MALACAÑANG
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 278

AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 274 DATED 14 SEPTEMBER 1995, ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON BICOL TOURISM SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 274 dated 14 September 1995 entitled “Establishing The Presidential Commission on Bicol Tourism Special Development Project”.

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Executive Order No. 274, series of 1995, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 1. To ensure that an effective mechanism and linkage is instituted for the implementation of the Bicol Region Tourism Master Plan (BRTMP), there is hereby created under the Office of the President a Presidential Commission to be called the Bicol Tourism Special Development Project Commission which shall be responsible for the overall coordination and supervision of the implementation of the BRTMP. It shall be composed of the following:

Secretary of Tourism Chairman
Secretary of Public Works and Highways Vice-Chairman
Secretary of Transportation and Communications Member
Secretary of Agrarian Reform Member
Secretary of Agriculture Member
Secretary of Interior and Local Government Member
Secretary of Trade and Industry Member
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Member
Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports Member
Chairman of the Regional Development Council, Region V Member
Governors/City Mayors of Concerned Local Government Units (LGUs) Member

The Department of Tourism shall provide technical secretariat services to the Commission.”

SEC. 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

Source: Presidential Management Staff

Office of the President of the Philippines. (1995). [Executive Order Nos. : 126 – 300]. Manila : Presidential Management Staff.