Increase Subsistence Allowance for BJMP and BFP

Section 71 of Republic Act No. 6975 provides that uniformed members of the BJMP and the BFP shall continue to enjoy subsistence and other allowances as provided by existing law.
The increased subsistence allowance is aligned with the earlier increase granted to the Armed Forces of the Philippines by Executive Order No. 18 (Aug. 25, 1998), which set subsistence allowance at Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day effective September 1, 1998.
Funding for CY 1999 implementation is tied to Republic Act No. 8745 (Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Program) and the CY1999 General Appropriations Act.
The Secretary of the Interior and Local Government is empowered to issue implementing instructions.

The Executive Order directs the increase because the prior subsistence allowance of P30.00 per day is inadequate for the food and nutritional requirements of BJMP and BFP personnel due to inflation.
The Executive Order provides for a subsistence allowance level of P60.00 per day to ensure appropriate subsistence for uniformed personnel.

The increased subsistence allowance applies to all officers and enlisted personnel of the BJMP and the BFP.
The Executive Order expressly sets one uniform per-day subsistence allowance rate for covered personnel.
The Executive Order grants this entitlement automatically upon the effectivity date set by the Order.

Section 1 increases the subsistence allowance for all covered BJMP and BFP personnel from Thirty Pesos (P30.00) to Sixty Pesos (P60.00) per day.
The increase is effective January 1, 1999.

Section 2 provides that the funds needed to implement the increase in CY 1999 shall be supported from the lump-sum appropriation of the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Program under Republic Act No. 8745.
Section 2 specifies that this lump-sum appropriation is authorized in the CY1999 General Appropriations Act.
For periods after CY 1999, the Executive Order requires that necessary funds be incorporated into the annual regular appropriations of the BJMP and BFP under the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

Section 3 directs the Secretary of Interior and Local Government to issue implementing instructions necessary and proper to carry out the intent of the Executive Order.

Section 4 repeals or modifies all rules, regulations, issuances, or portions thereof that conflict with Executive Order No. 116.