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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 464, September 13, 1989 ]

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, REGION I AND REGION III

WHEREAS, typhoon “Openg” which hit the northern portion of our country from September 8 to 12, 1989, affected as sizeable number of our people and caused substantial destruction to agricultural crops and infrastructures;

WHEREAS, based on Reports obtained by the National Disaster Coordinating Council through the Office of Civil Defense, the worst hit in terms of population affected are the provinces of Benguet, Kalinga-Apayao and Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region; Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur in Region I and Bulacan in Region III;

WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the aforesaid areas arising from the effects of typhoon “Openg”;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim that a state of public calamity exists in the following areas:

Cordillera Administrative Region

Benguet, Baguio City, Kalinga-Apayao, Abra

Region I

Ilocos Sur

Ilocos Norte

Region III

Bulacan

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.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 13th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO

By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary

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