EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 987 August 1, 1984
INCREASING THE DAILY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES OF MILITARY PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES TO TWELVE PESOS (P12.00) PER DAY
WHEREAS, Letter of Implementation No. 132, dated 22 December 1980 provides that all officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines including draftees, trainees, and Probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training and reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test shall receive a daily subsistence allowance of eight pesos (P8.00);
WHEREAS, the President is authorized under Letter of Implementation No. 99, dated 10 September 1979, to approve any change in the basic salary and longevity pay schedule, quarters allowance, subsistence allowance and clothing allowance of uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, on recommendation by the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of the Budget;
WHEREAS, the current daily subsistence allowance of eight pesos per day is inadequate to meet basic requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby direct, order and instruct:
Sec. 1. The daily subsistence allowance provided for under Letter of Implementation No. 132 for all officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines including draftees, trainees, and Probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training and reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test is hereby increased from eight pesos (P8.00) to twelve pesos (P12.00).
Sec. 2. The funds necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Order shall be drawn from the reserve appropriations of the AFP for Calendar Year 1984. Funds for the succeeding years will be incorporated in the annual appropriations of the AFP.
Sec. 3. The rules and regulations implementing this increase in subsistence allowance shall be promulgated by the Minister of National Defense.
Sec. 4. All rules, regulations and other issuance or parts thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. lawphi1.net
Sec. 5. This Order shall take effect 1 August 1984.
Done in the City of Manila this 4th day of October in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.
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