Proclamation No. 965

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 965, February 12, 1997 ]

SUPPLEMENTING PROCLAMATION NO. 295, DATED 9 NOVEMBER 1993, ENTITLED “EXCLUDING FROM THE OPERATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 63, DATED 25 JUNE 1914 AND PROCLAMATION NO. 391, DATED 13 MARCH 1939, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE MINERAL LAND RESERVATION IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO CERTAIN ALIENABLE AND DISPOSABLE PARCELS OF LAND EMBRACED THEREIN, AND DECLARING THE SAME OPEN TO DISPOSITION UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM AND OTHER PERTINENT LAWS RELATIVE TO TITLING OF LANDS SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE”, BY INCLUDING CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BASILISA, TUBAJON, LORETO, ISLAND OF DINAGAT AND MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVER, ALL WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 295 dated 9 November 1993, segregated and released portions of land within Surigao Mineral Reservation for distribution to qualified beneficiaries under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program of the Department of Agrarian Reform;

WHEREAS, the Secretaries of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Agrarian Reform have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement to conduct geological surveys for the determination of lands classified as alienable and disposable and those suitable for residential and/or agricultural purposes;

WHEREAS, per the findings of the DAR-DENR geological and field survey team, there exist portions of the Surigao Mineral Reservation which have low geological potential for minerals and could be possibly reclassified as agricultural areas which were not included in Presidential Proclamation No. 295;

WHEREAS, the residents of the parcels of lands covered by this amended proclamation are clamoring for the inclusion by the government of said parcels under the agrarian reform program;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 448, as amended by Executive Order No. 506 of 1992 provides that “except national parks and other protected areas, all lands or portions of the public domain reserved by virtue of proclamation or law for specific purposes or uses by departments, bureaus and agencies of the government, which are suitable for agriculture and no longer actually, directly and exclusively used or necessary for the purpose for which they have been reserved shall be segregated from the reservations and transferred to the Department of Agrarian Reform for distribution to qualified beneficiaries under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.”

WHEREAS, Section 7 of R.A. No. 7942, series of 1995, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 provides that the Secretary shall periodically review existing mineral reservations for the purpose of determining whether their continued existence is consistent with the national interest, and upon his recommendation, the President may, by proclamation, alter or modify the boundaries thereof or revert the same to the public domain without prejudice to prior existing rights.

NOW, THEREFORE, upon the recommendation of the Secretaries of Environment and Natural Resources and Agrarian Reform, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of Republic Act No. 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby supplement Proclamation No. 295 dated 9 November 1993 so as to include certain parcels of land suitable for agricultural purposes located in the municipalities of Basilisa, Tubajon, and Loreto, Island of Dinagat and the municipality of Claver, all in the Province of Surigao del Norte, covering an aggregate area of two thousand six hundred forty three (2,643.3278) hectares, more or less, which parcels of land are more particularly described as follows, to wit:

PARCEL 2
BARANGAY CATADMAN, BASILISA,
DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 2) situated in the Barangay of Catadman, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northeast, Southwest and Northwest, along lines 70-71-72-73-1 to 70 by Surigao Strait, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 61º 23W., 6,609.28 m. from SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

