Title
Increase Combat Duty and Incentive Pay
Law
Executive Order No. 03
Decision Date
Sep 26, 2016
Rodrigo Roa Duterte increases the Combat Duty Pay to P3,000 per month and introduces a Combat Incentive Pay of P300 per day for members of the Armed Forces and Philippine National Police engaged in actual combat, enhancing their benefits to improve their living conditions.

Questions (Republic Act No. 10592)

It cites Section 5(3) of Article XVI of the 1987 Constitution, which provides that professionalism in the armed forces and adequate remuneration and benefits of its members shall be a prime concern of the State.

For AFP: Combat Duty Pay was P500.00 per month and Combat Incentive Pay was P150 per day of actual combat but not to exceed P1,500.00 per OPORD/FRAG-O. For PNP: Combat Duty Pay had a current maximum of P340.00 per month.

It is fixed at Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per month for officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP and uniformed personnel of the PNP.

Officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP performing combat duties/activities, and uniformed personnel of the PNP engaged in actual police operations, as defined in regulations to be issued by the Secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission.

The operation must be for a specific combat mission duly covered by an OPORD or FRAG-O for the AFP.

The operation must be for a specific combat mission covered by a Mission Order for the PNP.

Personnel involved in combat must be in the published task organization of the AFP OPORD/FRAG-O or the PNP Mission Order.

Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) per day.

It shall not exceed Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per month.

It is over and above Combat Duty Pay. Section 3 states that Combat Incentive Pay shall be over and above the Combat Duty Pay of P3,000.00 for qualified AFP and qualified PNP personnel.

Those who figure directly in actual combat against members of various insurgent, terrorist, and lawless elements.

The initial funding requirement shall be drawn from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund.

Succeeding funding shall be included in the specific budgets of the AFP and PNP in the General Appropriations Act, provided that the actual roster is submitted to the DBM; the validated list becomes the basis for allocating funds.

It takes effect starting 01 September 2016.

If any provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other provisions not affected remain valid and subsisting.

All executive orders, rules and regulations, and other parts inconsistent with the Executive Order are revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.


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