I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby amend Section 7, Title II of the Executive Order No. 248 dated 29 May 1995 entitled œPrescribing Rules and Regulations and New Rates of Allowances of Official Local and Foreign Travels of Government Personnel , be deleting subsection e, f and g, to read as follows:

œSEC. 7 NATURE OF TRAVEL. - Travels and assignments under this Executive Order shall cover only those which are urgent and extremely necessary, will involve the minimum expenditure and are expected to bring immediate benefit to the country, and shall refer only to those under the category of conferences, special missions, and other non-study trips such as those undertaken for the following purposes:

a. To attend conferences or seminars sponsored by foreign governments or international government organization to which the Philippine Government is committed or invited to send representatives or participants;

b. To attend conferences or seminars sponsored by private organizations, whether international or not, invitations to which have been sent through their respective governments to the Philippine Government;

c. To conduct examinations or investigations of Philippine Government agencies or affairs; and

d. To undertake any other official mission which cannot be assigned to any other Philippine government official or officials already abroad. 

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 14th day of August in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary