Proclamation No. 775




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 775, November 20, 1970 ] PROCLAIMING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE GREATER MANILA AREA AND IN THE PROVINCES OF RIZAL AND BATAAN. WHEREAS, heavy damage to property and loss of human lives have resulted from the strong winds and heavy rains of “Typhoon Yoling” in the Greater Manila Area, Rizal and Bataan; WHEREAS, a. state of public calamity exists in the areas above mentioned 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 Greater Manila area, Rizal and Bataan. 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 foodstuff, 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. All government agencies are hereby directed to implement and execute rescue and relief operations in accordance with existing operational plans. The government rescue and relief coordinating center at Camp Aguinaldo. Quezon City, created under Proclamation No. 761, current series, shall expand its scope of responsibility of overseeing, coordinating and directing rescue and relief operations to include the above affected areas, 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.1aшphi1 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 caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of November, in the year-of Our Lord, nineteen hundred, and seventy; (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary Annex A-1: List of Maximum Prices fixed by the Price Control Council Greater Manila Area The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation