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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 76 -
CONSTITUTING THE TAÑON STRAIT COMMISSION
WHEREAS,
the government promotes the optimum and sustained use of our resources
to accelerate socio-economic development, particularly in the
countryside;
WHEREAS, coastal communities remain to be some of the most depressed
areas in the country;
WHEREAS, the Tañon Strait is a narrow passage of water bounded
by the islands of Cebu in the East and Negros in the West;
WHEREAS, the Tañon Strait harbors a rich biodiversity of marine
life and has been proclaimed a protected seascape pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1234, s. 1998 (Declaring the Tañon Strait as a
Protected Seascape);
WHEREAS, there is need to address the development concerns of the
surrounding coastal communities on matters of poverty alleviation,
eco-tourism and sustainable growth;
WHEREAS, there is a need to ensure that increasing economic and
tourism-related activities shall not threaten marine life, in
particular the endangered dolphins and whales that abound in the area;
WHEREAS, to enable the government to undertake measures to conserve the
natural resources and promote the accelerated socio-economic
development of the area, consistent with the concept of sustainable
development, there is need to create a body that shall formulate short
and long term plans for the Tañon Strait and orchestrate
development efforts in the area;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order the
following:
Section 1.
Sec. 2.
Sec. 3.
Representative,
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
Representative, Department of Agriculture
Representative, Department of Public Works and Highways
Representative, Department of Transportation and
Communications
Representative, Department of Trade and Industry
Chairman, Regional Development Council VI
Chairman, Regional Development Council VII
Governor, Negros Oriental
Governor, Negros Occidental
Governor, Cebu
Mayor of a Negros Oriental municipality/city along the Tañon
Strait
Mayor of a Cebu municipality/city along the Tañon Strait
One (1) representative from the private sector
One (1) environment-oriented NGO representative
The private sector and NGO representatives shall be appointed by the Chairman. The mayors of the municipalities/cities located along the Tañon Strait shall elect, annually, their respective representatives to the Commission.
Sec. 4.
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h.
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j.
Sec. 5.
The Executive Director shall be appointed by the President upon the
recommendation of the Chairman of the Commission. The Executive
Director shall be a Filipino citizen with outstanding knowledge and
experience in the field of public and development administration,
public infrastructure management, or the management of industrial or
commercial enterprises, and environmental protection and management.
Sec. 6.
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Sec. 10.
Sec. 11. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of General
Santos, this 28th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety-Nine.
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