MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Proclamation No. 952, January 12, 1972 ]
DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE.
WHEREAS, widespread destruction to property and loss of lives have resulted from the strong winds and heavy rains of “Typhoon Asiang” in the Province of Leyte;
WHEREAS, a state of public calamity exists in the said Province arising from the effects of the typhoon; and
WHEREAS, to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of essential commodities due to profiteering- and hoarding by those who control the supply thereof and also to enable the government and civic, relief and welfare agencies to carry out their objectives effectively, it is imperative that a state of calamity be proclaimed in the said Province;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by existing laws, particularly Act No. 4164 and Section 105 (V) of Republic Act No. 1937, do hereby proclaim and certify that a state of public calamity exists in the Province of Leyte. During the existence of such a calamity, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in said Province (1) to sell or offer for sale foodstuffs, building and construction materials and other prime necessities in life at prices exceeding those fixed or may be fixed by the authorities concerned pursuant to existing laws, namely, Act No. 4164 and Republic Act No. 6124, and regulations issued thereunder, and (2) to aggravate the crisis by refusing, for the purpose of profiteering, to sell at the legal price, or by hiding, concealing or hoarding such goods or commodities for the same purpose.
All government agencies are hereby directed to implement and execute rescue and relief operations in accordance with existing operational plans. The National Disaster Control Center (NDCC) shall undertake the coordination of rescue and relief operation in the areas affected utilizing for the purpose all available and necessary materials resources, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), those of other government agencies and those that can be generated from the private sector.
The government coordinating center is authorized to call upon all departments, bureaus, agencies or instrumentalities of the government, including government-owned or controled corporations, as well as the private sector, to give the necessary cooperation and assistance for the successful prosecution of this proclamation.1aшphi1
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 12th day of January, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the Executive Secretary:
(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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