WHEREAS, Administrative Order No. 53 dated 17 May 1993 authorizes the grant of additional compensation in the amount of P500.00 per month to public school teachers, and uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and likewise extends the benefit to the rest of the personnel of the government occupying positions allocated to Salary Grade 25 and below; and

WHEREAS, there is a need to clarify the implementation of the grant of said additional compensation to contractual personnel and to local officials and employees.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. Contractual Personnel. The implementation of the grant of P500.00 per month additional compensation is hereby clarified to cover contractual personnel without further condition. For this purpose Section 2, Paragraph 2.2 of Administrative Order No. 53 is hereby amended to read as follows:

œ2. COVERAGE

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2.2	The rest of the government personnel not mentioned in Item 2.1 hereof shall be limited to those occupying positions allocated to Salary Grade 25 and below whether regular or full-time casual, temporary status and contractual personnel. 

Section 2. Officials and Employees of Local Government Units (LGUs). The grant of said additional compensation to local officials and employees is further clarified to cover LGU officials and employees occupying positions allocated to Salary Grade 25 and below, and to subject the payment thereof to the availability of local funds.

Section 3. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 17th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary