Proclamation No. 213




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 213, November 23, 1999 ] DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCE OF TARLAC Upon recommendation of the Secretary of National Defense as Chairman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council and by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare a state of calamity in the Province of Tarlac in view of the extensive damage to properties and massive displacement of families caused by the continuous heavy rains on August 1 to 4, 1999.1aшphi1 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. 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 23rd day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine. (Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA By the President: (Sgd.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation