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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No. 10348

Introduced by Representative Frederick W. Siao

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to declare Sitio Timoga in Barangay Buru-un in the City of
Iligan, Province of Lanao del Norte, an ecotourism zone to be known as the
Timoga Ecotourism Zone.

Sitio Timoga is one of the thirty-five (35) sitios of Barangay Buru-un in the
City of Iligan. It has immense potential for tourism for its enjoyable panoramic
views and cold spring resorts, collectively known as the Timoga Springs. These
main attractions are located along the coastal highway of Barangay Buru-un. The
pristine, crystal and cold waters running along the spring pools are flowing from
Lake Lanao in Marawi City. Currently, there are five cold spring resorts in Sitio
Timoga, the Timoga Spring Pool, De La Mar Swimming Pool, Mimar's Springway
Resort, Marvilla’s Pool and El Lauriento Pool

Sitio Timoga is the home to the Macapagal-Macaraeg ancestral house, a
popular historical landmark in Barangay Buru-un, Iligan City where former
Philippine Presidents Diosdado Macapagal and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resided.
On August 14, 2002, it was declared by the National Historical Institute as a
heritage house. The house, including a two-hectare coco land, was donated to
ligan City.

This proposed measure is in conjunction with House Bill No. 9593 that
seeks to allocate a budget for the construction of Macapagal-Macaraeg
International Convention Center in Sitio Timoga, Barangay Buru-un, Iligan City


that will serve as a venue for conventions, conferences, assemblies, and other
major events.

Declaring Sitio Timoga as an ecotourism site will provide numerous
employment opportunities to the residents of the area and its neighboring
barangays, and generate other community business opportunities. It will also
ensure the sustainable use, development, management, protection, and
conservation of Sitio Timoga

In view of the foregoing, the immediate approval/of this bill is earnestly

sought.



REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
QUEZON CITY

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Third Regular Session

House Bill No.10348

Introduced by Representative Frederick W. Siao

AN ACT
DECLARING SITIO TIMOGA IN BARANGAY BURU-UN IN THE CITY
OF ILIGAN, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, AN ECOTOURISM
ZONE TO BE KNOWN AS THE TIMOGA ECOTOURISM ZONE AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Sitio Timoga in Barangay Buru-un in the City of Iligan,
Province of Lanao del Norte is declared an ecotourism zone to be known as the
Timoga Ecotourism Zone. Its development shall be prioritized by the Department
of Tourism (DOT), subject to the rules and regulations governing the development
of ecotourism zones.

SEC. 2. The technical descriptions of the Timoga Ecotourism Zone,
declared as a tourist destination, are as follows:

a, Macapagal-Ma

aeg Ancestral House ~ Lot 6-c-5-A which is a portion

of lot 6-c, Psd-12-010341


Beginning at a point denominated as corner # | being N 69 degrees 26” m E.

1077.85m from B.L.B.M. No.1 Barrio of Buru-un, Iligan City,

Thence

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Point of beginning, containing an area of five thousand (5,000) square

meters;

b. Proposed Macapagal-Macaraeg International Convention Center — Lot 6-

'N 80 degrees
S 13 degrees
S 81degrees

S 38 degrees
S 83 degrees
'N 84 degrees
N31 degrees

N 6 degrees

00° E. 122.47

17 E. 29.56m

30° W. 19.34m

04’ W. 25.62m

35° W. 66.58m

28° W. 16.64m

21° W. 22.60m

SIE. 17.19

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c-10 which is a portion of 1* 6-c, Psd 12- 010341

Beginning at a point marked | on plan which is N76 degrees 22°E 1,704.67

m from B.L.B.M. No.1 Barangay of Buru-un, Iligan City,

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S 87 degrees
S 14 degrees
S57 degrees

N 26 degrees

64.86 m
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N57 degrees
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To point of beginning containing an area of twenty thousand square meters

(20,000 sq.m.); and

c. Macapagal-Macaraeg Business Center and Amusement Park ~ A parcel

of land Lot 6-C, of the subdivision plan Psd-12-010341, being a portion

of Lot 6, Psu-72860, situated in the Barrio of Buru-un, City of Iligan,

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'N 80 degrees
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191.56 m

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39.35 m

68.87 m

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S 81 degrees
S 83 degrees
N 66 degrees
S 81 degrees
N65 degrees
N83 degrees
N47 degrees
S 2 degrees

S 20 degrees
S 87 degrees
S57 degrees
'N 36 degrees
N74 degrees
N46 degrees
S 85 degrees
S 38 degrees
N 84 degrees
S 46 degrees
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To the point of beginning containing an area of one hundred eleven thousand

four hundred forty-two square meters (111,442 sq.m.).

The Timoga Ecotourism Zone shall contain a land area of one hundred
thirty-six thousand four hundred forty-two square meters (136,442 sq.m.), more or
less.

SEC. 3. Within one (1) year after the approval of this Act, the DOT shall, in
coordination with the local government units of the City of Iligan and agencies of
the government, prepare a tourism development plan involving the construction,
installation and maintenance of appropriate facilities and infrastructure that shall
enhance tourism in the area: Provided, That the development plan shall ensure the
preservation and conservation of the natural beauty and resources of the area:
Provided, further, That the activities and developments to be carried out in the area
shall conform with the concept of ecotourism as provided in the national
ecotourism strategy jointly issued by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources and the DOT.

SEC. 4. The DOT and its attached agencies shall take immediate steps to
implement the tourism development plan that suits the natural characteristics of
Sitio Timoga in Barangay Buru-un, Iligan City and incorporate the same in its

tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year. It shall also include


the Timoga Ecotourism Zone in all its national, regional and local promotion
programs.

SEC, 5. The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
charged against the annual General Appropriations Act and internally generated
funds of the DOT.

SEC. 6. Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Secretary
of Tourism shall, in consultation with the local government unit of the City of
Tligan, promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for the effective
implementation of this Act

SEC. 7. All laws, rules, regulations, proclamations, executive orders or parts
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed, amended or
revised accordingly.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,