MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES


PROCLAMATION NO.

691


DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THREE (3) PROVINCES AND SEVENTEEN (17) CITIES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM “PEPANG”

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 storm “Pepang”. These areas are the provinces and cities of:

Region IV City of Puerto Princesa
Region VI City of Bacolod

City of Bago

City of Cadiz

City of La Carlota

City of San Carlos (Neg. Occ.)

City of Silay
Region VII Province of Bohol

Province of Siquijor

City of Cebu

City of Mandaue

City of Lapu-lapu

City of Danao

City of Toledo

City of Dumaguete

City of Tagbilaran

City of Bais

City of Canlaon
Region XIII (CARAGA) Province of Surigao del Norte

City of Surigao

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 2

nd

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

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

RUBEN D. TORRES