thc 3: topic 1

• the republic of the philippines is an island nation located in southeast asia
• manila is the capital city of philippines
• there are 7,600+ islands is the philippine archipelago with a population of approximately 100 million people
• the Philippines are divided into 81 provinces – 38 in Luzon, 27 in Visayas, and 16 in Mindanao.
• the Philippines is subdivided into seventeen (17) regions
• These regions are not local government units but their existence is primarily for administrative purposes.

  • 8 - luzon
  • 3 - visayas
  • 6 - mindanao
• in each region, a city is designated as the center where each of the national government agencies have a regional office
• region I is ilocos region
• region II is cagayan valley
• region III is central luzon
• region IV-A is CALABARZON
• region IV-B is MIMAROPA
• region V is bicol region
• region VI is western visayas
• region VII is central visayas
• region VIII is eastern visayas
• region IX is zamboanga peninsula
• region X is northern mindanao
• region XI is davao region
• region XII is SOCCSKSARGEN
• region XIII is caraga
• NCR is National Capital Region
• CAR is Cordillera Administrative Region
• BARMM is Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
• Regions came into existence on September 24, 1972, when President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed into law Presidential Decree (P. D.) No. 1 which divided the entire country into 11 regions, each with a designated regional center.
• Regions came into existence on September 24, 1972, when President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed into law Presidential Decree (P. D.) No. 1 which divided the entire country into 11 regions, each with a designated regional center.
• the 11 regions under P.D. No. 1

  1. ilocos region
  2. cagayan valley region
  3. central luzon region
  4. southern tagalog region
  5. bicol region
  6. western visayas region
  7. central visayas region
  8. eastern visayas region
  9. western mindanao region
  10. northern mindanao region
  11. southern mindanao region
• on July 7, 1975, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 742, creating Region 12 (Central Mindanao).
• on January 23, 1976, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 879, which separated Metropolitan Manila from Region 4 as a distinct region.
• on January 23, 1976, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 879, which separated Metropolitan Manila from Region 4 as a distinct region.
• on June 2, 1978, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1396, declaring and establishing the Metropolitan Manila Region as the National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines.
• on July 15, 1987, President Corazon C. Aquino signed Executive Order No. 220, creating the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
• on June 2, 1978, President Marcos signed Presidential Decree No. 1396, declaring and establishing the Metropolitan Manila Region as the National Capital Region of the Republic of the Philippines.
• on July 15, 1987, President Corazon C. Aquino signed Executive Order No. 220, creating the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR).
• on February 23, 1995, President Fidel V. Ramos signed into law Republic Act No. 7901, creating Region 13 (Caraga Region).
• on September 19, 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed  Executive Order No. 36, reorganizing the administrative regions in Mindanao
• Western Mindanao (Region 9) was reorganized to be known as Zamboanga Peninsula
• Southern Mindanao (Region 11) was reorganized to be known as Davao Region
• Central Mindanao (Region 12) was reorganized to be known as SOCCSKSARGEN
• on May 17, 2002, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 103, dividing Region IV into Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA).