Proclamation No. 739, s. 1996

MALACANAN~MANn.A MfN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 739 DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAPATAGAN, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, WHICH WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TWO SUCCESSIVE DISASTERS ON OCTOBER 1995 WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) recommends the declaration of a state of calamity in the Municipality of Kapatagan, Province of Lanao del Norte due to adverse effects of two successive disasters on October 1995, the first being typhoon Mameng, and the other a fire that gutted down 90% of the commercial district of the said municipality; WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the area to enable the local government unit to use its Calamity Fund for relief and other emergency requirements of the affected constituents; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powerf vested in me by law, do hereby declare that a state of public calamity exists in the Municipality of Kapatagan, Province of Lanao del Norte. All departments and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and 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 theseal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affIXed. in the year DONE in the City of Manila, this 15th day of February of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety--Six. By the President: 111/111/11'111111"'11111111"11'1'11 PMS lIBRARY BCODEOO8039PMS lfB;ARY TORRESExecutive Secretary Received IN REPLYING. PLEASE CITE:PFVR Letter. L9S0327 IIIIIIII II!! 111111 ~~~ fEB 2 6 1996 RC5"* "" Date jZ-p