Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 659)
Proclamation No. 659, issued on January 29, 2019, by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, creates and designates a parcel of land located along McArthur Highway, Barangay Camachiles, Mabalacat, Pampanga as an Information Technology Park known as Skytech IT Park (Mabalacat).
The creation and designation of the Information Technology Park is pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, known as the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
The Skytech IT Park (Mabalacat) covers an area of Forty-Five Thousand Ninety-Four square meters (45,094 m²), more or less.
The recommendation to create the Skytech IT Park was made by the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
The President's power to create and designate the Information Technology Park is vested under Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by RA No. 8748, the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995.
The establishment and implementation are governed by RA No. 7916 as amended, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), amended by Resolution No. 04-295 (s. 2004), and Resolution Nos. 16-513 (s. 2016) and 18-274 (s. 2018) of the PEZA Board of Directors.
It designates Lot 2 Psd-03-225419 (a portion of TCT No. 393163-R) situated in Barangay Camachiles, Mabalacat, Pampanga, Island of Luzon as the Information Technology Park.
The detailed technical description and boundaries precisely define the area of the land parcel designated as the Information Technology Park to avoid territorial disputes and ensure clarity in its designation and use.
The Proclamation was signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and authenticated by Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea.
The original survey was conducted between February 1916 and September 1916, and a recent survey was conducted on January 4, 2017, approved on February 24, 2017.