Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 159)
The main purpose of Executive Order No. 159 is to declare and delineate the Bulalacao Port Zone and place it under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for planning, development, financing, and operation.
The authority is granted under Section 5, Article IV of Presidential Decree No. 857, the Revised Charter of the Philippine Ports Authority.
The PPA has the administrative jurisdiction over the Bulalacao Port Zone and is tasked with implementing programs for proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port.
The Bulalacao Port is situated in Sitio Kabangkalan, Barangay Poblacion, Municipality of Bulalacao, Province of Oriental Mindoro.
The Bulalacao Port Zone contains an area of 856,403 square meters, more or less.
Section 3 of Executive Order No. 410, s. 1990 requires these applications to be jointly recommended by the PPA and Regional Development Council before submission to the Office of the President.
Defining the Port Zone is necessary for effective planning, development, financing, and operation of the port and to promote regional development through dispersal of industries and commercial activities.
Per the Separability Clause, if any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
The Order took effect immediately upon signing on February 14, 2014.
It provides that all issuances, orders, rules, and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Order are repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.