EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 293
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 293 - AMENDING
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 122-C ENTITLED, “CREATING THE OFFICE FOR SOUTHERN
CULTURAL COMMUNITIES”
WHEREAS,
Executive Order No. 122-C created the Office for Southern Cultural
Communities;
WHEREAS, there is need to clearly delineate responsibilities for policy
and plan formulation and program implementation in line with
decentralization policy of Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Sec. 6 of Executive Order No. 122-C is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 6. Membership. — The Office shall be composed of an
Executive Director and two (2) Deputy Executive Directors, all of whom
shall be appointed by the President. The Executive Director shall have
the rank of a Department Undersecretary while the Deputy Executive
Directors shall have the rank of an Assistant Secretary.”
Sec. 2. Section 10 of Executive Order No. 122-C is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
10. Services. — The services shall consist of the
Administrative Service, Planning Service, Finance and Management
Service and Legal Service each of which shall be headed by a Staff
Director with the same compensation as that of an Assistant Staff
Bureau Director.”
Sec. 3. Section 15 of Executive Order No. 122-C is
hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
15. Bureaus. — The Bureaus of the Office shall
consist of the Bureau of Economic Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs
and Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs, each of which
shall be headed by a Director equivalent to a Staff Bureau
Director.”
Sec. 4. Section 16, 17 and 18 of Executive Order
No. 122-C are hereby amended to read as follows:
“SECTION
16. Bureau of Economic Affairs. — The Bureau of
Economic Affairs shall be responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Development and promotion of economic livelihood projects and programs
through the extension of loans for entrepreneurship, trade and
marketing assistance to the members of the concerned cultural
communities;
(b)
Formulation of land-use development policies and plans for ancestral
and tribal lands including settlement areas for the cultural
communities; and
(c) Conduct of
researches and studies to serve as inputs to policy and plan
formulation and implementation relative to the development, protection
and conservation of physical environment of the cultural minorities,
including the provision of medical assistance, nutrition services, and
training on community self-help projects.”
“SECTION
17. Bureau of Cultural Affairs. — The Bureau of
Cultural Affairs shall be responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Formulation of policies, plans and programs on the preservation and
development of the culture, traditions, institutions and well-being of
the concerned cultural communities;
(b) Conduct of
researches and studies relative to the development of the cultural
communities to serve as inputs to policy and plans formulation and
programs/projects implementation;
(c)
Development of guidelines and procedures in the promotion of goodwill
between the tribes and cultural communities and the mainstream
populace; and
(d)
Coordination with appropriate government agencies in the development
and implementation of cultural programs and projects, to include
education and scholarship programs for poor but deserving members of
cultural communities.”
“SECTION
18. Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs.
— The Bureau of Tribal Relations and External Affairs shall be
responsible for staff functions relative to:
(a)
Planning, conceptualization and monitoring of projects and activities
to promote peace and harmony within, between and among the concerned
cultural communities;
(b)
Coordination with the different tribal institutions to strengthen the
relationship and to settle disputes through the provision of advice and
peaceful negotiation; and
(c) Liaison
with local, international and non-government organizations in the
activities of the cultural communities.”
Sec. 5. Separability. — Any portion or provision
of this Executive Order that may declared unconstitutional shall not
have the effect of nullifying other portions or provisions hereof as
long as such remaining portions or provisions can still subsist and be
given effect in their entirety.
Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. — All laws, orders,
issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with
this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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