DECLARING THE SAMAR ISLAND FOREST RESERVE ESTABLISHED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION NO. 744 BY PRESIDENT FIDEL V. RAMOS IN FEBRUARY 1996, SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BASEY, CALBIGA, CATBALOGAN, GANDARA, HINABANGAN, JIABONG, MARABUT, MATUGUINAO, MOTIONG, PARANAS, SAN JORGE, SAN JOSE DE BUAN, PINABACDAO, AND CITY OF CALBAYOG, IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR; ARTECHE, BALANGIGA, BALANGKAYAN, BORONGAN, CAN-AVID, DOLORES, GEN. MACARTHUR, GIPORLOS, HERNANI, JIPAPAD, LAWAAN, LLORENTE, MASLOG, MAYDOLONG, ORAS, QUINAPONDAN, SAN JULIAN, SULAT, AND TAFT, IN THE PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR; CATUBIG, LAS NAVAS, LOPE DE VEGA, MONDRAGON, AND SILVINO LUBOS IN THE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, ISLAND OF SAMAR AS A PROTECTED AREA AND ITS PERIPHERAL AREAS AS BUFFER ZONE PURSUANT TO REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7586 (NIPAS ACT OF 1992), AND SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE SAMAR ISLAND NATURAL PARK (SINP).