MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 444, August 13, 1994 ]
DECLARING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PIKIT, NORTH COTABATO AND SALIPADA K. PENDATUN, MAGUINDANAO AND CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY MASSIVE FLOODING BROUGHT ABOUT BY HEAVY RAINS
WHEREAS, the National Disaster Coordinating Council recommends the declaration of a State of Public Calamity in the Municipalities of Pikit, North Cotabato and Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao and Cagayan de Oro City, which were affected by massive flooding brought about by heavy rains in the first week of June 1994;
WHEREAS, per report of the respective Provincial Coordinating Councils, the combine number of affected population in the municipalities of Pikit, North Cotabato and Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao is 5,560 families or 25,308 persons, while damage to agricultural crops was estimated at P21,322 M;
WHEREAS, in Cagayan de Oro City, the flash-floods caused the death of five (5) persons, while 4,500 persons were brought to evacuation centers;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare a state of public calamity in the municipalities of Pikit, North Cotabato and Salipada K. Pendatun, Maguindanao and Cagayan de Oro City, which were affected by massive flooding caused by heavy rains.1aшphi1
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
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of August in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-four.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary
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