QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 1685)
The Municipality of San Mateo, Province of Isabela, was declared as an agro-ecological destination in the Cagayan Valley Region.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) recommended the declaration.
It cited San Mateo’s “vast ecological and agricultural production areas” and that it was an awardee of the Galing Pook Award 2007 for best local governance programs.
They include strengthening local government autonomy and accelerating the economic and social growth and development of local government units.
It states the government has a duty to provide an atmosphere conducive to economic growth and healthful ecology through measures calculated to hasten attainment of the policy objectives.
It made a formal administrative designation: it declared San Mateo as an agro-ecological destination in the Cagayan Valley Region.
It was signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and by the Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita as “By the President.”
It is dated December 01, 2008, and it states it was done in the City of Manila on December 1, 2008.
It was done in the City of Manila.
The Cagayan Valley Region.
The Galing Pook Award 2007; it is referenced as evidence of best local governance programs.
The WHEREAS clauses provide the factual and policy premises for the exercise of power; they help interpret the purpose and rationale of the declaration.
No. Based on the excerpt, it primarily declares the designation and does not set out specific regulatory provisions.
It serves as the recommending agency to justify the declaration of the municipality as an agro-ecological destination.
It emphasizes the policy to strengthen local government autonomy and to accelerate local economic and social development.