Title
Increase in BJMP and BFP Subsistence Allowance
Law
Executive Order No. 116
Decision Date
Jul 5, 1999
President Joseph Ejercito Estrada increases the subsistence allowance of officers and enlisted personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protection due to inflation, raising it from Thirty Pesos to Sixty Pesos per day, effective from January 1, 1999.
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Q&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 116)

It is about increasing the subsistence allowance of all officers and enlisted personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

Thirty Pesos (P30.00) per day.

Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day, effective January 1, 1999.

Section 71 of Republic Act No. 6975.

Due to the inflationary increase in the cost of basic commodities and foodstuff, the previous daily subsistence allowance was considered inadequate.

The lump-sum appropriation of the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Program as authorized in R.A. 8745, the CY1999 General Appropriations Act.

The Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government.

They are repealed or modified accordingly.

No, the increased subsistence allowance is effective January 1, 1999.

Quarter allowance, clothing allowance, cost of living allowance, hazard pay, and all other allowances provided by existing law.

Executive Order No. 18, dated August 25, 1998.

Necessary funds shall be incorporated in the annual regular appropriations of the BJMP and BFP under the Department of Interior and Local Government.


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