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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 248-A
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 248-A -
AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 248, DATED 01 FEBRUARY 1996, CREATING
THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE TO OVERSEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL
MEASURE COMPONENT OF THE CASECNAN MULTI-PURPOSE IRRIGATION AND POWER
PROJECT (SMC-CMPIPP)
WHEREAS, the President issued
Administrative Order No. 248 entitled "Providing for the Creation of a
Special Task Force to Oversee The Implementation Of The Social Measure
Component Of The Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation And Power Project
(SMC-CMPIPP)" which focuses on the Bugkalots of Region II;
WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture (DA) in coordination with other
concerned agencies have been constituted as the Casecnan Social Measure
Task Force (CSMTF) through a Memorandum from the President dated 01
February 1996 primarily to formulate an implementation plan to
prioritize social measures in response to the demands of the Bugkalots
Tribe;
WHEREAS, there is need to ensure complementarity of efforts between the
two bodies to optimize the utilization and allocation of government
resources to effectively address the concerns of the Bugkalot tribes
and the communities that may be affected by the Casecnan Multi-Purpose
Irrigation Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by
virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the creation
of a Special Task Force to oversee the implementation of the Social
Measure Component of the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power
Project (SMC-CMPIPP) with the following amended composition and
functions:
Section 1. Designation of the Casecnan Social Measure
Task Force as Over-All Planning and Coordinating Body. — The Casecnan
Social Measure Task Force constituted through a Memorandum dated 1
February 1996 is hereby designated as the over-all planing and
coordinating body for the implementation of social measure components
for the Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMPIPP).
It shall be Chaired by the Secretary of Agriculture and shall have as
its members the original composition of the CSMTF and, in addition, the
chairperson and members of three (3) Technical Working Groups
enumerated in Sec. 2 of this AO.
Sec. 2. Designation of Special Task Force created
by AO No. 248 into Technical Working Groups of the Casecnan Social
Measure Task Force. — The Special Task Force created in AO. No. 248 is
hereby reconstituted and designated as the Technical Working Group
(TWG) of the Casecnan Social Measure Task Force (CSMTF) to address
specific concerns of communities affected by the CMPIPP. Three
Technical Working Groups shall be formed to address these concern,
namely: a) Ancestral Domain; b) Comprehensive Social Services, and c)
Ecological Conservations and Other Services. The TWGs shall conduct
technical studies and develop recommendations of the implementation of
the social measure components for the Casecnan project in Region II,
and shall submit quarterly accomplishment reports and other inputs as
may be necessary to the CSMTF.
A. Technical Working Group for Ancestral Domain
1. Chairman, Executive Director, Office of Northern
Cultural Communities (ONCC);
2. Co-Chairman, Chairman, Regional Development
Council, Region II;
3. Regional Executive Director, Development of
Environment and Resources (DENR);
4. Regional Director, Department of Agrarian Reform;
5. Representative of the Catholic Clergy, Region II;
6. President, Bugkalot Association on CASECNAN
Concerns (BACC);
7. Regional Director, Philippine National Police
(PNP);
8 Representative of the Association of Certificate of
Ancestral Domain Claim Holders
B. Technical Working Group for Social Services
1. Chairman, Regional Director, Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD);
2. Regional Director, Department of Educations,
Culture and Sports (DECS);
3. Regional Director, Department of Health (DOH);
4. Regional Director, Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE);
5. Regional Director, National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA);
6. Regional Director, Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI)
7. Chairman, Confederation of Bugkalots of Nueva
Viscaya, Quirino and Aurora;
C. Technical Working Group for Ecological
Conservation and Other Services
1. Chairman, Regional Executive Director, Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR);
2. Regional Director, Department of Agriculture (DA);
3. Regional Director, Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH);
4. Representative of the California Energy CASECNAN
Water and Energy Co., Inc. (CECWECI);
5. Regional Director, Department of Inferior and
Local Government (DILG);
6. Area Manager, National Power Corporation (NPC);
7. Regional Irrigation Manager, National Irrigation
Administration (NIA);
8. Representative of the Christian Alliance for Peace
of the Ilongot Area (CAPIA);
The members of the Technical Working Groups shall be entitled to one
vote each. Provided, however, that the non-government organizations
represented by the Bugkalots shall be composed of four (4) members but
with only one vote per organization.
Sec. 3. Secretariat. — The Department of
Agriculture shall provide the Secretariat for the CSMTF to be headed by
an official of the said department.
Sec. 4. Funding. — The funding for the programs,
projects and activities that shall be identified in the implementation
plan to be formulated by the CSMTF to prioritize the social measure to
be undertaken in response to the demands of the Bugkalot Tribes and
other affected communities shall come from: (a) appropriations of the
agencies whose mandates are consistent with the implementation plan;
and (b) annual budget for the CSMTF to be prepared by its Secretariat.
The P30 million provided in AO No. 248 from the President's Contingent
Fund, which is allocated for the initial year 1996, shall be released
in coordination with the Department of Budget and Management and the
CSMTF Secretariat subject to usual accounting and auditing rules.
Sec. 5. Guidelines. — The CSMTF shall prepare the
appropriate guidelines for the project.
Sec. 6. Saving Clause. — All other provisions of
Administrative Order No. 248, series of 1996, which are not
inconsistent with his Administrative Order shall remain in full force
and effect.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Administrative Order
shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 3rd day of July in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Six.
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