NINETEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
lntroduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriquez
House Bill No.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This bill seeks to reclassify a certain parcel of land of the public domain from timberland
to agricultural land for the Science and Technology (S-and-T) Park site purposes of the
University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP).
The USTP is a Level lV state university established pursuant to R.A. 10919, and is
located at C.M. Recto Ave., Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City.
Background
On November 26,2004, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Presidential
Proclamation No. 739, reserving for school site purposes of the Mindanao Polytechnic State
College (MPSC) a certain parcel of land of the public domain, classified as timberland under
Land Classification Map No. 2768 certified and approved on November 20, 1972, containing
an area of Two ltlillion Nine Hundred Twenty One Thousand Four Hundred Nineteen
(2,921,419) square meters, and situated in Barangay Lourdes, Itlunicipality of Alubijid,
Province of IVlisamis Oriental, lsland of Mindanao.
ln 2009, the MPSC was converted into the Mindanao University of Science and
Technology (MUST) with the enactment of R.A. 9519 (Act Converting the Mindanao
Polytechnic State College into a State University to be known as the Mindanao University of
Science and Technology). ln 2016, R.A. 10919 amalgamated the MUST with the Misamrs
Oriental State College of Agriculture and Technology (MOSCAT), thereby establishing the
USTP,
R.A. 10919 provides for a USTP System which is composed of two (2) major
campuses, i.e., the Cagayan de Oro Campus which is located at Cagayan de Oro City, and
the Claveria Campus which is located at Claveria, Misamrs Oriental. There are also three (3)
satellite campuses, as follows: the Jasaan Campus which is located at Jasaan, Misamis
Oriental, the Oroquieta Campus which is located at Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, and
the Panaon Campus which is located at Panaon, Misamis Occidental.
Also, R.A. 10919 provides for an expanded composition of the university's governing
board -the Board of Regents. ln addition to the usual representatives from the executive and
the legislative departments, the Board's composition also includes the following as members
who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines:
Four (4) prominent Chief Executive fficers (CEOs) of duly recognized national or
multinational corporations who have distinguished themselves in the fields of
specialization of the university or who have entered into a partnership with the
university; and
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Two (2) prominent academicians in the Philippines who have distinguished
themselves in the fields of specialization of the university through their publication
and track record in research.
Hence, the Board's composition was expanded from a membership of eleven (11) to
seventeen (17).
Further, R.A. 10919 provides that the seat of administration of the university shall be
established at its main campus which is located at Alubijid, Misamis Oriental.
Rationale
The USTP is a Level lV State University/College (SUC) (Highest Distinction) which is
one of only seventeen (17) in the entire Philippines. lt is a Center of Excellence (COE) in
lnformation Technology, the only one in the entire Visayas and Mindanao. lt is also a Center
of Development (COD) in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Agriculture.
The university's mission is to (a) bring the world of work (industry) into the actual
college training of students; (b) offer entrepreneurs the oppodunity to maximize their business
potentials through a gamut of services from product conceptualization to commercialization;
and (c) contribute significantly to the national development goals of Food Security and Energy
Sufficiency.
Pursuant to R.A. 1 0919, the university is mandated to provide advance education,
higher technological, professional and advance instruction in mathematics, science,
technology, engineering, agriculture, and advance research and extension work in human
resource development in critical science and technology skills and competencies required for
global competitiveness.
ln order to strengthen industry linkages with the academe, Section 28 (Science and
Technology Parks) of R.A. 1091 9 provides for the establishment of a Science and Technology
(S-and-T) Park at the AlubUid Campus for the long-term development of the academic and
research facilities in strong partnership with the industries.
Further, Section 31 (Research and Development Collaboration) provides that the
university shall be engaged as a research partner of partner industries and business entities
from project conceptualization to technology prototyping. Finally, Section 32 (Academic
Development Collaboration) provides that national and multinational corporations that are
locators in the S-and-T Park shall participate in the formulation of the curricular programs of
the university as experts and practitioners in keeping with the "Developing A Curriculum
(DACUM)" process for competency-based curriculum. Whenever applicable, the university
shall institutionalize the dual training program in curricular offerings where students are
expected to undergo a minimum of one (1) year industry training as part of the requirements
for graduation. ln addition, a business immersion program shall be established as part of
faculty enrichment to allow participants to gain insights into actual business operations and for
research purposes. Under the program, faculty members shall render service in partner
entities and the same shall be considered as part of government service.
