Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 3)
The purpose of Executive Order No. 03 is to increase the rates of Combat Duty Pay and Combat Incentive Pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and extend the same allowances to the uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP), amending Executive Order No. 38 (s. 2011).
The new rate of Combat Duty Pay is fixed at Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per month.
Officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP performing combat duties/activities and uniformed personnel of the PNP engaged in actual police operations as defined by regulations issued respectively by the Secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission are entitled to Combat Duty Pay.
The Combat Incentive Pay is Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) per day of actual combat.
The conditions are: (a) the operation must be for a specific combat mission covered by an Operations Order (OPORD) or Fragmentary Order (FRAG-O) for the AFP or a Mission Order for the PNP; (b) the personnel must be in the published task organization of such orders; and (c) the total Combat Incentive Pay shall not exceed Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per month per individual.
The maximum monthly Combat Incentive Pay is Three Thousand Pesos (P3,000.00) per individual.
No, Combat Incentive Pay is over and above the Combat Duty Pay of P3,000.00 per month for qualified personnel.
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, based on a validated roster of military and uniformed personnel submitted to the Department of Budget and Management.
The other provisions not affected shall remain valid and subsisting due to the separability clause.
The Executive Order took effect starting September 1, 2016.
All executive orders, rules, regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with EO No. 03 are revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.