MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 719, April 24, 1991 ]

AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 713 DATED APRIL 17, 1991 DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCES OF BATANGAS AND ZAMBALES IN VIEW OF THE PRESENT ACTIVITIES OF THE TAAL VOLCANO AND MT. PINATUBO TO INCLUDE THEREIN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BAMBAN AND CAPAS IN TARLAC PROVINCE

WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council recommends that the municipalities of Bamban and Capas in Tarlac province be also declared under a state of public calamity in view of the present volcanic activity of Mt. Pinatubo.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Proclamation No. 713 dated April 17, 1991 declaring the existence of a state of public calamity in certain municipalities in the provinces of Batangas and Zambales in view of the present activities of the Taal Volcano and Mt. Pinatubo to include therein the municipalities of Bamban and Capas in the province of Tarlac.ℒαwρhi৷

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 24th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-one.

(Sgd.)  CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) HERMINIO B. COLOMA, JR.
Acting Executive Secretary


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