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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 221 -
CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE THAT SHALL ADDRESS ALL CRIMES AGAINST
FOREIGN VISITORS WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENSURING THEIR SAFETY WITHIN
THE COUNTRY
WHEREAS, the increasing incidence of crimes
committed against tourists, investors, and other foreign visitors is
projecting a negative image for our country abroad;
WHEREAS, it is imperative that further appropriate and forceful
measures be taken not only to protect and safeguard foreign visitors
from such criminal activities, but also to enhance the general peace
and order situation in our tourist-oriented areas, and improve the
overall investment climate in the country;
WHEREAS, one such appropriate measure recommended by the Department of
Interior and Local Government is the creation of a special Committee to
be composed of various government agencies for the specific purpose of
addressing the problem of crimes being committed against foreign
visitors;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1.
Undersecretary
for Peace & Order, DILG
Undersecretary for Planning,
Development
Chief of Staff,
AFP
Chief, Philippine National
Police
Director, National Bureau of
Investigation
Commissioner, Bureau of
Immigration and
Commissioner, Bureau of
Customs
Director, Land Transportation
Office
General Manager, Manila
International
Governor, Central Bank of the
Philippines
Commissioner, Economic
Intelligence &
The Committee shall formulate plans to coordinate, integrate, direct, control and supervise all measures aimed at preventing or suppressing all crimes committed against foreign visitors with the end in view of ensuring their personal safety and peaceful sojourn in the country,
The Committee shall adopt measures geared towards a "total approach" to the problem of effectively preventing the commission of crimes against foreign visitors and expeditiously solving such crimes which may henceforth be committed, such measures shall include a provision for an adequate organization for planning and implementation at all levels; organization of a control and coordinating center which can effect immediate response from all tasked units or agencies, with a clear delineation of their respective authority and functions; and formulation of guidelines for the mass media in reporting incidents involving crimes against foreign visitors in order not to prejudice the effectiveness of operations against criminal syndicates and other dubious elements preying on these foreign nationals.
Sec. 9.
DONE in the City of Manila this
9th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-one.
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