MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 889-B, September 18, 1971 ]
LIFTING THE SUSPENSION OF THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF LUZON AND THE WHOLE OF VISAYAS.
WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 889, promulgated on August 21, 1971, as amended by Proclamation No. 889-A, promulgated on August 30, 1971, suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cases throughout the country;
WHEREAS, on the basis of careful evaluation of periodic assessments from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and other national intelligence agencies, confirmed by the latest reports from Armed Forces of the Philippines field commanders, the condition of Communist insurgency and subversion which posed a clear and present danger to public safety and to the security of the State and impelled the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus throughout the country has now substantially eased in certain areas so as to warrant the lifting thereof in those places;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby lift the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the following areas of the country:
A. PROVINCES:
1. Batanes
2. Ilocos Norte
3. Ilocos Sur
4. Abra
5. La Union
6. Pangasinan
7. Batangas
8. Catanduanes
9. Masbate
10. Romblon
11. Marinduque
12. Oriental Mindoro
13. Occidental Mindoro
14. Palawan
15. Negros Occidental
16. Negros Oriental
17. Cebu
18. Bohol
19. Capiz
20. Aklan
21. Antique
22. Iloilo
23. Leyte
24. Leyte del Sur
25. Northern Samar
26. Eastern Samar
27. Western Samar
B. SUB-PROVINCES:
1. Guimaras
2. Biliran
3. Siquijor
C. CITIES:
1. Laoag
2. Dagupan
3. San Carlos (Pangasinan)
4. Batangas
5. Lipa
6. Puerto Princesa
7. San Carlos (Negros Occidental)
8. Cadiz
9. Silay
10. Bacolod
11. Bago
12. Canlaon
13. La Carlota
14. Bais
15. Dumaguete
16. Iloilo
17. Roxas
18. Tagbilaran
19. Lapu-Lapu
20. Cebu
21. Mandaue
22. Danao
23. Toledo
24. Tacloban
25. Ormoc
26. Calbayog
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1
Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary
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