DIVIDING REGION NO. 4 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE FIELD ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT INTO REGION NO. 4 AND 4-A.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 879
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, the Katipunan Ng Mga Sangguniang Bayan petitions

that the Metropolitan Manila area shall be considered as a separate

region for purposes of administrative field organization of the various

departments and agencies of the national government;

WHEREAS, at present the Metropolitan Manila area is embraced

in Region No. 4 under the Integrated Reorganization Plan:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the

Constitution, do hereby decree and order:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary

notwithstanding, Region No. 4 is hereby divided into two regions to be

known as Region No. 4 and Region No. 4-A.

Region No. 4 shall comprise the Metropolitan Manila area as

contemplated in Presidential Decree No. 824, with the regional center

either in Manila or Quezon City.

Region No. 4-A shall comprise

the towns of Rizal not included in Metropolitan Manila and the provinces

of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Aurora (sub-province), Marinduque,

Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Rom-blom and Palawan, and the

cities of Batangas, Cavite, Lipa, Lucena, San Pablo, Tagaytay, Trece

Martires and Puerto Princesa. Until otherwise decreed, the regional

center for Region No. 4-A shall be in Metropolitan Manila.

SEC.

2. All laws, decrees, orders or regulations inconsistent herewith

are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.

Section 3

SEC. 3. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of January, in the

year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.

(Sgd.)

FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President

Republic of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.)

JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive Assistant