For this purpose, an lndustry-Academe Council (lAC) shall be established as an
advisory body composed ofthe members of the instructional staff with the rank not lower than
professor, and two (2) members representing the business entities located in the 
S-and-
T Park.
Hence, the idea is that the entire Alubijid Campus shall be established as an 
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and-T Park supportive of the long-term development of the academic and research facilities
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of the university - in strong partnership with the industries and the various agencies and
instrumentalities of the government.
Part of the strategy to achieve this goal is to establish a Regional Government center
(RGC) to form an integral part of the s-and-T Park. The RGC shall be composed of locat
government offices, and various agencies of the national government to be identified by the
Regional Development Council (RDC) of the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA). The RGC shall serve as a sort of a one-stop shop to facilitate government
transactions not only for the industry locators at the S-and-T Park but also for the research
and academic collaborations of the university with national and multinational partner
corporations and other partner industries and business entities.
The former MPSC had evolved from a simple state college whose mission was "to
provide quality relevant trained human resources and to promote research supportive of the
industrialization program of Northern Mindanao," into the USTP whose mandate is to provide
advance education, higher technological, professional and advance instruction in
mathematics, science, technology, engineering, agriculture, and advance research and
extension work in human resource development in critical science and technology skills and
competencies required for "global competitiveness. "The USTP is now an ecosystem of
innovation and research and academic collaborations with national and multinational partner
corporations and other partner industries and business entities.
Thus, the immediate reclassification of the site from timberland to agricultural land for
the S-and-T Park site purposes of the USTP is hereby highly en.ioined.
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Frrst Regalar Sesslon
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
lntroduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez
House Bill No.
AN ACT
RECLASSIFYING AS AGRICULTURAL LAND A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC
DOMAIN SITUATED AT LOURDES, ALUBIJID, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE UTILIZED AS
THE SITE OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives ofthe philippines,h Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. Declaration as Agricultural Land. *A parcel of land of the public domain classified
as timberland under Land Classification ltlap No. 2768 certified and approved on November
20, 1972, and embraced in Presidential Proclamation No. 739, dated November 26,2004,
located in Barangay Lourdes, It/unicipality of Alubi.jid, Province of lvlisamis Oriental, is hereby
reclassified as agricultural land and shall be utilized as the site of the Science and Technology
Park of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines.
The said parcel of land is more particularly described as Lot 3, NR-10-000011 AMD.
pertaining to the area beginning at a point marked "1" on plan, being S 82o degrees 45'W
2,720.24 meters from BLLM No. 1, GSS-580 with geographic coordinates 08o 31' 29.2'10"
Latitude and 1240 26' 00.775 Longitude located at Barangay Lourdes, Alubijid, Province of
Misamis Oriental,
thence S58-58-00E 544.57 
meters to corner 2;
thence S61-31-OOE 124.73 
meters to corner 3;
thence S89-19-00E '104.05 
meters to corner 4;
thence S71-16-00E 53.07 
meters to corner 5;
thence S00-41-oOW 77.51 
meters to corner 6;
thence N64-53-00W 40.077 
meters to corner 7;
thence S26-54-00W 50.16 
meters to corner 8;
thence S52-10-00W 42.30 
meters to comer 9;
thence S72-20-00W 47.86 
meters to corner 10;
thence S24-58-00W 68.19 
meters to corner 1 1 ;
thence S33-09-00E 127.26 
meters to corner 12;
thence S09-47-00W 248.97 
meters to corner 13;
thence 565-01-00W 668.77 
meters to corner 14;
thence S54-08-00W 265.05 
meters to corner 15;
thence S67-57-00W 1 1 35.45 
meters to corner '16;
thence S90-00-00W699.97 meters to corner 17;
thence N00-22-00W 1044.41 meters to corner 18;
thence N72-00-00E 1250.08 
meters to corner 19;
thence N72-00-00E 599.98 
meters to corner 20;
thence N55-06-0OE 276.15 
meters to corner 1;
comprising an area of two hundred ninetytwo (292) hectares, more or less.
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SEC 2. lmplementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days from the effectivity of
this Act, the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources shall issue
the corresponding implementing rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this
Act.
SEC 3. Separability Clause. - lf any provision of this Act is declared unconstitutional or invalid.
other parts or provisions hereof not affected shall continue to be in full force and effect.
SEC 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
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SEG 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, presidential decrees, executive orders and regulations
or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, amended or
modified accordingly.