Amending Section I, Annex I-D Of Presidential Decree No. 3 "Appropriating Funds For Public Works Involving Rehabilitation And Capital Development, Synchronizing The Same With Previous Publi

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Presidential Decree No. 277

Amending Section I, Annex I-D of Presidential Decree No. 3 "Appropriating Funds for Public Works Involving Rehabilitation and Capital Development, Synchronizing the Same with Previous Public Work Appropriations"

- Whereas Presidential Decree No. 3 appropriated funds for rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure due to recent calamities. (Preamble)
- Whereas development efforts must be carried on with greater emphasis to avoid economic stagnation, requiring financial assistance from international lending institutions and other governments. (Preamble)
- Whereas the P75,700,000 allocated for Irrigation under Annex I, Item D of Presidential Decree No. 3 is not realistically distributed among various irrigation projects or systems, and only P7,000,000 is earmarked for other unspecified projects, giving insufficient flexibility. (Preamble)
- Whereas there is a need to amend Presidential Decree No. 3 to attain a more realistic allocation of funds for specified irrigation projects or systems and greater flexibility in allocating funds for unlisted yet urgent irrigation projects. (Preamble)

- Amends Section I, Annex I-D of Presidential Decree No. 3 to read as follows:
  - Appropriates P75,700,000 for Irrigation, distributed as:
    1. P35,700,000 for rehabilitation and reconstruction of national irrigation systems. (Section 1, Annex I-D)
    2. P20,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of communal irrigation projects and systems. (Section 1, Annex I-D)
    3. P20,000,000 for pump irrigation systems procurement of equipment and accessories, pre-engineering construction and rehabilitation of existing systems. (Section 1, Annex I-D)

- This amendatory Decree shall take effect immediately. (Section 2)