MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 186, April 18, 2002 ]
DECLARING THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF NABAS, MALAY, BURUANGA, PROVINCE OF AKLAN AND MUNICIPALITIES OF LIBERTAD AND PANDAN IN THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE AS PROTECTED AREA PURSUANT TO R.A. 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992) AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA NATURAL PARK
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and pursuant to the powers vested upon me by law, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby set aside and declare the Mountain Ranges of Northwest Panay Peninsula located in the Municipalities of Nabas, Malay and Buruanga, Province of Aklan and the Municipalities of Libertad and Pandan in the Province of Antique as Protected Area under the category of Natural Park, subject to private rights and without prejudice to the rights of the Indigenous People as provided for in R.A. 8371, DENR Administrative Order 93-02, and other related rules and regulations, if any there be, as described in DENR NIPAS Map No. R-6-05.
Technical Description
The Natural Park begins at BLLM No. 7 PSC-08, Libertad Antique to corner No. 1, is North S2°37E, 3,326.4 meters.1aшphi1
| Thence S74º 34W |
1,389.91 m. to corner 2; |
| Thence N74º 23W |
1,671.82 m to corner 3; |
| Thence S64º 12W |
2,112.89 m to corner 4; |
| Thence N54º 59W |
1,306.72 m to corner 5; |
| Thence N47º 07W |
1,572.37 m to corner 6; |
| Thence N36º 09W |
1,331.49 m to corner 7; |
| Thence N43º 16E |
1,743.57 m to corner 8; |
| Thence N40º 18E |
1,049.46 m to corner 9; |
| Thence N11° 45W |
766.12 m to corner 10; |
| Thence N07º 26E |
1,735.65 m to corner 11; |
| Thence N30º 53W |
669.43 m to corner 12; |
| Thence N31° 50E |
1,188.35 m to corner 13; |
| Thence N87º 15E |
2,298.33 m to corner 14; |
| Thence N15º 19E |
1,171.69 m to corner 15; |
| Thence S94º 01E |
2,398.01 m to corner 16; |
| Thence N87º 54E |
805.44 m to corner 17; |
| Thence S48º 23E |
2,356.49 m to corner 18; |
| Thence S50º 18E |
1,269.20 m to corner 19; |
| Thence S58º 49E |
1,424.64 m to corner 20; |
| Thence S78º 05E |
2,152.13 m to corner 21; |
| Thence S51º 59E |
1,238.4 m to corner 22; |
| Thence S30º 12E |
2,266.24 m to corner 23; |
| Thence S05º 39E |
1,685.54 m to corner 24; |
| Thence S22º 26W |
1,764.83 m to corner 25; |
| Thence S53º 35W |
1,081.73 m to corner 26; |
| Thence N86º 42W |
533.23 m to corner 27; |
| Thence S10° 33W |
1,117.38 m to corner 28; |
| Thence S79º 32W |
962.01 m to corner 29; |
| Thence N57º 20W |
1,807.07 m to corner 30; |
| Thence N64º 49W |
1,535.10 m to corner 31; |
| Thence N74º 48W |
2,453.48 m to corner 1, the point of |
Beginning containing an approximate area of Twelve Thousand and Nine and 29/100 (12,009.29) hectares, more or less, subject to the actual ground survey.
The Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park shall be under the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and shall be managed 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 18th day of April in the year of Our Lord, two thousand and two.
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO
Executive Secretary
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