EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1015 March 22, 1985
INCREASING THE SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE OF PATIENTS CONFINED IN AFP/INP HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES AND OF CADETS OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY, THE PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE FLYING SCHOOL, AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY AND PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENT THERETO
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 735, dated September 10, 1981 directed the increase of subsistence allowance of patients confined in AFP hospitals or dispensaries from P8.00 per day to P12.00 per day;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 789 dated March 28, 1982 directed the increase of the subsistence allowance of PMA cadets and PAFFS cadets from P10.00 per day to P15.00 per day;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 855 dated December 22, 1975 the Philippine National Police Academy was authorized subsistence allowance in the amount of P15.00 per day;
WHEREAS, due to the general increase in the prices of commodities, these rates are no longer adequate to meet the quality and quantity of food needed by the patients for early recovery and by cadets to enable them to cope with the rigors of physical and mental training;
WHEREAS, the continuing adjustment of the subsistence allowance made necessary by the steady increase in the prices of commodities has become tedious and cumbersome;
WHEREAS, the President is authorized under Letters of Implementation No. 98 and 99 dated September 10, 1979 to approve any change in the basic salary schedule, longevity pay schedule, quarters allowance, subsistence and clothing allowance of uniformed personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Integrated National Police respectively on recommendation by the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of Budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the power vested in me by law, do hereby order and direct that:
Sec. 1. The rate of subsistence allowance of patients in AFP/INP hospitals and dispensaries and of Cadets of the Philippine Military Academy, the PAF Flying School and the Philippine National Police Academy shall not be less than TWENTY (P20.00) Pesos per day.
Sec. 2. The daily subsistence allowance of patients confined in the AFP hospitals and dispensaries and of cadets of the PMA and PAFFS shall be adjusted annually, the rates of which shall be prescribed by the Minister of National Defense upon recommendation of the Chief of Staff, AFP.
Sec. 3. The daily subsistence allowance of patients in INP hospitals and dispensaries and of cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy shall be adjusted annually, the rates of which shall be prescribed by the Minister of National Defense upon the recommendation of the Director General, Integrated National Police.
Sec. 4. The Minister of National Defense shall issue such implementing instructions as are necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the order.
Sec. 5. The funds needed to implement this order shall be charged against the Annual Appropriations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Integrated National Police.
Sec. 6. All rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof that are in conflict with this executive order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 7. This order shall take effect upon approval.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.
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