S. 86º51" E., 57.25 m. to point 2;

S. 42º49" E., 241.50 m. to point 3;

S. 54º26" W., 46.91 m. to point 4;

S. 01º30" W., 114.04 m. to point 5;

S. 31º03" W., 94.83 m. to point 6;

S. 39º36" E., 85.27 m. to point 7;

S. 67º29" E., 117.51 m. to point 8;

S. 48º42" E., 172.01 m. to point 9;

S. 0º28" W., 84.06 m. to point 10;

S. 24º24" E., 96.50 m. to point 11;

S. 82º32" E., 114.46 m. to point 12;

N. 75º22" E., 116.35 m. to point 13;

S. 54º49" E., 90.28 m. to point 14;

S. 87º00" E., 32.35 m. to point 15;

N. 49º08" E., 93.38 m. to point 16;

S. 80º32" E., 11.61 m. to point 17;

S. 15º57" E., 106.75 m. to point 18;

S. 02º08" E., 48.96 m. to point 19;

N. 72º08" E., 55.93 m. to point 20;

S. 52º56" E., 63.20 m. to point 21;

S. 04º17" W., 131.56 m. to point 22;

N. 61º23" E., 29.04 m. to point 23;

S. 40º27" E., 39.82 m. to point 24;

S. 22º02" E., 153.83 m. to point 25;

S. 00º49" E., 183.87 m. to point 26;

S. 80º27" E., 113.22 m. to point 27;

N. 70º08" E., 145.65 m. to point 28;

S. 40º05" E., 84.74 m. to point 29;

N. 60º28" E., 68.91 m. to point 30;

S. 87º41E., 103.70 m. to point 31;

N. 60º47" E., 83.54 m. to point 32;

N. 68º52" E., 97.35 m. to point 33;

N. 89º02" E., 69.23 m. to point 34;

S. 10º05" W., 124.11 m. to point 35;

S. 26º01" E., 100.83 m. to point 36;

S. 04º33" W., 99.72 m. to point 37;

S. 43º23" E., 60.05 m. to point 38;

N. 85º58" E., 93.31 m. to point 39;

S. 47º29" E., 82.52 m. to point 40;

S. 20º51" W., 93.48 m. to point 41;

S. 16º26" E., 138.70 m. to point 42;

S. 34º52" E., 155.73 m. to point 43;

S. 52º03" W., 155.12 m. to point 44;

N. 75º40" W., 332.65 m. to point 45;

N. 42º28" W., 61.11 m. to point 46;

N. 14º54" E., 39.27 m. to point 47;

N. 45º36" E., 77.37 m. to point 48;

N. 15º15" W., 134.70 m. to point 49;

N. 51º30" W., 359.29 m. to point 50;

N. 65º05" W., 276.75 m. to point 51;

N. 80º29" W., 107.12 m. to point 52;

S. 63º27" W., 124.71 m. to point 53;

N. 81º55" W., 144.74 m. to point 54;

S. 39º15" W., 179.62 m. to point 55;

S. 76º13" W., 215.08 m. to point 56;

N. 18º51" W., 84.55 m. to point 57;

N. 40º33" W., 72.31 m. to point 58;

N. 79º04" W., 53.15 m. to point 59;

N. 19º04" E., 78.94 m. to point 60;

N. 37º35" W., 15.42 m. to point 61;

S. 89º59" W., 180.53 m. to point 62;

N. 26º30" W., 450.52 m. to point 63;

N. 56º33" W., 129.59 m. to point 64;

N. 00º57" E., 93.54 m. to point 65;

N. 25º54" W., 93.47 m. to point 66;

N. 06º23" W., 304.92 m. to point 67;

N. 18º05" W., 179.72 m. to point 68;

N. 08º52" E., 240.44 m. to point 69;

N. 31º07" E., 114.99 m. to point 70;

N. 81º03" E., 22.00 m. to point 71;

S. 34º27" E., 45.28 m. to point 72;

S. 50º54" E., 100.45 m. to point 73;

S. 61º25" E., 105.85 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 151.8011 hectares, more or less.

BARANGAYS COLUMBUS AND CORING
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land, situated in the Barangays of Columbus and Coring, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northeast, along lines 9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17 by Mineral Reservation; on the Southeast, Southwest and Northwest, along lines 17 to 46, 1 to 9 by Surigao Strait, beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being N. 56º01W., 10,382.76 m. from NAMRIA STA. SRN-3, Municipality of Dinagat, thence:

