---

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 338, October 26, 1988 ]

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.

WHEREAS, the National Capital Regional, Regions III, IV, V, VIII, and X, have suffered damages to crops, livestock, and property caused by typhoon “Unsang” in said regions; and

WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the said regions arising from the effects of the typhoon;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim that a state of public calamity exists in the National Capital Region, and in Regions III, IV, V, VIII, and X.

All departments and other government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute relief and rehabilitation work in accordance with existing operational plans and 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.1aшphi1

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation

---