QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 1158)
It reserves specified portions of a portion of the public domain titled property of the Republic in Barangay Cuyambay, Tanay, Rizal, for specific government uses (New Bilibid Prison site under DOJ and DENR-Calabarzon field office site under DENR/CALABARZON), subject to any existing private rights and to future subdivision survey.
The New Bilibid Prison is under the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the 270-hectare portion; the DENR-Calabarzon field office and related functions are for the 30-hectare portion under DENR-Calabarzon. The 30-hectare area is also designated for PENRO, CENRO, and a forest tree nursery site of the DENR.
Barangay Cuyambay, Municipality of Tanay, Province of Rizal, Island of Luzon, Philippines.
It identifies the parcel as Lot 10, plan Psu-103291-Amd., L.R. Case No. 1328, L.R.C. Record No. 52645, and states technical boundaries and points of the survey. These identifiers are crucial for definiteness and enforceability of the land reservation.
It reserves 270 hectares as the new site of the New Bilibid Prison (DOJ) and 30 hectares as the field office site of the DENR-Calabarzon, for a total described reserved portion under the proclamation.
It acknowledges that if there are existing private rights over parts of the reserved area (e.g., validly acquired rights), such rights are not automatically extinguished by the proclamation and must be respected, subject to applicable law.
It implies that the technical delineation of the reserved areas may be finalized or further subdivided through subsequent surveys, consistent with the technical descriptions and requirements of land administration.
It describes boundaries using directions and neighboring properties/land categories (e.g., properties of named persons, public land, Mariquina Watershed). The teaching point is that cadastral/technical boundary description is essential for determining the exact extent of reserved land.
They provide a precise geodetic/cadastral framework for locating the parcel and its perimeter on the ground, ensuring the reservation’s boundaries are ascertainable and verifiable.
It indicates the history of the survey used for the technical description (original 1937 survey; amendment 1959). This helps validate the coordinate/boundary data and can be relevant in disputes over boundaries or in verifying the correct survey plan.
It states that the area of THIRTY (30) hectares will be the site of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and a Forest Tree Nursery Site of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Province of Rizal, Calabarzon Region.
It is dated September 8, 2006, and it states it is done in the City of Manila this 8th day of September 2006.
Signed by President Gloria M. Arroyo; countersigned by Executive Secretary Eduardo R. Ermita.
It indicates that the President acts under legal authority to issue proclamations for reservations of land for public purposes. Students should connect this to the statutory framework governing disposition and reservation of public lands and government use of reserved areas.