N. 25º20" W., 70.73 m. to point 2;

N. 05º 48" E., 72.96 m. to point 3;

N. 06º35" E., 255.27 m. to point 4;

N. 01º33" W., 171.18 m. to point 5;

N. 14º13" E., 71.69 m. to point 6;

N. 37º53" E., 115.23 m. to point 7;

N. 75º40" E., 204.08 m. to point 8;

N. 40º25" E., 180.54 m. to point 9;

S. 40º57" E., 88.58 m. to point 10;

S. 55º58" E., 124.19 m. to point 11;

N. 88º01" E., 100.05 m. to point 12;

S. 50º39" E., 188.88 m. to point 13;

S. 32º23" E., 327.67 m. to point 14;

S. 01º21" W., 31.36 m. to point 15;

S. 68º00" E., 84.17 m. to point 16;

S. 39º02" E., 148.03 m. to point 17;

S. 23º25" W., 221.06 m. to point 18;

S. 05º55" E., 145.71 m. to point 19;

S. 79º11" W., 135.51 m. to point 20;

S. 28º38" W., 121.20 m. to point 21;

S. 51º02" W., 25.39 m. to point 22;

S. 50º14" W., 91.84 m. to point 23;

S. 45º51" W., 138.25 m. to point 24;

S. 68º02" W., 68.66 m. to point 25;

S. 47º44" W., 168.96 m. to point 26;

S. 49º35" W., 207.66 m. to point 27;

S. 60º53" W., 160.69 m. to point 28;

S. 16º11" W., 101.74 m. to point 29;

S. 25º21" W., 40.46 m. to point 30;

N. 64º47" W., 68.60 m. to point 31;

N. 12º21" E., 241.50 m. to point 32;

N. 03º05" W., 29.07 m. to point 33;

N. 57º44" E., 162.19 m. to point 34;

S. 73º23" E., 48.59 m. to point 35;

N. 78º17" E., 68.48 m. to point 36;

N. 01º09" W., 284.98 m. to point 37;

N. 17º14" W., 74.03 m. to point 38;

N. 45º11" W., 36.73 m. to point 39;

N. 00º40" W., 83.90 m. to point 40;

N. 22º39" E., 49.09 m. to point 41;

N. 33º47" W., 161.67 m. to point 42;

S. 52º30" W., 131.28 m. to point 43;

S. 74º57" W., 118.76 m. to point 44;

S. 51º44" W., 35.88 m. to point 45;

N. 65º56" W., 39.91 m. to point 46;

N. 02º34" W., 25.50 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 108.3336 hectares, more or less.

BARANGAY RIZAL, EMEE ROXAS BASILISA
DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land situated in the Barangays of Rizal, Emee and Roxas, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte;

Bounded on the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest, along lines 83 to 101, and 1 to 83 by Surigao Strait, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 61º55W., 10,343.99 m. from NAMRIA STA. SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

