Proclamation No. 603, s. 1995

MALACANAN~ MANILA ,l BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 603 DECLARING THE EXISTEWCE OF A STATE OF ALAMIT: IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PILAR, MARIVELES, BALANGA, ABUCAY, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, TERNATE, ROSARIO, BACOOR AND NOVELETA, PROVINCE OF CAVITE WHICH WERE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY RED-TIDE INFESTATION WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense and Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) recommends the declaration of a state of calamity in the Municipalities of Pilar, Mariveles, Balanga, Abucay, Province of Bataan, Ternate, Rosario, Bacoor and Novelet, Province of Cavite, in view of tbe red-tide infestation which has adversely affected the fishermen and shellfish gatherers of the areas; WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for the declarati~n of a state of calamity in the areas in order that the local government units may ma]e use of their calamity funds for livelihood assistance; NOW THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. HANOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare a state of public calamity in the Municipalities Qf Pilar, Mariveles, Balanga, Abucay, Province of Bataan, Ternate, Rosario, Bacoor and Noveleta, Province of Cavite. All departments and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and rehabilitation work in accordance with existing operatioalplans, directives, and orders issued in accordance wlthcalamities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to beaffixed. in Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of June, the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety five. By FMS LIBRARY Executive Secretary d nccei" -_JUt ~?.9 Date