Title
Designation of Manila COD as IT Center
Law
Proclamation No. 1181
Decision Date
Dec 5, 2006
Proclamation No. 1181 designates the Manila COD Building in Cubao, Quezon City as an Information Technology Center, in accordance with the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, based on the recommendation of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.

Questions (PROCLAMATION NO. 1181)

It was issued pursuant to the powers vested in the President under Republic Act No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995), as amended by Republic Act No. 8748, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

It designates the specified area/building as an IT Center within the framework of the Special Economic Zone Act, subject to RA 7916 (as amended) and its implementing rules and regulations, thereby allowing it to operate as an IT Ecozone-related facility.

The recommendation came from the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

It is subject to the provisions of RA 7916 as amended, its implementing rules and regulations, and PEZA Board Resolutions No. 00-411 (dated 29 December 2000) and No. 04-224 (dated 13 July 2004).

The IT Center designation covers an aggregate area of Three Thousand Four Hundred Ten (3,410) square meters, more or less.

The building stands on four parcels of land located at General Romulo Street, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City.

TCT Nos. 234524 (Lot 25-E), 251181 (Lot 25-F), 249024 (Lot 25-G), and 73539 (Lot 21-A-1-A-2-C-3-E-1-D-1-A).

For Lots 25-E, 25-F, and 25-G: Psd-20506 (being portions of Lot 25, Block 6, described on Plan Psd-127). For Lot 21-A-1-A-2-C-3-E-1-D-1-A: Relocation Plan Rel-00-001185, LRC Record No. 317.

It states boundaries along NE to Lot 25-A (Stanford Street), SE to Lot 25-D, SW to the (Now) Lot 21-A-1-A-2-C-3-E-1-D-B property of Protestant Mission, and NW to Lot 25-F, all per the subdivision plan.

Lot 25-E: 637 sq. m.; Lot 25-F: 637 sq. m.; Lot 25-G: 636 sq. m.; Lot 21-A-1-A-2-C-3-E-1-D-1-A: 1,500 sq. m. (more or less).

To identify the specific parcels with legal precision—defining their boundaries and location through technical land survey particulars.

It referenced dates of original survey (e.g., November 10, 1920) and dates of subdivision survey (e.g., August 20, 1945; note Lot 25-G also mentions August 20, 1915 in the text).

It stated the original survey dates (May 12, 1920 / November 18, 1963) and that the relocation survey April 3, 2006 was approved on June 15, 2006.

It was signed by President Gloria M. Arroyo and attested to by Eduardo R. Ermita, Executive Secretary.

It signals that the designation’s validity and operational effects depend on compliance with the statutory framework and implementing rules, and that the specific PEZA resolutions provide the administrative basis/approval for the ecozone designation.


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