EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 138 - DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE VIRAC PORT ZONE UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY

WHEREAS, the Port of Virac is one of the major and busiest ports in the country;

WHEREAS, there is a need to expand the Port of Virac for planning purposes to accommodate projected increases in port traffic and to program the development of the necessary port facilities to support the demands of the shipping trade within the region;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Virac is hereby expanded and particularly described as follows:  

“Beginning at point marked 1 on the plan, thence to point 2 at a distance of 37.74 m with bearing N 49º 34’E., thence to point 3 at a distance of 16.79 m with bearing N 52º 56’E, thence to point 4 at a distance of 24.31 m with bearing N 55º 37’E, thence to point 5 at a distance of 34.31 m with bearing S 78º 42’E, thence to point 6 at a distance of 46.78 m with bearing N 71º 54’E, thence to point 7 at a distance of 32.63 m with bearing N 88º 02’E, thence to point 8 at a distance of 65.63 m with bearing N 86º 11’E, thence to point 9 at a distance of 36.02 m with bearing S 86º 36’E, thence to point 10 at a distance of 15.37 m with bearing S 83º 10’E, thence to point 11 at a distance of 22.25 m with bearing of S 75º 24’E, thence to point 12 at a distance of 21.13 m with bearing S 70º 44’E, thence to point 13 at a distance of 25.09 m with bearing S 65º 00’E, thence to point 14 at a distance of 24.23 m with bearing S 59º 41’E, thence to point 15 at a distance of 32.42 m with bearing S 56º 37’E, thence to point 16 at a distance of 47.43 m with bearing S 53º 33’E, thence to point 17 at a distance of 12.31 m with bearing S 47º 08’E, thence to point 18 at a distance of 6.98 m with bearing S 43º 06’E, thence to point 19 at a distance of 33.85 m with bearing S 84º 18’E, thence to point 20 at a distance of 23.93 m with bearing N 78º 49’E, thence to point 21 at a distance of 30.62 m with bearing of N 72º 14’E, thence to point 22 at a distance of 21.53 m with bearing N 63º 44’E, thence to point 23 a distance of 22.24 m with bearing N 40º 05’E, thence to point 24 at a distance of 8.60 m with bearing N 49º 01’E, thence to point 25 at a distance of 27.72 m with bearing N 19º 36’E, thence to point 26 at a distance of 354.00 m with bearing S 43º 50’E, thence to point 27 at a distance of 634.14 m with bearing S 44º 38’ W, thence to point 28 at a distance of 703.03 m with bearing N 38º 6’42.70”W, thence to point 29 at a distance of 50.00 m with bearing N 45º 00’W, thence to point 1, the point of beginning at a distance of 108.40 m with bearing N 47º 40’E, all in all comprising a total area of 361,936.79 sq. m. more or less.

Sec. 2. The Virac Port Zone, as expanded, is hereby placed under the administrative jurisdiction of the Philippine Ports Authority, which shall, consistent with the regional industrial plans of the Government, implement a program for the proper zoning, planning, development, and utilization of the port.

Sec. 3. All other orders, proclamations, and issuances, or portions thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 

Sec. 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of November in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety three.
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Since 19.07.98.