Presidential Decree No. 1377 (PD 1377) — 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
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. 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. 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. 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. 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
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