MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 666

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, WHICH WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FIRE

WHEREAS

, the Secretary of National Defense and Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) recommends the declaration of a state of calamity in the City of Cagayan De Oro, in view of the devastation of its commercial district caused by the fire which occurred on September 26, 1995;

WHEREAS

, there is an urgent need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the area in order that the province may make use of its calamity fund 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 City of Cagayan De Oro.

All departments and other governments 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 4

^th

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

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

RUBEN D. TORRES