Authority and legal basis
- Republic Act No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995) authorizes the creation and designation of EcoZone areas and facilities for the purposes of the Act.
- Republic Act No. 8748 amended Republic Act No. 7916 and forms part of the legal basis for the proclamation.
- The proclamation is issued upon recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
- The designation is made subject to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7916.
- The proclamation expressly makes the designation subject to PEZA Board resolutions Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000), as amended by Resolution 11-006 (s. 2011), and Resolution No. 12-639 (s. 2012).
Created IT Center and location
- The proclamation creates and designates a building as an IT Center known as “One World Place.”
- The building is located at Lot 7, Block 5, 32nd Street, City Center North, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City.
- The IT Center covers a parcel of land with an area of One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety (1,790) square meters, more or less.
- The proclamation ties the designation to the technical description and metes-and-bounds specification of Lot 7, Block 5.
- The land is situated in the Barrio of Fort Bonifacio, Municipality (now City) of Taguig, Province of Metro Manila, Island of Luzon.
Technical description of the property
- The proclamation identifies the property as Lot 7 in a consolidation subdivision plan: Pcs-00-012537.
- The proclamation states the parcel is a portion of multiple lots and includes specific references to subdivision plan lots and consolidation/access lots (including references to L.R.C. Rec. No.).
- The parcel is bounded on the SE. by Lot 6, Block 5; on the SW. by Road Lot 26 of Pcs-00-011796; on the NW. by Lot 8, Block 5; and on the NE. by Lot 4, Block 5 (Res. Access Lot).
- The proclamation provides a metes-and-bounds description starting from a point marked “a1a” and includes directional distances using bearings and measurements.
- The proclamation provides a location reference from “BLLM No. 1, MCadm-590-D” and includes survey approval and date references for the consolidation survey.
Governing rules and constraints
- The IT Center designation is governed by Republic Act No. 7916, as amended by Republic Act No. 8748.
- The IT Center is subject to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7916.
- The proclamation makes the designation subject to PEZA Board of Directors resolutions Resolution No. 00-411 (s. 2000) as amended by Resolution 11-006 (s. 2011) and Resolution No. 12-639 (s. 2012).
- The building is created and designated as an IT Center under the EcoZone framework established by Republic Act No. 7916.
Execution and signing
- The proclamation is signed by BENIGNO S. AQUINO III as President.
- It is countersigned by PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR., Executive Secretary.
- It is “DONE” in the City of Manila on September 30, 2014.