The Partido Development Administration is a
government-owned and controlled corporation
In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC), sometimes with an "and/or", is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service ...
of the national
government of the Philippines
The Government of the Philippines ( fil, Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas) has three interdependent branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Philippines is governed as a unitary state under a presidential representative and de ...
that is tasked with developing the
Partido Partido, partidista and partidario may refer to:
* Spanish for a political party, people who share political ideology or who are brought together by common issues
Territorial subdivision
* Partidos of Buenos Aires, the second-level administrative ...
region, which covers the entire
4th District
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* the ordinal form of the number 4
* ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971
* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
* Fourth (music), a musical interval
* ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...
of
Camarines Sur
Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and ...
. Its headquarters is located at Caraycayon,
Tigaon.
Founded in 1994, the PDA is "a corporate entity tasked by RA 7820 to oversee the economic development of the Partido area. It has its own funding source and was empowered by this law to transact business independent of the Camarines Sur provincial government."
History
Republic Act No. 7820
Partido Development Administration was founded on November 18, 1994, through the Republic Act No. 7820 known as the "Partido Development Administration Act of 1994".
Some sources indicate that it was enacted on July 25, 1994.
The need to orchestrate the development efforts within the district was clearly recognized by Cong. Arnulfo P. Fuentebella and overwhelmingly supported by the local executives and officials. House Bill No. 11526 was sponsored by Cong. Fuentebella proposing for the creation of the Partido Development Authority. The assistance of th
National Economic and Development Authority Regional Office 5was sought to help in the conduct of consultative meetings with the different local government units and private sector representatives. The main output is the Land Use Plan of the District.
With a corporate personality, PDA has been mandated to discharge the following functions and powers:
# encourage the creation of economic zones and/or industrial estates
# contract foreign and/or local loans and receive grants to implement programs
# undertake measures to source out funds for the district's program
# formulate and implement a comprehensive and integrated development program for the district
# conduct inventory of resources
# pass over all plans and projects proposed by LGUs and public agencies and private enterprises
# recommend policies and programs affecting the area
# promote investments for the area
On December 31, 2000, Republic Act No. 8989 was enacted making amends to Republic Act No. 7820.
References
Politics of Camarines Sur
Government-owned and controlled corporations of the Philippines
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