Designation of Manila COD as IT Center

Republic Act No. 7916 authorizes the creation and designation of special economic zone information technology centers through presidential action subject to its governing framework.
Republic Act No. 8748 amends Republic Act No. 7916 and forms part of the legal basis for this designation.
The President acts upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority.
The designation is made subject to PEZA Board Resolution No. 00-411 dated 29 December 2000 and PEZA Board Resolution No. 04-224 dated 13 July 2004.

The proclamation creates and designates the Manila COD Building as an Information Technology Center.
The designation is made pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.
The proclamation specifies that the designated IT center is located on the identified parcels of land in Quezon City.

The Manila COD Building is designated as an Information Technology Center under the governing special economic zone regime.
The building designation is tied to specific real property parcels forming the IT center landholding.
The designated landholding has an aggregate area of Three Thousand Four Hundred Ten (3,410) Square Meters, more or less.

The IT center stands in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, along General Romulo Street.
The land is described through multiple titled parcels and relocation/relational lot references as follows:
- TCT No. 234524 (Lot 25-E, Psd-20506) with an indicated area of Six Hundred Thirty Seven (637) square meters, more or less.
- TCT No. 251181 (Lot 25-F, Psd-20506) with an indicated area of Six Hundred Thirty Seven (637) square meters, more or less.
- TCT No. 249024 (Lot 25-G, Psd-20506) with an indicated area of Six Hundred Thirty Six (636) square meters, more or less.
- TCT No. 73539 (Lot 21-A-1-A-2-C-3-E-1-D-1-A, LRC Psd-31266; Rel-00-001185) with an indicated area of One Thousand Five Hundred (1,500) square meters, more or less.
The proclamation provides boundary directions and bearings for each parcel using the identified adjoining lots and General Romulo Street for the last parcel description.
The proclamation includes point-of-beginning and metes-and-bounds courses for the parcels and states that points are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground by the identified survey markers.
The proclamation includes survey dates for the original subdivision survey and later relocation survey approval, including a relocation survey approved on June 15, 2006.

The designation is created and designated subject to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7916 as amended.
The designation is created and designated subject to Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7916.
The designation is created and designated subject to PEZA Board Resolution No. 00-411 dated 29 December 2000 and PEZA Board Resolution No. 04-224 dated 13 July 2004.
The proclamation identifies the land area and location for the IT center through formal title references and technical descriptions to establish the physical scope of the designation.

The proclamation is signed by GLORIA M. ARROYO and countersigned by EDUARDO R. ERMITA, Executive Secretary.
The proclamation states that the seal of the Republic of the Philippines is affixed.
The proclamation is “Done in the City of Manila” on December 05, 2006.