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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 48 - DECLARING
NON-CORE PROPERTIES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RAILWAYS (PNR) AS
SOCIALIZED HOUSING SITES AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE SAME
BONAFIDE OCCUPANTS
WHEREAS,
Article IV, Sec. 8 of Republic Act No. 7279, otherwise known as the
Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992 (UDHA), provide that
government-owned lands which have not been used for the purpose for
which they have been reserved or set aside for the past ten (10) years
from the effectivity of the UDHA and identified as suitable for
socialized housing, shall immediately be transferred to the National
Housing Authority (NHA) subject to the approval of the President of the
Republic of the Philippines for proper disposition;
WHEREAS, the President has issued a Memorandum dated 05 February 2001,
directing all Heads of Government Departments, Agencies,
Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations and their
Instrumentalities to identify areas which may be proclaimed for
socialized housing purposes;
WHEREAS, said Memorandum is in accordance with the policy of the
present Administration of regularizing the land tenurial status
settlers occupying public lands;
WHEREAS, the Philippine National Railways (PNR) owns several properties
all over the Philippines consisting of more than 1,000 hectares;
WHEREAS, the PNR has expressed its intention to dispose its non-core
properties which are mostly occupied by informal settler families at
zonal value, as mandated by UDHA;
WHEREAS, the disposition of said properties form an essential part of
the rehabilitation plan of PNR and must also be fast tracked to abate
the proliferation of informal settlers into these non-core properties
which may adversely affect such disposition.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do
hereby order:
Section 1.
The non-core properties of the PNR are those outside the boundaries of
the railroad tracks and not utilized for railroad purposes.
If necessary, a final survey shall be conducted to clearly determine
the areas and parcels covered by this Order.
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and One.
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