QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 973)
Its purpose is to create and designate a specific building/location as an Information Technology (IT) Center under RA 7916, thereby enabling it to qualify for the benefits and regulatory framework applicable to PEZA-registered zones/centers.
The IT Center is known as the Aeon Center.
The IT Center stands on two parcels of land located at Lot Nos. 2A and 3, Block 45, Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang-Zapote Road corner North Bridgeway Avenue, Alabang, Muntinlupa City.
The aggregate area is Three Thousand Nine Hundred Five (3,905) square meters, more or less.
Lot 2-A has an area of Two Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Three (2,393) square meters, more or less.
Lot 3 has an area of One Thousand Five Hundred Twelve (1,512) square meters, more or less.
Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by Resolution No. 11-066 (s. 2011), and Resolution No. 14-004 (s. 2014), as amended.
It states that the building is created and designated subject to the provisions of RA 7916, as amended, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and the cited PEZA Board resolutions.
To precisely identify and define the exact parcels/area covered by the designation so that the IT Center’s location is legally certain and enforceable for zone-related regulation and benefits.
These references connect the proclamation to formally surveyed and approved subdivision plans, ensuring the designated area corresponds to existing land titles/records and survey data.
It was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III; it was countersigned by Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Executive Secretary.
It was done in the City of Manila on February 17, 2015.
It designates a building that stands on two parcels of land as an IT Center, rather than a vague or undefined area.
It brings the designated facility under the PEZA framework for IT Centers, which generally enables qualifying enterprises/activities to apply for PEZA registration and incentives, subject to compliance with RA 7916, the IRR, and PEZA resolutions.
PEZA, through its Board of Directors, made the recommendation that served as a condition for the President’s action.