Proclamation No. 137




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 137, February 7, 1993 ] DECLARING A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE AND SURIGAO DEL NORTE AND IN SURIGAO CITY I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare, upon the recommendation of the Chairman, National Disaster Coordinating Council, a state of public calamity in the Provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte and in Surigao City which have been severely affected by torrential rains and heavy flooding. I also hereby authorize the release from the calamity fund of Two Million Pesos (P2,000,000.00) for the Province of Agusan del Norte, Two Million Pesos (P2,000,000.00) for the Province of Surigao del Norte, and One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) for Surigao City to support the on-going disaster operations being undertaken by their respective Provincial and City Disaster Coordinating Councils.ℒαwρhi৷ 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 7th day of February in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President: (Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO Chief Presidential Legal Counsel The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation