MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 273, March 26, 1992 ]

ALLOWING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESIDENT’S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAM AND EXEMPTING THEM FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 265, CURRENT SERIES

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 395 dated 20 February 1990 establishes the President’s Summer Youth Program and orders its implementation during the months from March to June of every year;

WHEREAS, the same Executive Order directs that the amount necessary for the Summer Youth Program for the succeeding years shall be included in the annual budget;

WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 265 dated 31 January 1992 directs the continued adoption of economy measures in government operations for Calendar Year 1992; and

WHEREAS, the effective participation of government agencies in the Summer Youth Program shall be affected by certain provisions of Administrative Order No. 265;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. All national government agencies and local government units, including government-owned and controlled corporations and government financial institutions, participating in the Summer Youth Program shall be exempted from the following provisions of Section 4 of Administrative Order No. 265:

a. Subsection (a) on the deferment of all new non-infrastructure projects; and

b. Subsection (c) on the suspension of the conduct of seminars, conventions as well as cultural and sports activities.ℒαwρhi৷

Section 2. The exemptions herein provided shall apply exclusively to the activities of the participating agencies in pursuit of the President’s Summer Youth Program.

Section 3. National government agencies and local government units, including government-owned and controlled corporations and government financial institutions, are hereby authorized to enlist qualified youth trainees, interns and volunteers under the Summer Youth Program and to pay each trainee, intern or volunteer an allowance in an amount not to exceed ?75.00 per day. The allowances for the trainees shall be charged against the savings of the participating agency.

Section 4. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 26th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-two.

(Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
Executive Secretary


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