Proclamation No. 492




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 492, October 26, 1994 ] DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN ZAMBOANGA CITY ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY WHIRLWIND AND FLASH FLOOD ON SEPTEMBER 19 AND 20, 1994 Upon recommendation of Secretary Renato S. de Villa of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare a state of calamity in Zamboanga City, which was adversely affected by whirlwind and flash flood on September 19 and 20, 1994. 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. By virtue of this declaration of a state of calamity, the local government unit concerned shall utilize its local Calamity Fund for relief/rehabilitation operations in affected areas. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.ℒαwρhi৷ Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety four. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President: (Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation