Full Title
DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, WHICH WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FIRE.
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Executive Issuance Type
Proclamation
President
Ramos, Fidel V.
Date of Approval
February 16, 1996

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Proclamation No. 741, s. 1996

Signed on February 16, 1996

MALACAÑANG
Manila

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 741

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANDON, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, WHICH WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FIRE

WHEREAS, a fire of still undetermined origin hit the public market of Candon, Ilocos Sur, in December 1995

WHEREAS, there is a need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the area in order that the province may make use of its calamity fund for the relief and other emergency requirements of the affected constituents;

NOW THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare that a state of public calamity exists in the Municipality of Candon, Province of Ilocos Sur.

All departments and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and rehabilitation work in accordance with existing operational plans and directives and orders issued in connection with calamities.

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 16th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary

 

Source: Official Gazette