MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 2027

DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN TOWNS IN THE PROVINCES OF BULACAN, PAMPANGA, TARLAC, PANGASINAN, NUEVA ECIJA, CAGAYAN, ISABELA, AND AURORA.

WHEREAS, great damage and destruction of life and property were brought about by the recent typhoon “Aring”;

WHEREAS, to prevent excessive increase in the prices of prime commodities due to profiteering and hoarding by those who control the supply thereof, and to enable the government, as well as civic, relief and welfare agencies to carry out their functions, it is necessary that a state of public calamity be proclaimed in towns thus far reported severely affected;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, 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 towns in the provinces of Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Cagayan and Aurora:

Bulacan:

1. San Miguel

2. San Ildefonso

3. Calumpit

4. Hagonoy

5. Obando

6. Pulilan

Pampanga:

1. Candaba (Bahay Pare)

2. Minalin

3. Apalit

4. San Luis

5. San Simon

6. San Fernando

7. Bacolor

8. Macabebe

9. Masantol

10. Lubao

11. Sta. Ana

12. Porac

13. Mexico

14. Floridablanca

15. Magalang

Tarlac:

1. La Paz

2. Moncada

3. Victoria

4. Camiling

5. Capaz

6. Concepcion

7. San Clemente

8. Paniqui

9. San Manuel

10. Mayantoc

Pangasinan:

1. Bayambang 11. Sto. Tomas

2. Bautista 12. Mangatarem

3. Malasiqui 13. San Quintin

4. San Carlos 14. San Miguel

5. Alcala 15. Urdaneta

6. Aguilar 16. Mangaldan

7. Sta. Barbara 17. Manaoag

8. Calasiao 18. Villasis

9. Tayug 19. Asingan

10. San Nicolas

Nueva Ecija:

1. Gapan

2. Zaragoza

3. Jaen

4. San Antonio

5. Sta. Rosa

6. Aliaga

7. Cabanatuan City

8. Caranglan

9. Quezon

10. Rizal

11. Talavera

12. Sto. Domingo

13. Gabaldon

14. Laur

15. Bongabon

16. Cabiao

17. Guimba

18. Nampicuan

19. Cuyapo

20. Talugtug

21. Muñoz

Cagayan:

1. Tuguegarao

2. Enrile

3. Gonzaga

4. Peñablanca

5. Iguig

6. Solana

7. Amulong

8. Alcala

9. Gattaran

10. Lallo

11. Bagao

12. Abulog

13. Ballesteros

14. Calamaniugan

Isabela:

1. Ilagan 12. Mercedes

2. Tumauini 13. Mallig

3. Santiago 14. San Mateo

4. Cauayan 15. Lana

5. Cabagan 16. Cabatuan

6. Sto. Tomas 17. Gamu

7. Benito Soliven 18. Naguillan

8. Echague 19. Reina

9. San Agustin 20. Angadanan

10. Aurora 21. San Pablo

11. Burgos 22. Magsaysay

Aurora:

1. Baler

2. Casiguran

3. Maria Aurora

4. San Luis

5. Dipaculao

6. Dingalan

During the existence of the calamity it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in said towns to sell or offer for sale any foodstuff, building and construction materials and other prime necessities of life at prices exceeding those fixed or may be fixed by proper authorities, and to aggravate the crisis by refusing, for the purpose of profiteering, to sell at the legal price, or by hiding, concealing or hoarding such foodstuff, building and construction materials and other prime commodities for the same purpose.ℒαwρhi৷

All government agencies concerned are hereby directed to implement and execute rescue, relief and rehabilitation work in accordance with existing operational plans and the directive and orders I have issued in connection with calamities.

The Price Control Council, with the assistance of the Integrated National Police, shall enforce the provisions of Act 4164, particularly Section 3 thereof, in all affected areas. As such implementing agency, the Council is hereby empowered to order the seizure of any commodity, material or merchandise or prime necessity, sell to the public at the price authorized by Act No. 4164 and Republic Act No. 6361, and reimburse to the owner of the same its legal price.

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 8th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Senior Presidential Assistant


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