S. 28º32" E., 125.54 m. to point 2;

S. 16º53" E., 197.00 m. to point 3;

S. 31º16" E., 74.52 m. to point 4;

S. 29º21" E., 16.15 m. to point 5;

S. 23º08" E., 265.70 m. to point 6;

S. 54º29" E., 84.94 m. to point 7;

S. 07º32" W., 247.34 m. to point 8;

S. 04º02" W., 32.40 m. to point 9;

S. 17º07" W., 41.12 m. to point 10;

S. 33º13" W., 71.23 m. to point 11;

S. 74º09" W., 35.14 m. to point 12;

S. 22º07" W., 45.66 m. to point 13;

S. 11º32" W., 38.50 m. to point 14;

S. 14º12" W., 37.36 m. to point 15;

S. 11º13" E., 36.70 m. to point 16;

S. 64º55" W., 95.81 m. to point 17;

S. 33º40" W., 37.08 m. to point 18;

S. 75º34" W., 25.20 m. to point 19;

S. 50º09" W., 47.84 m. to point 20;

S. 76º33" W., 30.20 m. to point 21;

S. 38º58" W., 63.47 m. to point 22;

S. 44º07" W., 64.82 m. to point 23;

S. 84º26" W., 80.16 m. to point 24;

S. 06º48" W., 79.05 m. to point 25;

S. 14º07" W., 990.17 m. to point 26;

N. 23º21" W., 450.25 m. to point 27;

S. 72º45" W., 58.00 m. to point 28;

N. 77º40" W., 221.86 m. to point 29;

N. 41º04" E., 48.52 m. to point 30;

N. 81º15" E., 374.11 m. to point 31;

N. 19º37" E., 147.92 m. to point 32;

N. 22º17" E., 43.87 m. to point 33;

N. 08º15" E., 166.25 m. to point 34;

N. 01º41" E., 111.10 m. to point 35;

N. 21º07" W., 158.31 m. to point 36;

N. 10º56" W., 56.23 m. to point 37;

N. 23º26" W., 161.50 m. to point 38;

N. 30º18" E., 37.07 m. to point 39;

N. 10º46" W., 55.52 m. to point 40;

N. 04º34" E., 74.04 m. to point 41;

N. 14º34" W., 59.20 m. to point 42;

N. 08º26" W., 40.87 m. to point 43;

N. 46º06" E., 68.10 m. to point 44;

N. 43º48" E., 73.12 m. to point 45;

N. 23º21" E., 17.96 m. to point 46;

N. 06º26" E., 118.57 m. to point 47;

N. 41º09" W., 63.78 m. to point 48;

N. 64º14" W., 44.41 m. to point 49;

N. 25º01" W., 41.20 m. to point 50;

N. 41º13" W., 47.83 m. to point 51;

N. 04º09" E., 71.76 m. to point 52;

N. 37º30" W., 75.06 m. to point 53;

N. 77º42" W., 58.79 m. to point 54;

N. 30º58" W., 58.65 m. to point 55;

N. 04º02" E., 46.81 m. to point 56;

N. 09º55" E., 76.08 m. to point 57;

N. 10º09" W., 35.90 m. to point 58;

N. 03º17" E., 20.38 m. to point 59;

N. 25º35" E., 60.77 m. to point 60;

N. 40º15" E., 43.40 m. to point 61;

N. 08º59" E., 31.78 m. to point 62;

N. 33º11" E., 37.23 m. to point 63;

N. 05º44" E., 59.56 m. to point 64;

N. 06º12" E., 50.01 m. to point 65;

N. 35º09" W., 59.24 m. to point 66;

N. 21º14" W., 41.43 m. to point 67;

N. 40º44" W., 57.40 m. to point 68;

N. 38º30" W., 126.98 m. to point 69;

N. 54º55" W., 120.70 m. to point 70;

N. 17º25" W., 135.24 m. to point 71;

N. 50º49" W., 26.26 m. to point 72;

S. 82º50" W., 121.72 m. to point 73;

N. 18º06" W., 151.10 m. to point 74;

N. 48º39" W., 92.91 m. to point 75;

N. 60º36" W., 113.27 m. to point 76;

N. 09º39" W., 102.03 m. to point 77;

N. 10º35" W., 165.73 m. to point 78;

N. 53º16" W., 57.44 m. to point 79;

N. 15º27" E., 154.57 m. to point 80;

N. 64º38" E., 161.98 m. to point 81;

N. 17º27" E., 92.20 m. to point 82;

N. 12º29" W., 35.00 m. to point 83;

N. 79º59" E., 18.00 m. to point 84;

S. 43º50" E., 80.27 m. to point 85;

S. 64º25" E., 82.17 m. to point 86;

S. 78º57" E., 121.66 m. to point 87;

S. 79º01" E., 92.65 m. to point 88;

S. 37º08" E., 89.70 m. to point 89;

S. 25º46" E., 66.12 m. to point 90;

S. 47º24" E., 107.16 m. to point 91;

S. 20º18" E., 241.02 m. to point 92;

S. 25º16" E., 240.12 m. to point 93;

S. 30º35" E., 127.94 m. to point 94;

S. 30º13" E., 75.84 m. to point 95;

S. 04º37" E., 59.72 m. to point 96;

S. 43º18" E., 73.83 m. to point 97;

S. 23º44" E., 119.25 m. to point 98;

S. 35º13" E., 161.79 m. to point 99;

S. 36º15" E., 68.92 m. to point 100;

S. 24º00" E., 44.05 m. to point 101;

S. 35º40" E., 80.75 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 200.8183 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 1
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA

A parcel of land (Parcel 1) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the North along lines 25 to 37 by mineral area, along lines 37-38 by mangrove area; on the East, along lines 38-39-40-1 by mineral area; on the South and West, along lines 1 to 25 by Surigao Strait, beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being N. 35º45W., 19,267.55 m. from NAMRIA STA. SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

