QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 116)
Section 71 of R.A. 6975 (the Act creating the BJMP and BFP) provides that uniformed members of BJMP and BFP shall continue to enjoy the subsistence allowance, quarter allowance, clothing allowance, cost of living allowance, hazard pay, and other allowances as provided by existing law.
It increases the subsistence allowance of all officers and enlisted personnel of the BJMP and the BFP.
It is increased from Thirty Pesos (P30.00) per day to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day.
Effective January 1, 1999 (Section 1 of EO No. 116).
It cites inflation and the increasing cost of basic commodities and foodstuff, making the previous subsistence allowance (P30/day) inadequate for food and nutritional requirements.
Executive Order No. 18 dated August 25, 1998, which increased AFP subsistence allowance to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day effective September 1, 1998.
Section 2 states that funds for CY 1999 shall be supported from the lump-sum appropriation of the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Program authorized in R.A. 8745 (the CY 1999 General Appropriations Act).
Thereafter, necessary funds shall be incorporated in the annual regular appropriations of BJMP and BFP under the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
The Secretary of Interior and Local Government is directed to issue such implementing instructions as may be necessary and proper to carry out the intent of EO No. 116.
Yes. Section 4 provides that all rules and regulations and other issuances (or parts thereof) in conflict with EO No. 116 are repealed or modified accordingly.
It covers “all officers and enlisted personnel” of both BJMP and BFP.
It establishes the continuing allowance entitlements of uniformed BJMP and BFP personnel under existing law, which EO No. 116 then specifically increases by raising the subsistence allowance amount.
It indicates that the increased allowance applies starting that date; claims for periods before that effective date would generally be governed by the previous P30/day rate.
They provide context and legislative/policy intent—specifically, the inflationary impact and the need to align subsistence allowance with the AFP’s increased subsistence allowance.
Under Section 4, conflicting rules, regulations, or issuances are repealed or modified accordingly, so the EO’s P60/day rate should prevail.
The President states he acted “by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws.”