EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 300 - AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 234 DATED 07 APRIL 1995 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE GINGOOG BAY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 234 was issued on 07 April 1995 establishing the Gingoog Bay Development Council (GBDC);

WHEREAS, said Executive Order (EO) mandated GBDC to, among others, formulate and implement short-and long-term plans for the area covered by Gingoog Bay and surrounding municipalities of Balingoan, Talisayan, Medina and Gingoog City, as well as to address policy, planning and implementation issues, and to coordinate and integrate all environment and natural resources management of related government and non-government activities in Gingoog Bay area; and

WHEREAS, the same EO designated the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources as Chair of said council;

WHEREAS, it is deemed more appropriate that the Cabinet Officer for Regional Development of Region 10 should chair the Gingoog Bay Development Council, it being within his area of concern/responsibility, and for reasons of facility;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 234, specifically Section I thereof, to read as follow:

Section 1. There is hereby created, under the Office of the President, the Gingoog Bay Development Council, hereinafter referred as the “Council”, composed of the following:

   Cabinet Officer for Regional Development — Chair
for Region X
   Secretary, Department of Agriculture     — Vice-Chair
   Secretary, Department of Environment and — Member
Natural Resources
   The Executive Secretary, Office of the   — Member
President
   Secretary, Department of Interior and Local — Member
Government
Governor of Misamis Oriental    — Member
   Mayors of the concerned Local Government — Member
Units
   Three (3) Representatives from the   — Member
private sector; one from a non-
government organization, one
from a fishing cooperative or
fisherfolk/people’s organizations
and one from agri-business sector.

Since 19.07.98.