WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 397, dated February 23,
1974, prescribes the amount of SIX PESOS (P6.00) as the basic daily
subsistence allowance for each officer and enlisted personnel of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines, including cadets of the Philippine
Military Academy and Philippine Air Force Flying School, trainees
undergoing military training pursuant to Republic Act No. 4091,
probationary second lieutenants/ensigns, ROTC cadets on summer camp
training and reserve officers and enlisted reservists undergoing
training or assembly/mobilization tests;
WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 561, dated September 23,
1974, prescribes TEN PESOS (P10.00) as daily subsistence allowance for
each cadet of the PMA and the PAFFS;
WHEREAS, paragraph 7, AFP Special Provisions of Presidential
Decree No. 503, General Appropriations for FY 1974-75, page 669
provides that officers, enlisted personnel as defined in Armed Forces of
the Philippines regulations, indigent veterans as determined by the
Secretary of National Defense, and detainees, when confined in hospitals
or dispensaries of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, shall be
entitled to subsistence allowance of not more than SIX PESOS (P6.00)
per day;
WHEREAS, the present rate of subsistence allowance is not
adequate to meet the quality and quantity of food deemed appropriate for
military personnel hospitalized or confined in VMC and AFP hospitals;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the
Constitution, do hereby authorize and prescribe a subsistence allowance
of not more than EIGHT PESOS (P8.00) per day for each military patient
to include direct dependents of officers and enlisted personnel as
defined in Armed Forces of the Philippines Regulations, indigent
veterans as determined by the Secretary of National Defense and
detainees when confined or hospitalized in AFP hospital; provided,
however, that said amount shall not be granted as cash ration to
personnel concerned; PROVIDED, FURTHER, That, non-indigent civilian
emergency patients, non-indigent veterans, non-direct dependents of
officers and enlisted personnel, when treated or admitted in
dispensaries or hospitals of the Armed Forces of the Philippines shall
pay for the cost of their subsistence the amount not exceeding EIGHT
PESOS (P8.00) per day.
EFFECTIVITY: This Decree shall take effect January 1, 1976.
Done in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of January in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-six.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant