QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 789)
To increase the subsistence allowance of cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) and the Philippine Air Force Flying School (PAFFS) from Ten Pesos (P10.00) to Fifteen Pesos (P15.00) per day.
Cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and cadets of the Philippine Air Force Flying School.
Ten Pesos (P10.00) a day.
Fifteen Pesos (P15.00) a day.
That the old rate is no longer adequate to meet the quality and quantity of food needed by cadets to cope with the rigorous physical and mental demands of their curriculum, training, and other activities.
It cites Letter of Implementation No. 132 (Dec. 22, 1980), Letter of Implementation No. 133 (Dec. 22, 1980), Executive Order No. 735 (Sept. 10, 1981), and Executive Order No. 742 (Oct. 18, 1981).
Military personnel of the AFP, uniformed members of the Integrated National Police, patients confined in AFP hospitals, and prisoners and detainees under PC/INP custody.
Letter of Implementation No. 99 dated September 10, 1979, authorizing changes in basic salary schedules, longevity pay, quarters allowance, subsistence allowance, and clothing allowance of uninformed personnel of the AFP.
The recommendation is stated as being by the Minister of National Defense and the Minister of the Budget.
It shall take effect upon approval.
It notes that the P10.00 rate was prescribed in Presidential Decree No. 561 and then directs its increase to P15.00 a day.
That subsistence allowance increases already occurred for other military-related groups, and the cadets’ allowance remained unchanged; EO 789 seeks to align cadets’ allowance with updated needs.
No. The text specifically directs only the increase in subsistence allowance, from P10.00 to P15.00 per day.
It signals that the President is acting under an enabling legal authority (the cited Letter of Implementation No. 99), rather than purely discretionary power.
The EO is dated March 28, 1982; it references earlier issuances from 1980 and 1981 (Letter of Implementation and prior executive orders) that increased subsistence allowances for other groups.