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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 196

DECLARING AND DELINEATING THE NARRA PORT ZONE AND PLACING IT UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA)

WHEREAS, PPA is mandated to establish, develop, regulate, manage and operate a rationalized national port system in support of trade and national development;

WHEREAS, the delineation and declaration of port zones under PPA aims to redirect and reorganize port administration for the full development of port districts; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to define the Port Zone of Narra for the planning, development, financing and operation of said Port, with the objective of promoting development through the dispersal of industries and commercial activities throughout the different regions.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Port of Narra. The territorial jurisdiction of the Port of Narra situated in Barangay Panacan, Municipality of Narra, Province of Palawan, is hereby delineated and established particularly...

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