[ PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1578, June 11, 1978 ]
GRANTING EMERGENCY INCENTIVE ALLOWANCE TO CERTAIN PERSONNEL OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, after training them, most are leaving the Museum for better paying opportunities being offered by some government agencies or private enterprise, and in fact the Museum has lost several technically-trained men in view of the low salary scales; and
WHEREAS, in order to improve the capability of the technical men of the Museum and prevent them from transferring to other offices it is necessary to augment their salaries in the form of monthly incentive allowance.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree:
SECTION 1. All technical personnel of the National Museum under the following categories are hereby authorized to receive monthly incentive allowances as follows:
Chief of Section Research Assistant Assistant Researcher Researcher without Ph. D. Sr. Researcher without Ph. D. Researcher with Ph. D. & Publications Sr. Researcher with Ph. D. & Publication Curator (Chief of Division) Assistant Director Director
SEC. 2. The sum of eight hundred fifty-eight thousand pesos which shall be taken from any savings of the National Museum for Calendar Year 1978 is hereby authorized to be paid for the above incentives. Thereafter, the said amount shall be included in the General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 3. All decrees, laws, orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed, modified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 4. This Decree shall take effect January 1, 1978.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant