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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 251 - DECLARING
THE ISLAND OF LUZON AS CALAMITY AREA AS A RESULT OF THE FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE EPIDEMIC, RATIONALIZING PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES FOR THE
ERADICATION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN THE COUNTRY, AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFORE
WHEREAS, there has been a
series of reports of outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the animal
industry particularly on swine, cattle, and carabao in the entire
Island of Luzon;
WHEREAS, the Secretary of Agriculture through a Technical Committee
created to look into these reports have confirmed the presence of the
said disease in the entire Island of Luzon;
WHEREAS, the Department of Agriculture has recognized that the alarming
rate of the spread of the disease has reached epidemic proportions;
further, that such s spread must be arrested and prevented from
affecting the Visayas and Mindanao provinces, including Palawan, most
of which are now declared FMD-free zones;
WHEREAS, there is a need to rationalize the functions of the various
government agencies and local government units concerned in the
eradication of the disease from Philippine soil;
WHEREAS, failure to eradicate the disease from the country will greatly
affect the animal industry and the national economy, as it will tend
work against our global competitiveness in this particular agricultural
sector when the effectivity of World Trade Organization shall have
commenced;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
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Sec. 9. Since 19.07.98.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of June in the year of Our lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety five.
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