Proclamation No. 81




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Proclamation No. 81, August 13, 2001 ] DECLARING A STATE OF CALAMITY IN REGION I AND IN THE CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION 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, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Philippines, do hereby declare a state of calamity in Region I and in the Cordillera Administrative Region in view of the extensive damage to properties and massive displacement of families caused by the flooding and landslides brought by Typhoon Feria. 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.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of AUGUST, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and one. (Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO By the President: (Sgd.) ALBERTO G. ROMULO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation