[ LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 100, September 12, 1979 ]

RELATIVE TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE

WHEREAS, it is necessary that the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service be provided with, adequate financial means to be able not only to protect and advance the country's interests abroad efficiently and effectively but also to represent the country in a manner worthy of the esteem and respect of the country to which they are assigned end accredited;

WHEREAS, in common with other members of the Civil Service, it is necessary to adjust the salaries of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and instruct the implementation of the following upgrading in foreign service compensation:
  1. The positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shell be allocated to the salary grades of the salary schedule provided for in Presidential Decree No. 985, as follows:

     
    Salary
    Grade
    		 
     
    		 
    Chief of Mission, Class I
    27
    		  
    Chief of Mission, Class II
    26
    		  
    Counsellor
    25
    		  
    Senior Foreign Adviser
    25
    		  
    Foreign Service Officer, Class I
    24
    		  
    Foreign Service Officer, Class II
    23
    		  
    Foreign Service Officer, Class III
    22
    		  
    Foreign Service Officer, Class IV
    21
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Officer I
    18
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Officer II
    16
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Officer III
    14
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Employee I
    11
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Employee II
    9
    		  
    Foreign Service Staff Employee III
    7
    		  



    The Salary Schedule
    Salary
    Grade     		1st   
    Step     		2nd 
    Step     		3rd  
    Step     		4th  
    Step     		 5th  
    Step     		6th  
    Step     		7th  
    Step     		8th  
    Step
    _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______
                     
    1 P 3432 P 3612 P 3792 P 3984 P 4188 P 4404 P 4632 P 4860
    2 3792 3984 4188 4404 4632 4860 5112 5376
    3 4188 4404 4632 4860 5112 5376 5640 5928
    4 4632 4860 5112 5376 5640 5928 6240 6552
    5 5112 5376 5640 5928 6240 6552 6888 7236
    6 5640 5928 6240 6552 6888 7239 7608 7992
    7 6240 6552 6888 7236 7608 7992 8400 8832
    8 6888 7236 7608 7992 8400 8832 9288 9756
    9 7608 7992 8400 8832 9288 9756 10260 10776
    10 8400 8832 9288 9756 10260 10776 11328 11904
    11 9288 9756 10260 10776 11328 11904 12516 13152
    12 10260 10776 11328 11904 12516 13152 13824 14532
    13 11328 11904 12516 13152 13824 14532 15264 16044
    14 12516 13152 13824 14523 15264 16044 16860 17724
    15 13824 14532 15264 16044 16860 17724 18636 19584
    16 15264 16044 16860 17724 18636 19584 20580 21624
    17 16860 17724 18636 19584 20580 21624 22728 23892
    18 18636 19584 20580 21624 22728 23892 25116 26888
    19 20580 21624 22728 23892 25116 26388 27732 29148
    20 22728 23892 25116 26388 27732 29148 30624 32184
    21 25116 26388 27732 29148 30624 32184 33816 35532
    22 27732 29148 30624 32184 33816 35532 37344 39240
    23 30624 32184 33816 35532 37344 39240 41232 43332
    24 33816 35532 37344 39240 41232 43332 45540 47856
    25 37344 39240 41232 43332 45540 47856 50292 52848
    26 41232 43332 45540 47856 50292 52848 55536 58368
    27 45540 47856 50292 52848 55536 58368 61344 64476
    28 50292 52848 55536 58368 61344 64476 67764 71220

  2. Positions not falling under the above classes shall be subject to the existing national compensation and classification plans.
  3. The salaries of other personnel of the Philippine Government stationed abroad other than those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be adjusted to the Minimum of their assimilated ranks pursuant to Letter of Implementation No. 63.
  4. The home office adjustment allowance currently enjoyed by the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be progressively incorporated to their basic salary.
  5. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from the Salary Adjustment Fund provided in the General Appropriations Act.
  6. The implementation of this Letter shall observe Executive Order No. 495, as amended, and such rules and regulations as may be issued jointly by the Minister of foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Budget.
  7. This Letter shall take effect on May 1, 1979.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.

     
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
     
President
     
Republic of the Philippines
       
       
  By the President:    
       
  (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA    
    Presidential Assistant