N. 70º12" W., 270.94 m. to point 2;

N. 89º44" W., 119.20 m. to point 3;

N. 79º20" W., 258.69 m. to point 4;

S. 72º18" W., 76.70 m. to point 5;

N. 74º36" W., 75.41 m. to point 6;

N. 57º01" W., 50.61 m. to point 7;

N. 45º49" W., 103.46 m. to point 8;

N. 41º58" W., 87.89 m. to point 9;

N. 39º19" E., 43.37 m. to point 10;

N. 06º34" W., 25.42 m. to point 11;

N. 39º13" W., 26.60 m. to point 12;

N. 08º42" W., 52.86 m. to point 13;

N. 30º45" W., 35.34 m. to point 14;

N. 59º45" W., 32.39 m. to point 15;

N. 48º39" W., 34.02 m. to point 16;

N. 02º51" E., 156.14 m. to point 17;

N. 36º23" W., 61.00 m. to point 18;

N. 07º59" E., 134.57 m. to point 19;

N. 35º02" W., 84.13 m. to point 20;

N. 21º01" E., 164.80 m. to point 21;

N. 13º47" E., 248.13 m. to point 22;

N. 03º17" E., 185.47 m. to point 23;

N. 72º46" W., 29.59 m. to point 24;

N. 27º15" W., 101.70 m. to point 25;

S. 56º22" E., 240.79 m. to point 26;

N. 87º30" E., 245.57 m. to point 27;

S. 31º22" W., 522.53 m. to point 28;

S. 18º49" W., 41.88 m. to point 29;

S. 33º43" E., 192.30 m. to point 30;

S. 26º58" W., 320.36 m. to point 31;

S. 56º08" E., 318.71 m. to point 32;

S. 82º23" E., 219.61 m. to point 33;

N. 25º39" E., 758.62 m. to point 34;

N. 21º10" E., 514.48 m. to point 35;

S. 87º30" W., 245.57 m. to point 36;

N. 58º45" E., 287.82 m. to point 37;

S. 61º11" E., 105.78 m. to point 38;

S. 57º22" E., 161.36 m. to point 39;

S. 15º19" E., 1,393.47 m. to point 40;

S. 08º35" W., 124.36 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 99.0729 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 2
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 2) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte;

Bounded on the Northeast and Southeast, along lines 7-8-1-2 by Surigao Strait; on the South, along lines 2-3-4-5 by mangrove area; on the Southwest and West, by mineral area, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 37º40W., 18,673.536 m. from SRN-3 of Dinagat Island, thence:

S. 34º58" W., 95.69 m. to point 2;

S. 78º05" W., 20.01 m. to point 3;

N. 59º17" W., 30.16 m. to point 4;

S. 37º14" W., 49.52 m. to point 5;

N. 45º02" W., 75.94 m. to point 6;

N. 05º10" W., 149.06 m. to point 7;

S. 20º48" E., 53.66 m. to point 8;

S. 75º43" E., 184.07 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 1.7657 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 3
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 3), situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northwest and Northeast, along lines 1 to 15 by mangrove area; on the East and Southwest, along lines 15 to 20 by Surigao Strait, along lines 20 to 25 by mangrove area, along lines 25 to 29 by Surigao Strait, along lines 29-1 by mineral area, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 37º56W., 19,160.065 m. from SRN-3 of Dinagat Island, thence:

N. 59º29" E., 78.77 m. to point 2;

N. 00º25" W., 153.88 m. to point 3;

N. 75º44" E., 42.11 m. to point 4;

S. 19º58" E., 43.97 m. to point 5;

S. 02º54" W., 85.33 m. to point 6;

S. 22º14" W. 82.04 m. to point 7;

S. 05º55" W., 69.06 m. to point 8;

N. 41º01" E., 14.99 m. to point 9;

N. 49º36" E., 39.26 m. to point 10;

N. 81º43" E., 43.64 m. to point 11;

S. 62º20" E., 50.78 m. to point 12;

S. 30º48" E., 43.16 m. to point 13;

N. 69º41" E., 35.66 m. to point 14;

S. 65º51" E., 48.92 m. to point 15;

S. 03º55" E., 66.72 m. to point 16;

S. 18º26" W., 54.34 m. to point 17;

S. 14º50" E., 43.75 m. to point 18;

S. 03º49" E., 13.49 m. to point 19;

N. 83º54" W., 49.31 m. to point 20;

N. 43º11" W., 122.29 m. to point 21;

N. 72º31" W., 26.44 m. to point 22;

S. 89º06" W., 98.88 m. to point 23;

S. 55º06" W., 14.19 m. to point 24;

S. 11º46" W., 19.03 m. to point 25;

N. 48º11" W., 7.24 m. to point 26;

N. 14º30" E., 29.78 m. to point 27;

N. 08º39" E., 95.36 m. to point 28;

N. 79º26" W., 89.15 m. to point 29;

N. 25º56" W., 58.29 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 6.0019 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 4

