Proclamation No. 775, s. 1996

~ .2'0.2 MALACANANG MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 775 DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS IN MINDANAO WHEREAS, at least 30 people were killed, including four civilians, when an estimated 2,000 guerillas of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attacked military installations in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat; WHEREAS, the attacks resulted in the displacement of more than 6,000 civilians in at least 10 barangays in Sultan sa Barongis, Maguindanao and Lambayong town in Sultan Kudarat and likewise affected those in Zamboanga City, Basilan and Sulu; WHEREAS, in Proclamation No. 768, the province of Maguinadanao and Sultan Kudarat were declared calamity areas; 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 calamity exists in the following areas in Mindanao: 1.2.3. Zamboanga City Basilan Sulu 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 the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affIXed. DONE in the City of Manila, this 28th day of of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-SIX. March in the year By the President: Receivr-d APR ..96_~ Date IN REPLYING, PLEASE CITE:...f-.~: ..r: .~., , .",. ,..s.,! PMS LIBRARY BCODEOO8113 PMS LIB~;,;1Y