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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 854, August 16, 1996 ]

DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASISTA, PANGASINAN, WHICH WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY FIRE

WHEREAS, the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council recommends the declaration of a state of calamity in the Municipality of Basista, Pangasinan, in view of the fire that hit the school building of Basista Central School;

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 calamity in the Municipality of Basista, Pangasinan, for emergency needs, service restoration, comprehensive fire safety inspection, and other remedial measures to be made therein.

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

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

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