WHEREAS, on September 15, 1975, some 2,000 officials and employees in the government were ordered separated from the service;

WHEREAS, errors were committed in the assessment and evaluation of some of the cases of said officials and employees;

WHEREAS, to correct such errors, Administrative Order No. 370 dated October 24,1975 was issued, creating a Committee to take cognizance of petitions for reconsiderations of dismissed officials and employees and to conduct a review of all the cases of these officials and employees;

WHEREAS, upon a careful review of the, cases of the dismissed officials and employees and an evaluation of the evidence in support of their dismissal, the Committee found that a number of officials and employees in the Department of Trade deserve to be meted out penalties less than outright dismissal.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested, in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the immediate reinstatement of the following six (6) officials and employees of the Department of Trade provided, however, that during the period from September 19, 1975 up to the date of their reinstatement in accordance with this Order, these officials and employees shall be considered under suspension without pay:

1.	Adriano, Carmencita C.	-	Senior Commercial Agent Bureau of Foreign Trade (BFT)
2.	Balatbat, Roberto	-	Janitor, BFT
3.	Bustalino, Jose	-	Commercial Attach , BFT
4.	Cinco, Rosalinda B.	-	Secretary, BFT
5.	Corpin, Crisostomo	-	Chief Commercial Agent, BFT
6.	Geronimo, Rodolfo S.	-	Private Secretary I, BFT

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant