FURTHER AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, TO CREATE A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT SERVICE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1377
• Sections: 5

Preamble

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the Government to further

upgrade and develop government personnel to enable them to carry out more

effectively and efficiently their duties and responsibilities thru a program of

personnel training and development;

WHEREAS, in order to implement this policy, the position of

Assistant Secretary for Personnel Management and Development was created in all

departments of the National Government;

WHEREAS, to enable the Assistant Secretary for Personnel

Management and Development to implement and pursue the Manpower Development

Policy, it is necessary to create a Manpower Development Service to provide

training services for the Department of Public Highways, including management

training, as well as other training efforts required in the Department;

WHEREAS, the immediate creation of this Manpower Development

Service in the Department of Public Highways under the direction of the

Assistant Secretary for Personnel Management and Development will redound to the

improvement of the service, particularly in the Department of Public

Highways;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby

order and decree:

Section 1

SECTION 1. The provisions of Presidential Decree No. 458, as

amended, and all other existing laws or decrees to the contrary notwithstanding,

a Manpower Development Service is hereby created in the Department of Public

Highways.

Section 2

SECTION 2. This Service shall be headed by a Chief, Manpower

Development Service, and an Assistant Chief, Manpower Development Service, both

to be appointed by the President upon recommendation of the Secretary.

Section 3

SECTION 3. The Manpower Development Service shall have under

it, three (3) divisions to be known as: The Management Development Division, the

Training Course Production Division, and the Training Course Implementation

Division, to be headed by a Chief Management Training Supervisor, a Chief

Training Production Supervisor, and a Chief Training Implementation Supervisor,

respectively, who shall be appointed by the Secretary in accordance with the

Civil Service Law and Rules.

Section 4

SECTION 4. This Decree shall take effect upon approval.

Done in the City of Manila, this 17th day of May, in the year of Our Lord,

nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA

Presidential Assistant