Proclamation No. 1076




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 1076, September 4, 1997 ] ESTABLISHING AS THE TAGUIBO RIVER WATERSHED FOREST RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROTECTION, MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS WATER YIELD AND PROVIDING RESTRAINING MECHANISM FOR INAPPROPRIATE FOREST EXPLOITATION AND LAND-USE PRACTICES, A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE CITY OF BUTUAN AND MUNICIPALITIES OF REMEDIOS TRINIDAD ROMUALDEZ AND CABADBARAN, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE, ISLAND OF MINDANAO Upon recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby withdraw from entry, sale, disposition or settlement and set aside as the Taguibo River Watershed Forest Reserve, subject to private rights, if any there be, and to the operations of previous proclamations reserving any portion thereof, and to the implementation of forestry development programs consistent with the objectives of the proclamation as may be determined by the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, a certain parcel of land of the public domain located in the City of Butuan, and Municipalities of Remedios Trinidad Romualdez and Cabadbaran, Province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines as shown in the Forest Management Bureau Map No. WR 120A, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at point “1” on the map, a point designated as corner 1 located at the top of the ridge with latitude 09° 0127.04? and longitude 125° 3854.56? being Due North, 1,000 meters from the junction of Iyao Creek and Taguibo River; Thence N 25°00" E, 1,050 meters to corner 2, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 71°00" E, 500 meters to corner 3, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 77°00" E, 875 meters to corner 4, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 23°00" E, 300 meters to corner 5, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 44°00" E, 500 meters to corner 6, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 27°30" E, 550 meters to corner 7, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 62°00" E, 650 meters to corner 8, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 25°00" E, 650 meters to corner 9, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 23°00" W, 650 meters to corner 10, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 50°00" E, 625 meters to corner 11, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 06°00" W, 650 meters to corner 12, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 56°00" E, 775 meters to corner 13, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 78°00" E, 875 meters to corner 14, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 15°00" E, 1,200 meters to corner 15, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 07°00" E, 475 meters to corner 16, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 03°00" E, 1,025 meters to corner 17, a point at the peak of Mt. Hilonghilong, elevation 2,012 meters; Thence N 85°00" E, 500 meters to corner 18, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 67°00" E, 400 meters to corner 19, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 50°00" E, 600 meters to corner 20, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 56°00" E, 400 meters to corner 21, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 09°00" W, 1,275 meters to corner 22, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 20°30" W, 475 meters to corner 23, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 40°30" E, 450 meters to corner 24, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 72°00" E, 350 meters to corner 25, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 31°00" E, 250 meters to corner 26, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 28°00" W, 225 meters to corner 27, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 06°45" W, 1,050 meters to corner 28, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 30°30" W, 350 meters to corner 29, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 06°00" E, 300 meters to corner 30, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 50°00" W, 350 meters to corner 31, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 73°00" E, 375 meters to corner 32, a point on top of ridge; Thence Due South, 450 meters to corner 33, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 32°00" E, 650 meters to corner 34, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 08°00" W, 550 meters to corner 35, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 43°00" E, 450 meters to corner 36, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 40°00" W, 1,900 meters to corner 37, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 82°00" W, 550 meters to corner 38, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 18°30" W, 1,100 meters to corner 39, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 44°00" E, 425 meters to corner 40, a point on top of ridge; Thence Due South, 450 meters to corner 41, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 86°00" W, 475 meters to corner 42, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 59°00" W, 600 meters to corner 43, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 84°00" W, 1,350 meters to corner 44, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 24°00" W, 500 meters to corner 45, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 37°00" W, 1,200 meters to corner 46, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 48°00" W, 550 meters to corner 47, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 63°00" W, 475 meters to corner 48, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 60°00" W, 1,200 meters to corner 49, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 31°00" W, 1,000 meters to corner 50, a point on top of ridge; Thence N 17°00" W, 450 meters to corner 51, a point on top of ridge; Thence S 82°00" E, 175 meters to corner 52, a point on the ground; Thence N 34°00" E, 200 meters to corner 53, a point on the ground; Thence S 88°00" E, 150 meters to corner 54, a point on the ground; Thence N 21°00" E, 300 meters to corner 55, a point on the ground; Thence N 82°30" E, 325 meters to corner 56, a point on the bank of the river; Thence N 07°30" W, 100 meters to corner 57, a point on the ground; Thence N 67°00" W, 250 meters to corner 58, a point on the ground; Thence N 52°00" W, 125 meters to corner 59, a point on the ground; Thence S 51°30" W, 200 meters to corner 60, a point on the ground; Thence S 64°00" W, 130 meters to corner 61, a point on the ground; Thence S 85°30" W, 500 meters to corner 62, a point on the bank of the river, junction of Iyao Creek and Taguibo River; Thence Due North, 1,000 meters to corner 1, the point of beginning, containing an area of Four Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Seven and 44/100 (4,367.44) Hectares, More or Less.1aшphi1 The administrative jurisdiction, supervision and control of the reservation shall be under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in coordination with Butuan City Water District and other government agencies with the objective of maintaining its usefulness as a source of water for domestic use, irrigation and other forestry purposes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the SEAL of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-seven. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation