MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 279, April 23, 2000 ]

DECLARING RIZAL NATIONAL PARK SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DAPITAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AS PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992), AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL PROTECTED LANDSCAPE

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare Rizal National Park situated in the City of Dapitan, Province of Zamboanga del Norte as a Protected Area under the category of Protected Landscape and its peripheral areas as Buffer Zone, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the indigenous people as provided for in R. A. No. 8371, DENR Administrative Order No. 93-02, and other related rules and regulations, if any, as described in the DENR NIPAS Map No. RO9-01.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTIONS

The Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is identical to corner “1” of Zamboanga Project No. 1, Block-III, Alienable and Disposable, LC Map No. 575 which is also N 26° 56" W at 1,391.34 meters from BLLM No. 1, PLS-447;

Thence S 50° 36W 22.9 meters to corner 2;
Thence S 58° 47W, 52.5 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 82° 53W, 67.1 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 86° 16W, 140.9 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 60° 37W, 49.4 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 45° 29W, 96.3 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 70° 28E, 68.2 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 23° 32E, 111.4 meters to corner 9;
Thence N 07° 19W, 53.1 meters to corner 10;
Thence N 55° 13W, 24.9 meters to corner 11;
Thence N 75° 38W, 20.1 meters to corner 12;
Thence S 29° 23W, 77.1 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 39° 18W, 61.5 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 20° 32W, 67.1 meters to corner 15;
Thence S 10° 32E, 21.2 meters to corner 16;
Thence N 43° 17W, 332.1 meters to corner 17;
Thence N 48° 17W, 267.1 meters to corner 18;
Thence N 55° 41E, 98.2 meters to corner 19;
Thence N 28° 37E, 97.1 meters to corner 20;
Thence S 66° 05E, 104.7 meters to corner 21;
Thence N 39° 43E, 82.9 meters to corner 22;
Thence S 53° 49E, 100.5 meters to corner 23;
Thence N 20° 29E, 96.8 meters to corner 24;
Thence N 38° 43E, 78.0 meters to corner 25;
Thence S 71° 15E, 79.6 meters to corner 26;
Thence N 69° 29E, 138.2 meters to corner 27;
Thence N 01° 02E, 168.9 meters to corner 28;
Thence N 26° 00W, 131.4 meters to corner 29;
Thence N 03° 08W, 72.4 meters to corner 30;
Thence N 81° 23W, 141.2 meters to corner 31;
Thence N 22° 65W, 72.9 meters to corner 32;
Thence N 81° 23W, 126.1 meters to corner 33;
Thence S 11° 43W, 77.5 meters to corner 34;
Thence S 44° 18W, 122.7 meters to corner 35;
Thence S 74° 39W, 126.4 meters to corner 36;
Thence S 20° 32W, 335.3 meters to corner 37;
Thence S 03° 54W, 56.9 meters to corner 38;
Thence S 55° 20W, 111.9 meters to corner 39;
Thence N 40° 16W, 127.8 meters to corner 40;
Thence S 80° 59W, 290.6 meters to corner 41;
Thence N 47° 20W, 111.5 meters to corner 42;
Thence S 67° 52W, 216.3 meters to corner 43;
Thence N 83° 21W, 52.8 meters to corner 44;
Thence N 20° 46E, 310.0 meters to corner 45;
Thence N 53° 43W, 123.9 meters to corner 46;
Thence S 54° 44W, 259.9 meters to corner 47;
Thence N 89° 25W, 143.0 meters to corner 48;
Thence N 53° 32W, 104.1 meters to corner 49;
Thence N 40° 44E, 341.5 meters to corner 50;
Thence N 23° 10W, 595.4 meters to corner 51;
Thence N 07° 29E, 260.7 meters to corner 52;
Thence N 53° 15E, 254.1 meters to corner 53;
Thence N 67° 01E, 89.1 meters to corner 54;
Thence S 81° 46E, 79.7 meters to corner 55;
Thence N 62° 07E, 190.8 meters to corner 56;
Thence S 84° 19E, 163.5 meters to corner 57;
Thence S 29° 05E, 165.6 meters to corner 58;
Thence N 88° 15E, 117.0 meters to corner 59;
Thence S 69° 36E, 83.2 meters to corner 60;
Thence N 47° 50E, 207.1 meters to corner 61;
Thence S 10° 04E, 98.7 meters to corner 62;
Thence S 89° 05E, 18.7 meters to corner 63;
Thence N 89° 17E, 55.1 meters to corner 64;
Thence N 30° 12E, 11.5 meters to corner 65;
Thence S 46° 47E, 13.2 meters to corner 66;
Thence N 74° 27E, 114.2 meters to corner 67;
Thence N 89° 06E, 100.6 meters to corner 68;
Thence S 62° 19E, 81.9 meters to corner 69;
Thence N 60° 47E, 85.6 meters to corner 70;
Thence N 81° 17E, 174.6 meters to corner 71;
Thence N 53° 50E, 26.7 meters to corner 72;
Thence N 88° 12E, 129.0 meters to corner 73;
Thence N 01° 37W, 153.6 meters to corner 74;
Thence N 87° 33E, 66.6 meters to corner 75;
Thence N 79° 43E, 99.5 meters to corner 76;
Thence N 64° 51E, 79.6 meters to corner 77;
Thence S 61° 22E, 38.0 meters to corner 78;
Thence N 79° 42E, 39.1 meters to corner 79;
Thence N 29° 39E, 48.1 meters to corner 80;
Thence N 67° 05E, 145.9 meters to corner 81;
Thence N 41° 16E, 73.5 meters to corner 82;
Thence N 13° 31E, 44.6 meters to corner 83;
Thence N 02° 41W, 50.4 meters to corner 84;
Thence N 53° 59E, 20.1 meters to corner 85;
Thence S 80° 08E, 129.9 meters to corner 86;
Thence N 46° 20E, 113.1 meters to corner 87;
Thence N 73° 45E, 81.8 meters to corner 88;
Thence S 70° 39E, 29.1 meters to corner 89;
Thence S 42° 46E, 27.1 meters to corner 90;
Thence N 25° 37E, 158.4 meters to corner 91;
Thence S 16° 22E, 91.0 meters to corner 92;
Thence S 14° 39W, 206.6 meters to corner 93;
Thence S 77° 43W, 189.0 meters to corner 94;
Thence S 06° 50W, 334.1 meters to corner 95;
Thence S 21° 08E, 606.9 meters to corner 96;
Thence S 09° 35E, 454.7 meters to corner 97;
Thence S 32° 23W, 180.6 meters to corner 98;
Thence S 49° 34W, 151.8 meters to corner 99;
Thence S 70° 56W, 174.0 meters to corner 100;
Thence S 49° 40W, 50.4 meters to corner 101;
Thence S 35° 31W, 219.2 meters to corner 102;
Thence S 14° 13W, 257.5 meters to corner 103;
Thence S 12° 33E, 102.0 meters to corner 104;
Thence S 09° 05W, 38.4 meters to corner 105;
Thence S 27° 34W, 203.2 meters to corner 106;
Thence S 59° 29W, 110.8 meters to corner 107;
Thence S 22° 48W, 47.7 meters to corner 1, the point

of beginning containing an area of Four Hundred Thirty-Nine (439) Hectares, more or less.1aшphi1

The Buffer Zone begins at a point marked “1” on the map which is identical to corner 106 of Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape perimeter;

Thence N 27° 34E, 203.2 meters to corner 2;
Thence N 09° 05E, 38.4 meters to corner 3;
Thence N 12° 33W, 102.0 meters to corner 4;
Thence N 14° 13E, 257.5 meters to corner 5;
Thence N 35° 31E, 219.2 meters to corner 6;
Thence N 49° 40E, 50.4 meters to corner 7;
Thence N 70° 56E, 174.0 meters to corner 8;
Thence N 49° 34E, 151.8 meters to corner 9;
Thence N 32° 23E, 180.6 meters to corner 10;
Thence N 09° 35W, 454.7 meters to corner 11;
Thence S 19° 04E, 476.7 meters to corner 12;
Thence S 15° 08W, 161.8 meters to corner 13;
Thence S 41° 58W, 318.0 meters to corner 14;
Thence S 55° 13W, 408.0 meters to corner 15;
Thence S 05° 03W, 284.7 meters to corner 16;
Thence S 40° 28W, 226.2 meters to corner 1, the point

of beginning containing an area of Fifteen (15) Hectares, more or less.

The technical descriptions of Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape and its Buffer Zone shall be subject to actual ground survey.

These areas shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the DENR and shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the NIPAS Act of 1992.

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 23rd day of APRIL, in the year of Our Lord, two thousand.

(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA

By the President:

RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary


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