A parcel of land (Parcel 4) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northwest and Northeast, along lines 1 to 6 by mangrove area, along lines 6-7-8-9 by mineral area; on the Southwest, along lines 9 to 12, 12-1 by Surigao Strait, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 38º35W., 18,588.56 m. from SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

N. 69º37" W., 146.13 m. to point 2;

S. 28º23" W., 85.81 m. to point 3;

S. 13º35" E., 67.92 m. to point 4;

S. 31º50" E., 32.49 m. to point 5;

S. 86º30" E., 27.15 m. to point 6;

S. 57º44" E., 10.77 m. to point 7;

S. 64º18" W., 32.60 m. to point 8;

S. 52º30" E., 42.13 m. to point 9;

N. 83º27" W., 65.70 m. to point 10;

N. 58º38" W., 81.19 m. to point 11;

N. 35º32" W., 99.97 m. to point 12;

N. 59º35" W., 67.77 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 2.1161 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 5
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 5) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northwest, Northeast and Southeast, along lines 3-4-5-1 by mineral area; on the Southwest and Northwest, along lines 1-2-3 by Surigao Strait, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 35º38" W., 17,234.35 m. from SRN-3 of Dinagat Island, thence:

N. 11º04" W., 156.61 m. to point 2;

N. 03º50" E., 58.57 m. to point 3;

N. 63º04" E., 21.75 m. to point 4;

S. 17º52" E., 199.30 m. to point 5;

S. 59º18" W., 63.27 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 0.9513 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 6
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 6) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the North along lines 13-14 by mineral area; on the East along lines 14 to 46 by mangrove area, along lines 46-47-48 by mineral area, along lines 48–53 by Surigao Strait; on the South, along lines 53-54-1 by mineral area; on the West along lines 1 to 13 by Surigao Strait, Hagakhak Island, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 43º29" W., 17,909.31 m. from SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

