QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 943)
PD No. 943 is titled “Changing the name of the Sto. Tomas–Batangas City–Nasugbu Road to ‘President Laurel Highway.’” Its purpose is to rename the specified road to honor President Jose P. Laurel, Sr.
It renamed the present road traversing Sto. Tomas, Batangas City, and Nasugbu, originally called the “Sto. Tomas–Batangas City–Nasugbu Road.”
The road is renamed to “PRESIDENT LAUREL HIGHWAY.”
The decree states it was issued “by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution.” It does not specify a particular constitutional provision in the text provided.
It states that Filipinos traditionally name important buildings, bridges, and highways after illustrious leaders to perpetuate their names and memories.
The late President Jose P. Laurel, Sr., described as the beloved son of the province of Batangas.
Section 2 provides that the decree shall take effect immediately.
It was done in the City of Manila, on June 10, 1976.
Jacobo C. Clave, identified as the Presidential Executive Assistant.
They indicate the transition from stated reasons (“WHEREAS”) to the operative directive, and they assert the President’s authority under constitutional power to issue the decree.
Based on the text, it is mainly an administrative naming measure: it changes the name of a specific road. It does not create regulatory duties or penalties; its core effect is renaming.
It orders that the name of the present road traversing the specified locations be changed from its former name to “PRESIDENT LAUREL HIGHWAY.”
By identifying the road that “travers[es] Sto. Tomas, Batangas City and Nasugbu,” which defines the geographic scope.
PD No. 943, Section 1, which expressly changes the name, and Section 2, which states it took effect immediately—making the new name the official designation.