Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 151)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 151 is to declare and delineate the Libertad Port Zone and place it under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port.
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has the authority to establish, develop, regulate, manage, and operate the Libertad Port Zone.
The Port of Libertad is located in Barangay Centro Weste, Municipality of Libertad, Province of Antique.
The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Libertad is described with specific bearings and distances beginning at a reference point (BLLM No. 1) and enclosing an area of approximately 433,224.929 square meters.
By placing the Libertad Port Zone under PPA jurisdiction, the PPA is mandated to implement programs consistent with regional industrial plans for proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port zone.
Yes, all issuances, orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with EO No. 151 are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.
If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting due to the separability clause.
EO No. 151 took effect immediately upon its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
The Port of Libertad caters to inter-regional ferry boat trips plying the Libertad (Antique) – Caluya Island – Semirara Island – San Jose (Mindoro Occidental) route and vice versa.