Title
Creation of CBC Asia Technozone in Bacoor
Law
Proclamation No. 1196
Decision Date
Aug 5, 2021
President Duterte issues Proclamation No. 1196 designating a building and parcels of land in Bacoor City, Cavite as a Special Economic Zone, in accordance with the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, to promote economic development and attract investments in the Information Technology sector.
economic development
investments
designated building

Legal basis and cited enabling law

  • The proclamation is anchored on Republic Act No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995), as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
  • The proclamation directs that the operation and legal treatment of the zone follow Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
  • The proclamation also binds the designation to PEZA Board Resolution No. 00-411 (s.2000), as amended, and to later specified resolutions listed in the proclamation.

Policy and intended development purpose

  • The proclamation creates and designates the identified area as a Special Economic Zone (Information Technology Center).
  • The designation is made pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, to support special economic zone development through an Information Technology Center configuration.

Creation of CBC Asia Technozone

  • The proclamation creates a special economic zone known as CBC Asia Technozone.
  • The zone consists of a building and the parcels of land where the building stands, located along Emilio Aguinaldo Highway, Barangay Talaba VII, Bacoor City, Cavite.
  • The building covered has a gross floor area of 50,277.76 m² (more or less).
  • The aggregate land area covered by the parcels is Seven Thousand square meters (7,000 m²) (more or less).

Location, boundaries, and land parcels

  • The zone covers Lot 2-A-5-A-1 (LRC) Psd-274884 with TCT No. 057-2016075126, situated in Barrio Talaba, Bacoor, Cavite.

  • Lot 2-A-5-A-1 (LRC) Psd-274884 is bounded:

    • on the W. and NE. by pts. 1-2-3 of Lot 2-A-2, (LRC) Psd-110980;
    • on the SE. by pts. 3-4 of Lot 2-B, (LRC) Psd-99697, now National Road 20.00 m. wide;
    • on the SW. by pts. 4-1 of Lot 2-A-5-A-2, (LRC) Psd-274884.

  • Lot 2-A-5-A-1 (LRC) Psd-274884 has bearings and distances defined by a boundary description beginning at point “1”, and it states that the lot contains an area of Three Thousand Five Hundred square meters (3,500 m²) (more or less).

  • The proclamation requires that all boundary points are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground, identifying the survey marker type for points 1 to 2 and the marker for the rest, including the dates of original survey and subdivision/consolidation survey: 10-11 August 1911 and 19 November 1977, respectively.

  • The zone also covers Lot 2-A-5-A-2 (LRC) Psd-274884 with TCT No. T-1193451, situated in Barrio Talaba, Bacoor, Cavite.

  • Lot 2-A-5-A-2 (LRC) Psd-274884 is bounded:

    • on the NE. by pts. 1-2 of Lot 2-A-5-A-1, (LRC) Psd-274884;
    • on the SE. by pts. 2-3-4 of Lot 2-B, (LRC) Psd-99697, now National Road 20.00 m. wide;
    • on the SW. by pts. 4 to 5 of Lot 2-A-5-B (LRC) Psd-26700;
    • on the W. by pts. 5-1 of Lot 2-A-2, (LRC) Psd-1110980.

  • Lot 2-A-5-A-2 (LRC) Psd-274884 has bearings and distances defined by a boundary description beginning at point “1”, and it states that the lot contains an area of Three Thousand Five Hundred square meters (3,500 m²) (more or less).

  • The proclamation requires that all boundary points are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground, including marker identification for points 1 to 2 and for the rest, and it includes the same key survey dates: 10-11 August 1911 and 19 November 1977, respectively.

Subjection to governing PEZA framework

  • The proclamation makes CBC Asia Technozone subject to Republic Act No. 7916, as amended, and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.
  • The proclamation incorporates the governance and establishment parameters reflected in PEZA Board Resolution No. 00-411 (s.2000), as amended by:
    • Resolution Nos. 11-066 (s. 2011);
    • Resolution Nos. 15-240 (s.2015);
    • Resolution Nos. 17-472 (s.2017).
  • The proclamation further subjects the designation to Resolution No. 17-676 (s.2017), as amended by Resolution No. 19-411 (s.2019).
  • The proclamation operates as a designation creating a zone to be known as CBC Asia Technozone under the PEZA special economic zone framework.

Formalities, execution, and certifications

  • The proclamation states that the President signs the instrument and affixes the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
  • The instrument is “DONE in the City of Manila” on 5th day of August in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Twenty-One.
  • The proclamation is signed by RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE (President) and countersigned by SALVADOR C. MEDIALDEA (Executive Secretary).
  • The proclamation’s designation applies to the created building area of 50,277.76 m² and the land parcels totaling 7,000 m² (more or less), as covered by the stated lot descriptions.

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