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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 597 |
Development Plan for Mount Arayat and immediate vicinity
WHEREAS, our history is replete with records of the revolutionary struggle of the Filipino people for the improvement of their political, economic and social life;
WHEREAS, the contemporary Filipino, seeking no less the uplift of the country, is likewise imbued with the same revolutionary zeal for change, striving to realize this change through revolutionary but peaceful means;
WHEREAS, the New Society with its program of reforms to pursue these changes so that they may realize their dreams, hopes and aspirations for a better life;
WHEREAS, Mount Arayat in Pampanga has been the nursery of some of these revolutionary struggles;
WHEREAS, it is deemed desirable to embark on a program of development for Mount Arayat and its environs for the primary purpose of establishing the area as the monument to the revolutionary spirit of the Filipino people and of the socio-economic reforms that has been undertaken for the upliftment of the masses, especially under the New Society;
WHEREAS, in order to achieve this end there is a need to create and inter-agency task force to formulate and coordinate the planning and implementation of an integrated development plan for Mount Arayat and its immediate vicinity;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby the following;
1.
It shall be the objective of the Government to develop Mount Arayat in
its immediate vicinity and to build it as the symbol and embodiment of
the programs of change designed to improve the socio-economic condition
of the area and the quantity of life of its residents under the New
Society;
2. There is
hereby created a task force to implement a program of development for
Mount Arayat as envisioned composed of various government agencies
involved in rural development.
The
members of the task force are the following:
(a)
NEDA Regional Director for Region III — Chairman
(b) Dr.
Fortunato Battad, Sr., President of Pampanga Agricultural College —
Co-Chairman and Project Coordinator
(c) Regional
Director of the Department of Agriculture — Member
(d) Regional
Director of the Department of Natural Resources — Member
(e) Regional
Director of the Department Agrarian Reform — Member
(f) Regional
Director of the Department of Local Government and Community
Development — Member
(g) Regional
Director of the Department of Education and Culture — Member
(h) Regional
Director of the Department of Public Highways — Member
(i) Regional
Director of the Department of Public Works, Transportation and
Communication — Member
(j) Regional
Director of Kabataang Barangay — Member
(k) Regional
Director of the National Irrigation Administration — Member
(l) Provincial
Governor of Pampanga — Member
The heads of departments,
agencies and offices herein mentioned shall extend all possible support
for the Task Force.
3. The Task Force will be supported by a National Advisory Committee composed of the Presidential Executive Assistant, Dr. Waldo S. Perfecto, EDPITAF Executive Director, the Budget Commissioner, and the Provincial Governor of Pampanga.
4. The Task Force is hereby authorized to call government agency or instrumentality thereof to provide such assistance as may be necessary for the Task Force to carry out its functions effectively. (A list of these agencies is attached.) The Presidential Management Staff shall act as the Secretariat for the Task Force to monitor the execution of the above programs.
5. The Mayors of Magalang and Arayat and the other leaders of the communities within the area are called upon to support this project.
6. Implementing agencies involved are hereby authorized to utilize any savings they maintain for CY 1977 to fund the implementation and the operation of projects identified under this program. The Budget Commission shall annually thereafter shall be incorporated in the respective annual budgets of the concerned agencies.
7. The following projects are identified as top priority and the Committee shall work out a program for their early implementation:
A.
Infrastructure and Utilities
1.
Quitangil River control
2. Irrigation
Projects
*San Nicolas, Arayat Communal
Irrigation Project
*San Agustin, Magalang Communal
Irrigation Project
*Pampanga Agricultural College
Dam Irrigation System
3.
Magalang-Arayat Road, Barangay Roads, and the PAC Road Network and
Bridge
4. PAC water,
and power and artesian wells for Arayat and Magalangsia
5. Power to
barrios of Magalang and Arayat as well as for irrigation pumps.
B.
Agriculture
1.
Integrated Farm System such as social laboratories
2.
Reforestation
3.
Inland Fisheries and Livestock
C.
Social Services (includes education and employment)
1.
Farmer Training center
2. Cottage
Industries (Project Bangkuang)
3. Project
BATARISAN
4. Medical
Units and Improvement of Toilet System
5. Youth
Development
The
Pampanga Agricultural College (which shall be likewise further improved
and developed) shall be the base of operations for this project.
a.
establishment and development of recreational facilities and parks;
b. sustained
socio-cultural education development;
c. development
of non-agricultural economic potentials of the areas surrounding Mount
Arayat.
This Letter of Instructions shall take effect immediately.
DONE in San Fernando, Pampanga, this 9th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
ATTACHMENT A
1. ACA — Agricultural Credit Administration
2. AM — Arayat Municipality
3. DA-BAI — Bureau of Animal Industry — Department of Agriculture
4. DA-BPI — Bureau of Plant Industry — Department of Agriculture
5. DA-BS — Bureau of Soils — Department of Agriculture
6. CB-RB — Central Bank — Rural Banks of Arayat and Magalang
7. DA-BAExt. — Department of Agriculture — Bureau of Agricultural Extension
8. DAR — Department of Agrarian Reform
9. DEC — Department of Education and Culture
10. DOH-RHUs — Department of Health — Rural Health Units
11. DLGCD — Department of Local Government and Community Development
12. DNR — Department of Natural Resources
BFD — Bureau of Forest Development
BL — Bureau of Lands
13. DPH — Department of Public Highways
14. DPWTC — Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications
15. DSSD — Department of Social Services and Development
16. FAITH-HUKVETS
17. FFF — Free Farmers Federation
18. HSC — Human Settlement Commission
19. KB — Kabataang Barangay
20. LBP — Land Bank of the Philippines
21. MM — Magalang Municipality
22. NACIDA — National Cottage Industries Development Authority
23. NEDA — National Economic and Development Authority
24. NEA — National Electrification Administration
25. NFAC — National Food and Agricultural Council
26. NHA — National Housing Authority
27. NIA — National Irrigation Administration
28. NMYC — National Manpower and Youth Council
29. PAC — Pampanga Agricultural College
30. PELCO — Pampanga Electric Cooperative
31. PCARR — Philippine Council for Agriculture and Resources Research
32. PNB — Philippine National Bank
33. PRRM — Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement
34. PTC-RD — Philippine Training Center for Rural Development
35. Provincial Government Officesia
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