WHEREAS,
measures are being taken to improve the administrative structure of the
country by creating regions within which government operations can be
coordinated and made more effective;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, this system of creating administrative regions is expected to
bring Government closer to the people and encourage the participation
of the people in the development of their areas;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, a review of present conditions in these regions suggested that
refinements have to be made in the grouping and their structure;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution do hereby
amend Presidential Decree No. 742 as follows:cralaw:red
1. Region IX shall be composed of the provinces of
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur,
and the cities of Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian and Zamboanga, with Jolo
as Regional Center.
2. Within Region IX shall be established two
subregions, Sub-Region IX-A and Sub-Region IX-B, composed respectively
of the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi for Sub-Region IX-A and
the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur and the
cities of Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Zamboanga for Sub-Region
IX-B, with Zamboanga City as Center for Sub-Region IX-B.
3. Assistant Regional Commissioner shall be appointed
for each of these sub-regions to assist the Regional Commissioner of
Region IX in the performance of his functions. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
4. Likewise, all agencies of government with
responsibilities extending throughout Region IX shall appoint assistant
Regional Directors for each of the Sub-regions to assist in the
performance of functions assigned to these agencies.
This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-five.
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