MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 761, October 15, 1970 ]
PROCLAIMING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCES OF CATANDUANES, ALBAY, SORSOGON, CAMARINES SUR, CAMARINES NORTE, MARINDUQUE AND QUEZON.
WHEREAS, widespread destruction to property and loss of lives have resulted from the strong winds and heavy rains of “Typhoon Sening” in the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Marinduque and Quezon.
WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the areas abovementioned arising from the effects of the typhoon;
WHEREAS, to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of essential commodities due to profiteering and hoarding by those who control the supply thereof and also to enable the government and civic, relief and welfare agencies to carry out their objectives effectively, it is imperative that a state of calamity be proclaimed in the aforesaid areas;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by existing laws, particularly Act No. 4164 and Section 105 (V) of Republic Act No. 1937, do hereby proclaim and certify that a state of public calamity exists in the provinces of Catanduanes, Albay, Sorsogon, Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Marinduque and Quezon. During the existence of such a calamity, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in said areas (1) to sell or offer for sale foodstuffs, building and construction materials and other prime necessities in life at prices exceeding those fixed or may be fixed by the authorities concerned pursuant to existing laws, namely, Act No. 4164 and Republic Act No. 6124, and regulations issued thereunder, and (2) to aggravate the crisis by refusing, for the purpose of profiteering, to sell at the legal price, or by hiding, concealing or hoarding such goods or commodities for the same purpose.1aшphi1
All government agencies are hereby directed to implement and execute rescue and relief operations in accordance with existing operational plans. A government rescue and relief coordinating center is hereby established at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, whose responsibility it shall be to oversee, coordinate and direct rescue and relief operations, utilizing for the purpose all available and necessary material resources, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), those of other government agencies and those that can be generated from the private, sector.
The government coordinating center is authorized to call upon all departments, bureaus, agencies or instrumentalities of the government, including government owned or controlled corporations, as well as the private sector, to give the necessary cooperation and assistance for the successful prosecution of this proclamation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.
Done in the City of Manila, this 15th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) ROBERTO V. REYES
Acting Executive Secretary
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