Title
Creation of AIU Centre as IT Center in Bacolod
Law
Proclamation No. 1032
Decision Date
May 21, 2015
Benigno S. Aquino III designates a building on Lacson Street in Bacolod City as an Information Technology Center, supporting economic growth under the Special Economic Zone Act.

Legal basis and PEZA approvals

  • Republic Act No. 7916 is the legal framework applied to the creation and designation of the information technology center.
  • Republic Act No. 8748 amends Republic Act No. 7916 and governs the designation under the amended regime.
  • Proclamation No. 1032 is issued after a recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
  • Proclamation No. 1032 is made subject to PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 11-066 (s. 2011) and PEZA Board of Directors Resolution No. 14-429 (s. 2014).

Policy, purpose, and designation

  • Proclamation No. 1032 creates and designates a building as an Information Technology Center called AIU Centre.
  • Proclamation No. 1032 establishes the center as an IT center pursuant to Republic Act No. 7916, as amended.
  • Proclamation No. 1032 ties the designation to the IT-center legal framework and to PEZA’s implementing mechanisms through the cited resolutions.

What is created: AIU Centre

  • AIU Centre is designated as an Information Technology Center.
  • AIU Centre has a gross floor area of Twenty Six Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One (26,431) square meters.
  • AIU Centre stands on two parcels of land.
  • The building is located along Lacson Street, Mandalagan, Bacolod City.

Land coverage and technical descriptions

  • The two parcels forming the foundation of AIU Centre have an aggregate area of Two Thousand Six Hundred Eighty (2,680) square meters, more or less.
  • Lot 1 (LRA) PCS-34083 covers an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Forty (1,340) square meters, more or less, and is situated in the Barrio of Mandalagan, City of Bacolod, Island of Negros.
  • Lot 2 (LRC) PCS-34083 covers an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Forty (1,340) square meters, more or less, and is situated in the Barrio of Mandalagan, City of Bacolod, Island of Negros.
  • Proclamation No. 1032 defines the lots by metes-and-bounds technical descriptions, including boundary calls by adjoining lots and by referenced cadastral/subdivision plan identifiers.

Lot 1 (LRA) PCS-34083 boundaries and beginning point

  • Lot 1 (LRA) PCS-34083 is bounded on the NE. (points 2 to 3) by Lot 1457; on the SE. (points 3 to 5) by Lot 1425, both Bacolod Cadastre-39; on the SW. (points 5 to 1) by Lot 2; and on the NW. (points 1 to 2) by Lot 3 (Road Widening), all as reflected in the subdivision plan.
  • The lot’s description begins at a point marked “a1a” on plan, being N. 23 deg. 14aE., 414.08 m. from BLLM No. 7, Bacolod Cadastre-39.
  • The metes-and-bounds course includes points 2, 3, 4, and 5 with bearings and distances stated in Proclamation No. 1032 for the closure at point of beginning.
  • Lot 1 uses bearings true and references the original survey date March 1913 a June 1914 and the consolidation-subdivision survey executed by Geodetic Engineer Vicente T. Guerrero on 21 May 2004.

Lot 2 (LRC) PCS-34083 boundaries and beginning point

  • Lot 2 (LRC) PCS-34083 is bounded on the NE. (points 1 to 2) by Lot 1 of the consolidation-subdivision plan; on the SE. (points 2 to 3) by Lot 1425, Bacolod Cadastre-39; on the SW. (points 3 to 4) by Lot 1422-A-3, Psd-35558; and on the NW. (points 4 to 1) by Lot 3 (Road Widening) of the consolidation-subdivision plan.
  • The lot’s description begins at a point marked “a1a” on plan, being N. 23 deg. 14aE., 414.08 m. from BLLM No. 7, Bacolod Cadastre-39.
  • The metes-and-bounds course includes points 2, 3, and 4 with bearings and distances stated in Proclamation No. 1032 for the closure at point of beginning.
  • Lot 2 uses bearings true and references the original survey date March 1913 a June 1914 and the consolidation-subdivision survey executed by Geodetic Engineer Vicente T. Guerrero on 21 May 2004.

Signature and formalities

  • Proclamation No. 1032 is signed by Benigno S. Aquino III and attested by Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. as signatory by the President.
  • It is done in the City of Manila on the 21st day of May, 2015.
  • The proclamation is issued with the seal of the Republic of the Philippines affixed.

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