WHEREAS, in the 1987 Constitution states that the President shall exercise general supervision over local governments;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to reorganize administrative Region VI to include the province of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City to guarantee the effective delivery of field and public services of government agencies and accelerate social and economic development in the same;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Region VI is hereby reorganized to include the Province of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City;

SECTION 2. The Department of Interior and Local Government is hereby directed to supervise the transfer of the Province of Palawan and Puerto Princesa City from Region IV to Region VI;

SECTION 3. All issuances, orders, ordinances, rules, regulations and issuances or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly;

SECTION 4. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately following the completion of its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Adopted: 23 May 2005

(SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(SGD.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA
Executive Secretary