QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1555)
It further amends PD No. 742 (as amended by PD No. 773) to transfer the Regional Center of Region IX from Jolo to Zamboanga City and to update the composition provisions accordingly.
It amends Presidential Decree No. 742 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 773.
Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur.
Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Zamboanga City.
Zamboanga City.
It shifted the Regional Center from Jolo to Zamboanga City.
The amended section provides that among the cities listed, “the last as Regional Center,” referring to Zamboanga City.
Yes. It states: “This Decree shall take effect immediately.”
It states the President acts “by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution.”
The decree cites the State’s policy to change administrative structures according to changing national requirements and asserts that Region IX’s political and socio-economic conditions require change to improve government and private operations.
It indicates that present political and socio-economic conditions in Region IX necessitate an administrative structure change to improve government and private operations.
Provinces: Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur. Cities: Dapitan, Dipolog, Pagadian, and Zamboanga.
It means PD No. 1555 builds on and modifies the earlier amendments already made by PD No. 742 and PD No. 773, not starting from scratch.
It implies continuity but with updated administrative boundaries/arrangements by revising earlier decrees.
It was signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos, and attested/approved by Jacobo C. Clave as Presidential Executive Assistant.