Title
Creation of Villa Angela IT Park in Bacolod
Law
Proclamation No. 750
Decision Date
Apr 4, 2014
President Benigno S. Aquino III designates a parcel of land in Bacolod City as an Information Technology Park, in accordance with the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, creating opportunities for economic growth and development in the area.

Legal authority and cited enabling laws

  • Republic Act No. 7916 authorizes creation and designation of economic zones and IT parks, including information technology park classification.
  • Republic Act No. 8748 amends Republic Act No. 7916 and is treated as part of the governing statutory basis for the designation.
  • The proclamation is issued under the President’s powers vested by Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
  • The designation is made upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).

PEZA Board resolutions and implementing framework

  • The proclamation makes the IT park creation/designation subject to PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended.
  • It further incorporates PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 04-295 (s. 2004).
  • It also incorporates PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 13-499 (s. 2013).
  • Compliance is required under Republic Act No. 7916 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations.

Designated IT park location and site

  • The IT park is located at Don Carlos Hilado Avenue corner F. Gonzaga Avenue, Bacolod City.
  • The designated IT park is identified as Villa Angela Techno Park.
  • The park covers an area of Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One (42,591) square meters, more or less.
  • The proclamation provides a technical land description with boundary and coordinate data and requires that all points are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground by specified survey monuments.

Land coverage: Lot identity and boundaries

  • The designated parcel is identified as Lot 1, Pcs-06-004907, as a portion of a consolidation-subdivision of multiple lots and blocks.
  • The consolidated-subdivision includes lots and blocks situated in the Barangay of Villamonte, City of Bacolod, Island of Negros.
  • The parcel is bounded:
    • On the NW, along lines 1-2-3-4 by Road Lot 6.
    • On the NE, along lines 4-5-6-7-8-9 by Lot 1072-C-3-B-1, Psd-31732.
    • On the SE, along lines 9-10-11 by Lot 11, Block 38, Pcs-06-000425.
    • On the SW, along lines 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28 by Road Lot 1 (15.00 meters wide) and along lines 28-1 by Lot 2.
  • The technical description states that the parcel begins at a point marked a1? and gives a chain of bearings and distances terminating at the point of beginning.

Survey, monumentation, and technical accuracy

  • All points referred to in the technical description are indicated on the plan.
  • The proclamation requires that all points are marked on the ground by P.S. cyl. conc. mons. 15A40 cm.
  • It identifies the bearings and survey work as true and surveyed by Engineer Grant Kelly H. Guerrero on 03 to 06 July 2006.
  • It states that the survey was approved on 08 October 2009.
  • It confirms the property’s computed area as Forty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-One (42,591) square meters, more or less.

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