Proclamation No. 853




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 853, August 16, 1996 ] DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF NAVOTAS, VALENZUELA, AND MALABON, METRO MANILA Upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council, and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare a state of calamity in the Municipalities of Navotas, Valenzuela, and Malabon, Metro Manila, which were affected by flash-flood due to continuous rains these past few days.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 16th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety six. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation