Proclaiming the Existence of the Public Calamity in the Provinces of Albay, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Masbate, Nueva Vizcaya, Samar, and Sorsogon

MALACAÑAN PALACEManila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 118 PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF THE PUBLIC CALAMITY IN THE PROVINCES OF ALBAY, CAGAYAN, CAMARINES SUR, ISABELA, MASBATE, NUEVA VIZCAYA, SAMAR, AND SORSOGON. I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by section one of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred and sixty-four, entitled "An Act to prevent the excessive increase in the prices of certain prime necessities of life on the occasion of public calamity, penalizing the violation thereof, and for other purposes," having found that the recent typhoons which passed through and devastated the Provinces of Albay, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Masbate, Nueva Vizcaya, Samar, and Sorsogon, have wrought havoc among the inhabitants thereof and have made unduly difficult their means of livelihood, do hereby proclaim that a public calamity exists in the said Provinces of Albay, Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Masbate, Nueva Vizcaya, Samar, and Sorsogon as a result of said typhoons and do hereby declare in full force and effect in those provinces...