N. 50º24" W., 127.36 m. to point 2;

N. 14º32" E., 87.61 m. to point 3;

N. 17º38" W., 71.34 m. to point 4;

N. 39º15" W., 188.99 m. to point 5;

N. 18º55" E., 34.63 m. to point 6;

N. 05º58" E., 239.36 m. to point 7;

N. 01º02" E., 152.98 m. to point 8;

N. 05º07" E., 150.13 m. to point 9;

N. 00º15" E., 91.44 m. to point 10;

S. 88º22" E., 54.42 m. to point 11;

N. 40º06" W., 95.63 m. to point 12;

N. 11º06" E., 79.37 m. to point 13;

N. 87º01" E., 82.98 m. to point 14;

S. 43º02" W., 81.41 m. to point 15;

S. 19º26" E., 29.76 m. to point 16;

S. 79º36" W., 73.64 m. to point 17;

S. 05º34" W., 96.66 m. to point 18;

N. 53º01" W., 40.04 m. to point 19;

S. 38º19" W., 18.40 m. to point 20;

S. 13º07" E., 15.17 m. to point 21;

S. 52º58" W., 55.43 m. to point 22;

S. 01º31" W., 56.22 m. to point 23;

S. 57º09" E., 27.98 m. to point 24;

N. 70º19" E., 30.91 m. to point 25;

S. 68º03" E., 16.53 m. to point 26;

S. 18º31" E., 65.53 m. to point 27;

S. 03º03" E., 50.14 m. to point 28;

S. 55º50" W., 51.15 m. to point 39;

S. 24º20" W., 28.05 m. to point 30;

S. 02º24" W., 116.29 m. to point 31;

S. 16º44" W., 42.85 m. to point 32;

S. 06º04" W., 72.99 m. to point 33;

S. 17º34" W., 60.32 m. to point 34;

S. 38º41" E., 18.90 m. to point 35;

S. 55º41" E., 48.45 m. to point 36;

S. 09º41" W., 18.01 m. to point 37;

N. 62º13" E., 35.45 m. to point 38;

N. 41º36" E., 24.96 m. to point 39;

N. 06º55" E., 157.01 m. to point 40;

S. 76º40" E., 102.46 m. to point 41;

S. 27º21" E., 109.35 m. to point 42;

S. 40º43" E., 101.94 m. to point 43;

N. 37º00" E., 158.50 m. to point 44;

N. 01º32" W., 135.86 m. to point 45;

S. 51º35" E., 91.96 m. to point 46;

S. 18º20" W., 61.94 m. to point 47;

S. 33º38" E., 95.88 m. to point 48;

S. 50º05" W., 99.48 m. to point 49;

S. 68º51" W., 56.32 m. to point 50;

S. 37º47" W., 30.21 m. to point 51;

S. 12º36" W., 36.36 m. to point 52;

S. 00º32" E., 94.71 m. to point 53;

S. 53º05" W., 172.31 m. to point 54;

S. 25º45" W., 210.51 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 23.1093 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 7
BARANGAY PUERTO PRINCESA
BASILISA, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 7) situated in the Barangay of Puerto Princesa, Municipality of Basilisa, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte;

Bounded on the North, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest, along lines 1 to 7 to 1 by Surigao Strait, Hagakhak Island II, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 44º36W., 18,810.52 m. from SRN-3, Dinagat Island, thence:

S. 74º25" E., 55.47 m. to point 2;

S. 35º25" E., 342.86 m. to point 3;

S. 16º44" W., 46.34 m. to point 4;

N. 42º49" W., 306.01 m. to point 5;

N. 89º40" W., 87.40 m. to point 6;

N.11º02" E., 95.78 m. to point 7;

N. 62º43" E., 43.09 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 2.8577 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 7
MUNICIPALITY OF TUBAJON
DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 7) situated in the Municipality of Tubajon, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northwest, along lines 25 to 30 to 1 by shoreline; on the Northeast, Southeast and Southwest, along lines 1 to 25 by mineral reservation, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being N. 5º36W., 1,130.11 m. from SRN STA No. 3, thence:

S. 60º34" E., 612.67 m. to point 2;

S. 58º26" E., 551.75 m. to point 3;

N. 01º18" W., 1,048.00 m. to point 4;

S. 67º55" E., 2,271.06 m. to point 5;

S. 67º27" E., 1,502.90 m. to point 6;

S. 37º42" E., 870.59 m. to point 7;

S. 45º80" W., 488.80 m. to point 8;

S. 00º19" W., 471.29 m. to point 9;

S. 34º20" E., 1,311.79 m. to point 10;

S. 25º52" E., 494.91 m. to point 11;

S. 47º26" W., 2,384.68 m. to point 12;

S. 50º05" W., 544.38 m. to point 13;

N. 88º12" W., 278.92 m. to point 14;

S. 15º53" W., 352.32 m. to point 15;

S. 35º47" W., 99.91 m. to point 16;

N. 53º04" W., 887.19 m. to point 17;

N. 23º07" E., 2,631.36 m. to point 18;

N. 88º16" W., 1,569.13 m. to point 19;

N. 67º14" W., 578.53 m. to point 20;

N. 65º18" W., 653.97 m. to point 21;

N. 78º31" W., 266.41 m. to point 22;

N. 33º34" W., 1,043.97 m. to point 23;

N. 27º08" E., 316.22 m. to point 24;

N. 14º51" W., 541.51 m. to point 25;

S. 79º25" E., 561.86 m. to point 26;

N. 30º13" E., 133.76 m. to point 27;

S. 60º56" E., 97.22 m. to point 28;

S. 32º13" E., 194.50 m. to point 29;

N. 25º50" W., 900.29 m. to point 30;

N. 50º30" E., 779.37 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 1,935.0672 hectares, more or less.

PARCEL 3
BARANGAYS PUYO ISLAND AND SANTIAGO,
LORETO, DINAGAT ISLAND

A parcel of land (Parcel 3) situated in the Barangay of Puyo Island and Santiago, Municipality of Loreto, Dinagat Island, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northeast, along lines 11 to 14; on the Southeast, along lines 14 to 24-1-2; on the Southwest, along lines 2 to 10; on the Northwest, along lines 10-11, all by Panamaon Bay, Surigao Strait, beginning at a point marked “1” on the plan being N. 57º03 E., 1,973.76 m. from NAMRIA STA. SRN-4, Municipality of Loreto, thence:

