QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 346)
It generally provides that no national government official or employee shall be given subsistence the cost of which is payable from any fund, except for specific enumerated exceptions and only when an appropriation is specifically provided.
The exceptions include: (1) marine officers/engineers/crew of government vessels who take meals on the mess when abroad; (2) lightkeepers and other authorized light station employees; (3) officials/employees required to render continuous service including meal time within hospitals, penal institutions, leper institutions, military installations, and similar institutions, when required to live on the premises; (4) laborers temporarily fielded to isolate or unsettled districts furnished usual rations or their cash equivalent at government expense; and (5) in hospitals and leper institutions without mess halls or whenever inadequate, personnel may, upon request and with department head approval, be granted subsistence allowance at authorized rates chargeable against the appropriation for supplies and materials in the General Appropriations Act.
To increase the rate of daily subsistence allowance of certain government positions listed under Section 76 of P.D. No. 1177.
To PHP 18.00 per day.
To PHP 6.00 per meal.
Executive Order No. 257.
It increased subsistence allowance from PHP 12.00 to PHP 18.00 per day.
Section 5 of P.D. No. 1597, which provides that allowances, honoraria, and other fringe benefits may be granted to government employees subject to the President’s approval upon recommendation of the Secretary (Commissioner) of the Budget.
Not earlier than calendar year (CY) 1989, depending on availability of funds or saving from the 1989 appropriation of each agency concerned.
Because implementation depends on availability of funds or savings from the 1989 appropriation of each agency concerned.
It reflects the policy of harmonizing rates across covered categories of officials/employees to ensure uniformity in subsistence allowance standards.
Section 1.
It implies that subsistence allowances granted under the applicable exceptions must be chargeable against appropriate appropriations—specifically, in cases like hospitals/leper institutions without adequate mess halls, the allowance must be chargeable against the appropriation for supplies and materials authorized in the General Appropriations Act.
It indicates that agencies cannot automatically apply the increased rate immediately; they must ensure fiscal availability or realize savings within their 1989 appropriations before the increased allowance can be implemented.