QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 18)
To increase the subsistence allowance of officers and enlisted personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), including specified categories such as draftees, trainees, reservists under training/assembly, and cadets (PMA and PAF Flying School), effective September 1, 1998.
It increased the subsistence allowance from Thirty Pesos (₱30.00) to Sixty Pesos (₱60.00) per day.
September 1, 1998.
Officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP, including draftees, trainees and probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, CMT cadets on summer camp training, and reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing training or assembly/mobilization test, plus cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School.
It states that the then-current subsistence allowance of ₱30.00 per day is no longer adequate due to increasing prices of food and the need to meet the quality and quantity of food deemed appropriate for military personnel.
EO No. 18 references Executive Order No. 257 (which increased subsistence allowance from ₱12.00 to ₱18.00 per day) and the GAA FY 90 provision (RA 6831, page 1156) increasing allowance for CAFGU from ₱18.00 to ₱30.00 per day.
To show the historical policy of increasing subsistence allowance for AFP personnel, establishing that the allowance was already previously raised before the ₱30.00 baseline used by EO No. 18.
For CY 1998, funds needed shall be supported from the DBM Reserve Control Account; for CY 1999 and beyond, the funds shall be included in the Annual Appropriations of the AFP.
All rules, regulations, and other issuances (or parts thereof) in conflict with EO No. 18 are repealed or modified accordingly.
It acknowledges funding requirements: CY 1998 is sourced from DBM Reserve Control Account (a budget mechanism), while subsequent years must be covered by Annual Appropriations of the AFP.
Yes. EO No. 18 explicitly includes probationary Second Lieutenants/Ensigns undergoing military training, among other specified groups.
No. While CAFGU is mentioned only in the WHEREAS clause (as part of the historical reference to prior increases), the operative Section 1 specifically lists AFP personnel and related categories such as cadets and reservists.
It shows the date the EO was issued/adopted, while effectivity is specified separately in Section 5; thus, there is a gap of about a week between adoption and effectivity.
It invokes the President’s constitutional authority to issue executive orders, subject to the Constitution and existing laws.
Section 4 provides that conflicting issuances or parts thereof are repealed or modified accordingly, so the EO’s increased allowance would control to the extent of conflict.