MALACAÑANG
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
PROCLAMATION NO.
649
DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON
WHEREAS
, the Municipalities of Kalilangan and Malaybalay in the Province of Bukidnon were hard hit by flashfloods on September 1 and 3, 1995, respectively, resulting in adverse effects on close to 5,000 persons in the seven affected barangays;
WHEREAS
, there is an urgent need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the said area in order that the Province of Bukidnon may make use of its calamity funds for the relief and other emergency requirements 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 Province of Bukidnon.
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 12
th
day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.
(Sgd.)
FIDEL V. RAMOS
By the President:
(Sgd.)
RUBEN D. TORRES