Memorandum Order No. 154 (1988)

MALACAÑAN PALACE

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Memorandum Order No. 154, February 2, 1988 ]

CREATING A SUB-COMMITTEE ON INVENTORY OF PASSENGERS OF M/V DOÑA PAZ TO FURTHER ASSIST THE RELATIVES OF VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS

WHEREAS, there is a need to facilitate and expedite the identification of recipients of “Bigay-Puso Fund” and other legal claims of survivors and victims of the M/V Doña Paz and M/T Vector collision.

WHEREFORE, a Sub-Committee on Inventory of Passengers of M/V Doña Paz is hereby created.

The Sub-Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Representative of the Citizen’s Legal Assistance Office (CLAO) | Chairman A Representative from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) | Member A Representative from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) | Member A Representative from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) | Member A Representative from the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) | Member A Representative from the “Bulig-Bulig Kita” (BBK) | Member A Representative from the Coalition of Samar-Leyte Organization (CSLO) | Member

The Sub-Committee shall have the following powers and functions:

1. Coordinate and integrate all efforts of both the government and private sectors in dealing with the problem of identifying the passengers of the M/V Doña Paz;

2. Formulate a uniform set of policies and guidelines for the inventory and identification of passengers of the M/V Doña Paz;

3. Provide a forum for discussion and/or resolution of all issues/problems and/or conflicts that may arise between or among claimants insofar as these relate to the inventory and identification of passengers of the M/V Doña Paz; and

4. Request the assistance of any department, bureau, office or agency, as may be necessary to enable the Sub-Committee to perform and accomplish its duties and responsibilities.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

By authority of the President:

(Sgd.) SAMILO N. BARLONGAY

Acting Deputy Executive Secretary