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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 182 - RETURNING
AND PLACING THE GOVERNMENT PORTS OF JOLO UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section s 1 and 15, Article X of the Constitution, Republic
Act No. 6734 entitled “An Act Providing for an Organic Act for the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao” was enacted;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 2, Article V of Republic Act No. 6734, the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has jurisdiction over
matters devolved to it by the Constitution and the Organic Act which
include, among others, the powers, functions and responsibilities now
being exercised by the departments of the National
Government;
WHEREAS, on August 28, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 435
entitled “Devolving to the Autonomous Regional Government of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao certain Powers and Functions of
the Department of Transportation and Communications, its Sectoral
Offices and Attached Agencies in the Region, and for Other Purposes”;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Department of Transportation and Communications
Order No. 97-1113 implementing Executive Order No. 435, the Port of
Jolo was among those ports devolved to the Autonomous Regional
Government;
WHEREAS, the Port of Jolo serves as the primary port in the region and
plays a vital role in maintaining the economic and trade linkages with
the other nearby islands as well as with Zamboanga and the rest of
Mindanao;
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to accelerate the development and
modernization of the Port of Jolo to make it at par with other ports of
the country;
WHEREAS, as requested by the local government units concerned, the
Philippine Ports Authority has agreed to finance, develop and operate
the Port of Jolo to upgrade its facilities and services under its
direct administration;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December, in the Year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.
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