WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 28 authorized the
immediate establishment of regional prisons to effect meaningful penal
reforms and promote the rehabilitation of national prisoners; and
WHEREAS, the creation of another regional prison in Cebu
which could receive prisoners coming from Antique, Capiz, lloilo, Cebu,
the two Negros provinces and the cities in the area is necessary for the
early attainment of the goals of said Decree;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and
pursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General
Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and
decree that Presidential Decree No. 28 be amended, as it is hereby
amended, by providing for the immediate establishment of an additional
regional prison in the province of Cebu.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of March, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary