue, Barangay San Lorenzo, Makati City.
It identifies the SEZ land as a portion of Lot 1-B-7 (LRA), Psd-411002, covered by TCT No. 226937 (LRA), and provides a technical description (bounded by specific lots/plan data) and a metes-and-bounds listing from points 1 to the point of beginning.
Referencing TCT and Psd plan numbers helps precisely determine and verify the exact property being designated, reducing ambiguity in the metes-and-bounds area and supporting enforceability of the SEZ coverage.
It references PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by Resolution Nos. 11-066 (s. 2011), 15-240 (s. 2015) and 17-472 (s. 2017), and Resolution No. 17-271 (s. 2017), as amended by Resolution Nos. 18-272 (s. 2018) and 18-576 (s. 2018).
PEZA, through its Board of Directors, recommends to the President the creation/designation of the specific SEZ. The proclamation is issued “upon the recommendation” of PEZA’s Board.
The building and parcel are subject to RA No. 7916 as amended, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and the cited PEZA Board resolutions as amended.
It provides the official technical basis for the exact metes-and-bounds boundaries of the SEZ area, including who prepared, verified, checked, and noted the technical documents through DENR-NCR.
The proclamation states that the sketch plan and technical description were prepared by Private Geodetic Engr. Cristina M. Baldo; verified by Engr. Patrick A. Macazo (Engineer II, DENR-NCR); checked by Rogelio M. Lapus (Chief-Aggregate Surveys and Correction Section, DENR-NCR) and Ignacio R. Almira Jr. (Chief-Surveys and Mapping Division, DENR-NCR); and noted by Sofio B. Quintana (Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services, DENR-NCR).
It first states bounding areas along certain directions using plan/lot references, then provides a detailed metes-and-bounds narrative: beginning at a specific geodetic reference point, listing bearings and distances from Point 1 through subsequent points, and ending at the point of beginning.
It indicates that the final stated segment returns to the start reference, completing the closed polygon of the designated property so the computed area corresponds to the total stated SEZ land area.
It is located at Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue corner Ayala Avenue, Barangay San Lorenzo, Makati City, Metro Manila.
It formally designates the covered building and land as a Special Economic Zone (Information Technology Center), making it subject to the statutory and regulatory framework governing SEZs, including PEZA’s administration and the benefits/regimes under RA 7916 and its IRR.
It is signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, with the Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea attesting/handling the executive certification portion as indicated by the signature block.