Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 6638)
The official title is the "DND-AFP Base Pay Law of 1987."
It applies to all military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in active service and civilian employees covered under Section 4 of the Act.
The mentioned military grades in the law are also to mean the equivalent Navy grades.
The monthly base pay for a General is P12,000.00.
A Probationary Second Lieutenant shall receive a monthly base pay of P2,500.00.
The Act takes effect on December 1, 1987, after publication in at least two newspapers of general circulation, except the provisions in Section 4.
Effective January 1, 1988, all regular and permanent civilian employees of the Department of National Defense and AFP shall have a minimum base pay of P1,000.00 monthly, subject to the rationalized compensation and position classification plan to be established by the Department of Budget and Management.
The funding shall come from the Compensation and Organizational Adjustment Fund, the Contingent Fund, and other savings under Executive Order No. 87 (General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1987), or any unappropriated funds of the National Treasury.
Yes, the amounts corresponding to the new salary rates must be included in the annual General Appropriations Act for the AFP budget for succeeding years.
Yes, this Act shall take effect notwithstanding any law, executive order, or presidential decree to the contrary, except for the provisions in Section 4.
The minimum base pay for a First Class Trainee is P800.00 per month.
It was approved and signed by President Corazon C. Aquino.
It was approved on November 6, 1987.
The law was published in at least two newspapers of general circulation and became effective on December 1, 1987, except for Section 4, as per the law's effectivity clause.