MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 620

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM/SENATE BUILDING AREA, MANILA

WHEREAS

, the National Museum located at the Senate Building in Manila was gutted by fire causing damage to properties including national treasures housed therein;

WHEREAS

, there is a need for the declaration of a state of calamity in the area to be able to utilize the Calamity Funds for emergency needs, service restoration, comprehensive fire safety inspection and other remedial measures urgently needed therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS

, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare a state of calamity in the National Museum/Senate Building area.

The release of an initial amount of Five Million (P5,000,000.00) Pesos to be drawn 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 18

^Th

day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety five.

(Sgd.)

FIDEL V. RAMOS

By the President:

(Sgd.)

RUBEN D. TORRES