MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 920, November 14, 1996 ]
DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN FOURTEEN (14) PROVINCES AND EIGHT (8) CITIES ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TROPICAL DEPRESSION “TOYANG”
Upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense and Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare the existence of a State of Calamity in the areas adversely affected by tropical depression “Toyang”. These areas are the provinces and cities of:
Region IV |
Province of Oriental Mindoro |
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Province of Occidental Mindoro |
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Province of Romblon |
Region V |
Province of Masbate |
Region VI |
Province of Negros Occidental |
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City of Bacolod |
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City of Cadiz |
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City of Silay |
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Province of Iloilo |
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City of Iloilo |
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Province of Capiz |
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City of Roxas |
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Province of Antique |
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Province of Aklan |
Region VII |
Province of Cebu |
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City of Cebu |
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Province of Bohol |
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City of Mandaue |
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City of Lapu-Lapu |
Region VIII |
Province of Southern Leyte |
Caraga Region |
Province of Surigao Sur |
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Province of Surigao Norte |
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 14th day of November 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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