Proclamation No. 647, s. 1995

MALACANANG MANll-A \ BY THE PRESmENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO.6 4 7 DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCES OF SOUTH COTABATO, SULTAN KUDARAT AND MAGUINDANAO WHEREAS, the crater wall of the Mount Parker volcano in South Cotabato collapsed on September 6, 1995 causing flashfloods in a number .of municipalities in the Provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao; WHEREAS, the death toll in the flooding continues to rise in addition to hundreds of people still unaccounted for, thousands rendered homeless and massive damage caused to infrastructures therein; WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for the declaration of a state of calamity inthe said areas in order that the Provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat andMaguindanao may make use of their calamity funds for the relief and other emergencyrequirements 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 Provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao. All departments and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and i rehabilitation work in accordance with existing operational plans, directives and orders issued in connection with calamities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal ofthe Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. ' DONE in the City of Manila, this 12!!! day of September Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. !:) in the year of By the President: PMS LIBRARY r--- ,.. r/ ~ )RUBEN'D. T~;~;; Executive Secretary" Received .~~.m.;~~ Da:e