Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 18)
The purpose is to increase the subsistence allowance for officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including draftees, trainees, Probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training, reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test, and cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School.
The subsistence allowance was increased from Thirty Pesos (P30.00) per day to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day.
The increase took effect on September 1, 1998.
The President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in him by the Constitution, has the authority to issue the order.
Officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, including draftees, trainees, Probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training, reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test, and cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School.
For the year 1998, funds shall be supported from the DBM Reserve Control Account; from 1999 onward, funds shall be included in the Annual Appropriations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
The Secretary of National Defense is directed to issue such implementing instructions as are necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Executive Order.
All rules, regulations, and other issuances or parts thereof that conflict with this Executive Order are repealed or modified accordingly.
It was Eighteen Pesos (P18.00) per day, increased from Twelve Pesos (P12.00) by an earlier Executive Order, as referenced in this document.
Because the current subsistence allowance of Thirty Pesos was no longer adequate to meet the quality and quantity of food deemed appropriate for military personnel due to the increasing prices of foodstuff.