QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 879)
It is a Presidential Decree issued by the President of the Philippines (Ferdinand E. Marcos) on January 23, 1976, pursuant to the powers vested in him by the Constitution.
To divide Region No. 4 of the administrative field organization of various government departments and agencies into two separate regions: Region No. 4 and Region 4-A.
Region No. 4 comprises 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 comprises 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, Romblon and Palawan, plus specified cities: Batangas, Cavite, Lipa, Lucena, San Pablo, Tagaytay, Trece Martires, and Puerto Princesa.
Until otherwise decreed, the regional center for Region 4-A shall be in Metropolitan Manila.
It means that despite any existing laws or provisions that conflict with it, Section 1 will prevail in dividing Region No. 4 into Regions 4 and 4-A.
To specify that Metropolitan Manila for purposes of Region No. 4 is the Metropolitan Manila as contemplated in Presidential Decree No. 824.
It provides that all laws, decrees, orders, or regulations inconsistent with the decree are amended or repealed accordingly.
It states that the decree shall take effect immediately.
The Katipunan Ng Mga Sangguniang Bayan petitioned that the Metropolitan Manila area be considered as a separate region for administrative field organization; currently, it was embraced in Region No. 4.
It reorganizes the regional structure by separating Metropolitan Manila into Region No. 4 and grouping surrounding areas into Region 4-A for administrative purposes.
They are included in Region No. 4-A.
The decree states that the regional center for Region No. 4 may be either in Manila or Quezon City.
Under Section 1, Region 4-A includes only the towns of Rizal not included in Metropolitan Manila; therefore, a Rizal town included in Metropolitan Manila would be part of Region No. 4.
The decree states that the center is in Metropolitan Manila “until otherwise decreed,” meaning a subsequent decree may move or change it.