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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 453, August 21, 1989 ]

FURTHER AMENDING PROCLAMATION NO. 429 DATED JULY 19, 1989 DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF REGIONS I AND II.

WHEREAS, based on the assessment report of the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), the flooding which occurred on April, May and June 1989 in Region XII due to continuous rainfall brought about by the presence of tropical storms “Bining” and “Kuring”, caused extensive destruction to crops and infrastructures in the Provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Sultan Kudarat;

WHEREAS, as reported by the RDC Chairman of Region XII, at least eight (8) municipalities in the said provinces are still under water; and

WHEREAS, the declaration of the existence of a state of public calamity in the aforesaid municipalities is deemed necessary to hasten the restoration of damaged infrastructures as well as extension of assistance to farmers whose crops were badly damaged.1aшphi1

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby further amend Proclamation No. 429 dated July 19, 1989 declaring the existence of a state of public calamity in certain areas of Regions I and II, to include therein the following Municipalities in Region XII:

Maguindanao	Sultan Kudarat	Lanao del Sur
Kabuntalan	Bagumbayan	Taraka
Datu Piang	Esperanza	Malundo
Sultan Sa Barungis		Maguing

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 21st day of August, 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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