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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 140, August 14, 1987 ]

PROCLAIMING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THE COUNTRY WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY TYPHOON “HERMING”.

WHEREAS, great damage and destruction to life and property were brought about typhoon “Herming” in certain area in the country; and

WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in these areas arising from the effect of the typhoon;

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 in the country:

Region IV	Marinduque, Batangas and Quezon
Region V	Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, Albay, Catanduanes and Masbate
Region VIII	Eastern Samar, Western Samar, Northern Samar, Leyte and Southern Leyte

All departments and other 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 order issued in connection with calamities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.1aшphi1

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.

(SGD) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD) JOKER P. ARROYO
Executive Secretary

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