S. 53º52" W., 34.11 m. to point 2;

N. 68º49" W., 59.37 m. to point 3;

N. 14º39" W., 26.52 m. to point 4;

N. 48º26" W., 169.05 m. to point 5;

N. 54º34" W., 64.84 m. to point 6;

N. 43º07" W., 136.22 m. to point 7;

N. 36º49" W., 151.74 m. to point 8;

N. 61º25" W., 158.00 m. to point 9;

N. 32º41" W., 99.37 m. to point 10;

N. 46º56" E., 956.35 m. to point 11;

S. 17º36" E., 99.89 m. to point 12;

S. 18º03" E., 221.67 m. to point 13;

S. 06º48" W., 112.28 m. to point 14;

S. 72º15" W., 61.41 m. to point 15;

S. 25º06" W., 72.29 m. to point 16;

N. 74º08" W., 41.37 m. to point 17;

S. 83º22" W., 17.76 m. to point 18;

S. 24º27" W., 206.99 m. to point 19;

S. 28º33" W., 59.58 m. to point 20;

S. 02º32" W., 254.52 m. to point 21;

S. 21º05" W., 84.11 m. to point 22;

S. 26º39" E., 97.17 m. to point 23;

S. 47º19" E., 81.17 m. to point of

beginning, containing an area of 38.1039 hectares, more or less.

BARANGAY LAPINIGAN ISLAND, CLAVER,
SURIGAO DEL NORTE

A parcel of land situated in the Barangay of Lapinigan Island, Municipality of Claver, Province of Surigao del Norte.

Bounded on the Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and Northwest, along lines 9 to 28-1 to 9 by Pacific Ocean and Candos Bay, beginning at point marked “1” on the plan being S. 72º33E., 7,613 m. from BLLM No. 1, Pls-754, thence:

N. 31º53" W., 162.88 m. to point 2;

N. 53º54" W., 198.24 m. to point 3;

N. 66º28" W., 179.35 m. to point 4;

S. 84º20" W., 91.27 m. to point 5;

S. 84º06" W., 54.73 m. to point 6;

S. 89º47" W., 239.72 m. to point 7;

N. 13º38" W., 292.78 m. to point 8;

N. 41º32" E., 163.25 m. to point 9;

N. 07º51" E., 248.27 m. to point 10;

N. 87º46" E., 90.23 m. to point 11;

S. 36º51" E., 22.16 m. to point 12;

S. 77º45" E., 67.28 m. to point 13;

S. 83º51" E., 186.07 m. to point 14;

S. 60º33" E., 298.29 m. to point 15;

S. 70º32" E., 177.46 m. to point 16;

S. 67º03" E., 69.78 m. to point 17;

S. 09º00" W., 98.39 m. to point 18;

S. 25º46" E., 47.36 m. to point 19;

S. 41º08" E., 72.55 m. to point 20;

S. 60º32" E., 226.31 m. to point 21;

S. 05º37" W., 91.61 m. to point 22;

S. 33º58" W., 94.89 m. to point 23;

S. 51º36" W., 171.93 m. to point 24;

N. 87º16" E., 2.10 m. to point 25;

S. 32º06" W., 73.75 m. to point 26;

S. 50º31" W., 118.97 m. to point 27;

S. 67º20" W., 31.79 m. to point 28;

N. 85º39" W., 126.54 m. to point of

beginning; containing an area of 73.3288 hectares, more or less.1aшphi1

The technical description and areas covered by this Proclamation may be subject to change as a result of the final survey and delineation on the ground. The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) shall provide funds for the conduct of the surveys.

The following areas are excluded from the coverage of this Proclamation:

1. All areas within the proclamation which fall under the classification of timberland, forestland or unclassified public land or those covered by the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS);

2. All rivers and creeks; and

3. All easement requirements pursuant to the provisions of P.D. No. 705, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines, P.D. No. 1067 otherwise known as the Water Code of the Philippines Republic Act No. 1273 otherwise known as an Act to Amend Section 90 of C.A. 141, known as the Public Land Act and other pertinent laws, rules and regulations.

These areas are hereby reserved for environmental protection purposes.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall retain jurisdiction over the portions covered by public land applications. Vested rights in the areas subject of this Proclamation shall be respected.

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 12th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

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