Proclamation No. 889-B (Marcos)

by Ferdinand Marcos

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Malacañang
Residence of the President
of the Philippines
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

Proclamation No. 889–B

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	15. Negros Occidental
2. Ilocos Norte	16. Negros Oriental
3. Ilocos Sur	17. Cebu
4. Abra	18. Bohol
5. La Union	19. Capiz
6. Pangasinan	20. Aklan
7. Batangas	21. Antique
8. Catanduanes	22. Iloilo
9. Masbate	23. Leyte
10. Romblon	24. Leyte del Sur
11. Marinduque	25. Northern Samar
12. Oriental Mindoro	26. Eastern Samar
13. Occidental Mindoro	27. Western Samar
14. Palawan
B. Sub–Provinces:
1. Guimaras	3. Siquijor
2. Biliran
Cities:
1. Laoag	14. Bais
2. Dagupan	15. Dumaguete
3. San Carlos (Pangasinan)	16. Iloilo
4. Batangas	17. Roxas
5. Lipa	18. Tagbilaran
6. Puerto Princesa	19. Lapu-Lapu
7. San Carlos (Negros Occidental)	20. Cebu
8. Cadiz	21. Mandaue
9. Silay	22. Danao
10. Bacolod	23. Toledo
11. Bago	24. Tacloban
12. Canlaon	25. Ormoc
13. La Carlota	26. Calbayog

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, this 18th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

By the President: