WHEREAS,
the Integrated Reorganization Plan, as approved, provides for the
establishment of uniform number of eleven regions for all the
departments, bureaus, and agencies of the national government;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, insofar as the Bureau of Posts is concerned, Region 4, known
as the Southern Tagalog Region, comprising the provinces of Rizal,
Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Aurora (sub-province), Marinduque,
Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon and Palawan and the
cities of Manila, Pasay, Quezon, San Pablo, Lipa, Batangas, Caloocan,
Cavite, Tagaytay, Trece Martines, and Puerto Princesa, with regional
center at Greater Manila, is too large and extensive and in terms of
administrative and operational requirements, and volume of postal
business and transactions, is comparatively four times bigger than any
of the other ten regions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, under the current set-up of the Bureau of Posts, Region 4
comprising the above-mentioned provinces and cities, including the
province of Bulacan, which is a part of Region 3 under the Integrated
Reorganization Plan, has been split into two, Region 4 comprising the
provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Romblon, and Palawan, and the
cities of Manila, Caloocan, Pasay, Quezon, Tagaytay, Trece Martires,
and Puerto Princesa, with regional center at Manila and Region 4-A,
comprising the provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Aurora
(sub-province), Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, and Occidental Mindoro,
and the cities of San Pablo, Batangas, Lipa, and Lucena, with regional
center at San Pablo; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, Region No. 4, under the current set-up is the hub of mail
operations affecting the entire country because it is in this region,
particularly in the city of Manila, where international exchanges of
dispatch and receipt of all kinds of foreign mail and parcels are
handled as distinguished from the other regions that are confined to
the handling of domestic mail only;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, in order to hasten the movement of mail in the present Region
4, pilot operational projects such as the Bulacan Provincial Mail
Exchange Service, the Rizal Provincial Mail Exchange Service, and the
Manilarmail Network are being change Service, the Cavite Provincial
Mail Exchange Service, and the Manilarmail Network are being
undertaken, in addition to the clover leaf system of collecting and
delivering mail in the cites and municipalities near Manila;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is necessary to split Region 4 into two, namely, Region 4
and Region 4-A, with corresponding cities and provinces comprising them
as heretofore described for a more effective and efficient postal
service not only in these two regions but in all other ten regions;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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
decree that notwithstanding any provision of the Integrated
Reorganization Plan to the contrary, the Bureau of Posts shall be
reorganized into twelve (12) regions by splitting Region 4 as
contemplated in the Integrated Reorganization Plan into two: chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
1) Region 4 to comprise the provinces of Bulacan,
which is hereby included in Region 4, Rizal, Cavite, Romblon, and
Palawan, and the cities of Manila, Caloocan, Pasay, Quezon, Tagaytay,
Trece Martires and Puerto Princesa, with regional center at Manila;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
2) Region 4-A comprise the provinces of Laguna,
Batangas, Quezon, Aurora (sub-province), Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro,
Occidental Mindoro and the cities of San Pablo, Batangas, Lipa and
Lucena with regional center at San Pablo City.
The necessary additional position for Regional Director, Assistant
Regional Director and other personnel to compose the staff of the
regional office for the said Region 4-A shall be created, subject to
requirements by the Commission on Reorganization and approval by the
Office of the President of the staffing pattern therefore and,
Provided, further, That said Regional Director of Region 4-A shall have
full powers and authority as any other regional directors and Provided,
finally, That both Regional Directors for Region 4 and Region 4-A shall
be under the same PROD.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.
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