MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 625

DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN

WHEREAS

, the Secretary of National Defense and Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) has recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in the Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan due to the effects of a fire which razed the old science building of the Pangasinan School of Arts and Trade (PSAT), including all its equipment and laboratory facilities;

WHEREAS

, there is an urgent need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the area in order that the Department of Public Works and Highways may make use of the Calamity Fund for the reconstruction of the burned structures thereat;

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 Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan.

The release to the Department of Public Works and Highways of the amount of TWO MILLION PESOS (P2,000,000.00) from the Calamity Fund is hereby authorized.

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 2

^nd

day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

RUBEN D. TORRES