Presidential Decree No. 568 (PD 568) — Appropriating Counterpart Funds for the Philippine Population Project and Creating the Project Management Staff Thereof and for Other Purposes.
WHEREAS, in order to make more effective the population
program of the country, there is a need to augment the resources
available to agencies involved in the said program:
WHEREAS, the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD) has granted the Philippine Government a loan for the
Philippine Population Project, hereinafter referred to as the Project;
WHEREAS, funds must be appropriated to finance the
counterpart peso funding of the aforesaid loan agreement;
WHEREAS, there is a need to create a Project Management
Staff for effective implementation and execution of the said Project;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby decree the following measures as part
of the law of the land.
Appropriations.
SECTION 1. Appropriations. — There is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated the sum of One Hundred Sixty-Six Million (P166 million) to
finance the local currency costs of the Project which shall be
programmed and released to the Project Management Staff hereinafter
created, in the following manner: Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand
Pesos (P7.5 million) for the Fiscal Year 1974-75; Twenty Four Million
Pesos (P24 million) for Fiscal Year 1975-76; Eighty-Five Million Pesos
(P85 million) for Fiscal Year 1976-77; Forty-Three Million Pesos (P43
million) for Fiscal Year 1977-78; and Six Million Five Hundred Thousand
Pesos (P6.5 million) for Fiscal Year 1978-79; Provided, That,
notwithstanding the said schedule, releases in a given year shall be
adjusted in accordance with the actual requirements of the project being
implemented during said Fiscal Year.
Project Management Staff.
SEC. 2. Project Management Staff. — For the effective
implementation of the Project, a Project Management Staff is hereby
established as a special unit under the Office of the Secretary of
Health, which shall perform the following functions:
Undertake and supervise the implementation of
Projects under the IBRD Loan;
Prepare and implement such other development projects in
connection with the loan that may be assigned by the Secretary of
Health; and
Perform such other functions and duties related to the
execution of the Project that may be assigned to it by the
Secretary of Health.
The existence of the Project Management Staff shall be co-terminus
with that of the Project; Provided, however, That upon
completion of the Project, such personnel as may be necessary who meet
the qualification standards set by the Department of Health may be
absorbed by the Department.
Organizational Structure of the Project Management Staff.
SEC. 3. Organizational Structure of the Project
Management Staff. — The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to
determine the organizational structure of the Project pursuant to the
IBRD Loan Agreement. It shall be headed by an Executive Director and
such assistance as may be required by the Project, to be appointed by
the Secretary of Health. It shall likewise have its technical,
administrative and support staff as well as consultants as may be
necessary. Such consultants may be drawn from the private sector on
consultancy or contractual basis or as regular employees, or from
government offices agencies and instrumentalities on consultancy,
part-time or detail basis who shall be granted additional salary,
overtime pay, honoraria or allowances at such amounts as may be fixed by
the Secretary of Health, any provisions of law, rule or regulation to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Work Coordination.
SEC. 4. Work Coordination. — The Department of
Health and the Population Commission shall coordinate together in the
implementation and execution of the Project.
Nature of Positions of the Project Management Staff.
SEC. 5. Nature of Positions of the Project Management
Staff. — In view of the urgent nature of the Project, all positions
in the Project Management Staff, are hereby declared exempt from the
examination requirements of R.A. No. 2260, as amended, and pending the
new general standardization of the salaries of personnel in the national
government shall be exempt from the rules and regulations of the WAPCO.
The Secretary of Health may delegate to the Executive Director the
authority to appoint or contract the personnel of the Project Management
Staff.
Contracts and Expenditures.
SEC. 6. Contracts and Expenditures. — Any
provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary of
Health may contract the implementation of the Project herein authorized
or negotiated on administration basis whenever deemed necessary: Provided,
however, That the amount involved does not exceed Four Hundred
Thousand Pesos (P400,000) per contract: Provided, further, That
this procedure shall be limited to projects which are fully or partly
supported by foreign loans or those which are tied-up or connected with
the foreign assisted projects: Provided, finally, That advances,
expenditures and disbursements made by the Project Management Staff in
the conduct of its affair shall not be subject to the procurement
requirements and/or restrictions imposed by law, rules and regulations
upon government agencies, instrumentalities and government-owned or
controlled corporations.
Effectivity.
SEC. 7. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 24th day of October, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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