Annexation of Land to Asiatown IT Park, Cebu

Legal basis and controlling framework

• Proclamation No. 1381 is enacted pursuant to the powers vested in the President under Republic Act No. 7916 (The Special Economic Zone Act of 1995).
• Republic Act No. 7916 is expressly amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
• Proclamation No. 1381 requires compliance with the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.
• Proclamation No. 1381 also recognizes the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) Board of Directors resolutions that govern the specific annexation action.

Policy, purpose, and designation

• Proclamation No. 1381 creates and designates certain parcels of land as an annexation to the existing Asiatown IT Park.
• Proclamation No. 1381 annexes the land to the existing park under Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.
• Proclamation No. 1381 treats the annexation as “an area located at Barangay Apas, Cebu City, Province of Cebu.”
• Proclamation No. 1381 designates the annexed area as part of the Asiatown IT Park for purposes of Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.

Annexed land and technical description

• Proclamation No. 1381 annexes an area of TWELVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY THREE (12,633) SQUARE METERS, more or less, as the annexation to the existing Asiatown IT Park.
• The annexation is defined by technical descriptions tied to TCT No. T-180364 and TCT No. T-180362.
• TCT No. T-180364 covers LOT 933-A, Pas-114779 in the City of Cebu, Island of Cebu.
• TCT No. T-180362 covers Lot 5 (LRC), Psd-138296 in the District of Lahug, City of Cebu, Province of Cebu, Island of Cebu.

Boundaries, bearings, and area by parcel

• TCT No. T-180364 (Lot 933-A, Pas-114779) is described as bounded on the NW. and NE points 5 to 6 and 6 to 1 by Lot 933-C; and on the SE. and SW. points 3 to 4 to 5 by Lot 930, all of Banilad Estate.
• TCT No. T-180364 begins at a point marked “1” described as N. 85 deg. 28'W., 442.28 m. from Mon. No. 4, Banilad Estate, and proceeds through the listed course sequence ending at the point of beginning.
• TCT No. T-180364 states a containing area of Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Five (12,375) Square Meters, more or less, with bearings and declination details and survey dates August 1906-July 1907 and December 1, 1969.
• TCT No. T-180362 (Lot 5, Psd-138296) is described as bounded on the NE by Lot 6 (consolidation-subdivision plan), on the SE by Lot 933-A, on the SW by Lot 930 (Banilad Estate), and on the NW by Lot 14 (Existing Road).
• TCT No. T-180362 begins at a point marked “1” described as N. 88 deg. 16'W 509.43 m. from Mon. 4, Banilad Estate, and proceeds through the listed course sequence ending at the point of beginning.
• TCT No. T-180362 states a containing area of Two Hundred Fifty Eight (258) Square Meters, more or less, with approval details for the consolidation-subdivision survey by Geodetic Engr., Vicente C. Barameda, on May 25, 1987 approved by the Bureau of Lands, March 25, 1988.

PEZA Board action and designating resolutions

• Proclamation No. 1381 designates the annexation subject to PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 00-411 dated 29 December 2000.
• Proclamation No. 1381 recognizes that Resolution No. 00-411 is amended by Resolution No. 04-295 dated 20 September 2004.
• Proclamation No. 1381 further recognizes that Resolution No. 00-411 is amended by Resolution No. 06-479 dated 31 October 2006.
• Proclamation No. 1381 provides that the creation and designation of the annexed area are tied to those PEZA Board resolutions and the applicable implementing rules and regulations under Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.