EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 116, July 05, 1999

INCREASING THE SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE OF ALL OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP) AND THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP)

WHEREAS, Section 71 of R.A. 6975, the Act creating the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP), provides that all uniformed members of the BJMP and the BFP shall continue to enjoy the subsistence allowance, quarter allowance, clothing allowance, cost of living allowance, hazard pay, and all other allowances as provided by existing law;

WHEREAS, due to the inflationary increase in the cost of basic commodities and food stuff, the current subsistence allowance of Thirty Pesos (P30.00) per day is deemed already inadequate to address the food and nutritional requirements appropriate for BJMP and BFP officers and men;

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 18, dated August 25, 1998, has increased the subsistence allowance of the officers and men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day effective September 1, 1998;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, do hereby order:

Section 1. The subsistence allowance for all officers and enlisted personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection(BFP) is hereby increased from Thirty Pesos (P30.00) to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day effective January 1, 1999.

Section 2. Funds needed to implement this Executive Order in CY 1999 shall be supported from the lump-sum appropriation of the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Program as authorized in R.A. 8745, the CY1999 General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, necessary funds shall be incorporated in the annual regular appropriations of the said Bureaus under the Department of Interior and Local Government.

Section 3. The Secretary of Interior and Local Government shall issue such implementing instructions as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent of this Executive Order.

Section 4. All rules and regulations and other issuances or part thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

Adopted: 05 July 1999

BY THE PRESIDENT:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA

Executive Secretary