Proclamation No. 640, s. 1990

MALACANANG MANILA PMS LIBRARY

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES . SEP i 2 1990 PROCLAMATION NO. 640

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS , 5507 OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY TWO FLOODS WHICH CLOSELY FOLLOWED ONE ANOTHER DUE TO TYPHOONS “HELING" AND "ILIANG".

WHEREAS, as a result of intense rainfall induced by aforesaid two typhoons, the areas in ‘Regions I, II and III, including the National Capital Region, were inundated during the last two weeks resulting in the depth of 65 persons, injuries to 23 persons and the forced evacua- tion of*about 109,636 families;

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WHEREAS, flash, floods totally damaged 674 dwellings and partially damaged 309 houses and that up to the present time, the flood in some areas has. not yet subsided;

WHEREAS, in behalf of the NDCC, the Secretary of National Defense recommends the declaration of a state of public calamity to hasten the normalization of life in the said areas.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, 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 following areas:

Region | . 7. Province City Ilocos Norte Laoag Ilocos Sur Dagupan La Union * San Carlos Pangasinan aie Region II

Batanes Cagayan ° Nueva Vizcaya

Region III ° Bataan Angeles Bulacan Cabanatuan Pampanga Palayan Nueva Ecija San Jose Tarlac Olongapo

National Capital Region ‘

Municipality . City Las’ Pinas Kalookan - Makati Manila

Malabon Pasay

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Mandaluyong Quezon Marikina Muntinlupa Navotas Pasig Paranaque

• Pateros - San Juan ‘ Taguig ws ‘Valenzuela

All departments ‘and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and rehabilitation work in accord- ance with existing operational plans anddirectives 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 5th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety.

By the President:

1 CATALI CARAIG, JR.

Executive Secretary