WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 257, provides that the subsistence allowance for 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, be increased from Twelve Pesos (P 12.00) to Eighteen Pesos (P 18.00) per day;

WHEREAS, Page 1156 of RA 6831, GAA FY 90 provides the increase of subsistence allowance of officers and enlisted personnel of the Philippines, including the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Units (CAFGU) from Eighteen Pesos (P 18.00) to Thirty Pesos ( P 30.00) per day;

WHEREAS, the current subsistence allowance of Thirty Pesos (P 30.00) per day is no longer adequate to meet the quality and quantity of food deemed appropriate for military personnel in view of the increasing prices of food stuff;

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

SECTION 1.       The subsistence allowance for 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 and assembly/mobilization test and cadets of Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School, is hereby increased from Thirty Pesos (P 30.00) to Sixty Pesos (P 60.00) per day effective September 1, 1998.

SECTION 2.       Funds needed to implement this Executive Order in CY 1998 shall be supported from DBM Reserve Control Account and in CY 1999 and beyond shall be included in the Annual Appropriations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

SECTION 3.       The Secretary of National Defense shall issue such implementing instructions as are necessary and proper to carry out the intent of this Executive Order.

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rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof that are in conflict with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5.       This Executive Order shall take effect September 1, 1998.

Adopted: 25 Aug. 1998

(SGD.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA
President

By the President:

(SGD.) RONALDO B. ZAMORA
Executive Secretary