Title
Designation of Gateway Call Center as IT Building
Law
Proclamation No. 645
Decision Date
Jun 14, 2004
A proclamation reserves a parcel of land in Pasay City for educational, cultural, and sports programs, transferring ownership to the City Government of Pasay, subject to existing rights, with a technical survey plan providing the description and boundaries of the land.

Legal basis and PEZA authority

  • Republic Act No. 7916 (Special Economic Zone Act of 1995), as amended by Republic Act No. 8748, vests the President with authority to create and designate certain buildings as information technology buildings.
  • Proclamation No. 645 is issued pursuant to that authority and on the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
  • Proclamation No. 645 designates the subject building subject to the provisions of Republic Act No. 7916 as amended, its Implementing Rules and Regulations, and PEZA Board Resolutions Nos. 00-411 and 04-432.

Policy and purpose—information technology designation

  • Proclamation No. 645 creates and designates the Gateway Call Center Office as an Information Technology Building.
  • The designation is expressly made to align with Republic Act No. 7916 and its amended framework for special economic zones and related IT building approvals.

Designated information technology building

  • Proclamation No. 645 creates and designates the Gateway Call Center Office as an Information Technology Building.
  • The building stands on a parcel of land located at Barangay Socorro, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila.
  • The designated land parcel contains an area of Two Thousand Five Hundred Fifty One (2,551) square meters, more or less.
  • The designation is made subject to the Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7916 as amended, and PEZA Resolutions Nos. 00-411 and 04-432.

Land parcel identification and technical boundaries

  • The land is identified as Lot 4 under Pcs-00-011029, being a portion of Lot 2-B, (LRC) Psd-307275 and Lot 3, Pcs-26027 LRC Record No. 317.
  • The parcel is stated to be situated in Barangay Socorro, Cubao, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Island of Luzon.
  • The parcel is bounded on the NE. along line 1-2 by Lot 3; on the NW & NE. along lines 2-3-4-5 by Lot 5; and on the SE. along line 5-1 by Lot 3, all of the subdivision plan.
  • The technical description includes a commencement point “1” marked on plan, referenced as N.62 deg. 32aE., 1,118.77 m. from BLBM No. 1, Cubao, Quezon City, followed by the listed bearing and distance calls:
    • N. 26 deg. 10a W., 71.38 m. to point 2
    • N. 63 deg. 49a E., 35.75 m. to point 3
    • S. 26 deg. 10a E., 71.35 m. to point 4
    • S. 63 deg. 49a W., 5.00 m to point 5
    • S. 63 deg. 49a W., 30.74 m. back to the point of Beginning
  • The proclamation states that all points referred to are indicated on the plan and marked on the ground by PS cyl. Conc. Mons. 15 x 40 cm, and it references the dates of survey: May 20, 1920 (Magdalena Estate) and March 09, 2004 (consolidation-subdivision survey) approved on March 24, 2004.

Effectivity and formal enactment

  • The proclamation is signed and sealed: “In Witness Whereof,” the President sets her hand and affixes the seal of the Republic of the Philippines.
  • The proclamation is done in the City of Manila on June 14, 2004.
  • The proclamation is signed by GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO as President and countersigned by ALBERTO G. ROMULO, Executive Secretary.

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