Proclamation No. 920, s. 1996

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 920, November 14, 1996 ]

DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN FOURTEEN (14) PROVINCES AND EIGHT (8) CITIES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TROPICAL DEPRESSION “TOYANG”

Upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense and Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the existence of a State of Calamity in the areas adversely affected by tropical depression “Toyang”. These areas are the provinces and cities of:

Region IV	Province of Oriental Mindoro
	Province of Occidental Mindoro
	Province of Romblon
Region V	Province of Masbate
Region VI	Province of Negros Occidental
	City of Bacolod
	City of Cadiz
	City of Silay
	Province of Iloilo
	City of Iloilo
	Province of Capiz
	City of Roxas
	Province of Antique
	Province of Aklan
Region VII	Province of Cebu
	City of Cebu
	Province of Bohol
	City of Mandaue
	City of Lapu-Lapu
Region VIII	Province of Southern Leyte
Caraga Region	Province of Surigao Sur
	Province of Surigao 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 the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of November in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary