Presidential Decree No. 915 (PD 915) — Granting Emergency Incentive Allowances for Personnel Holding Veterinary Positions in the Bureau of Animal Industry and in the National Meat Inspection Commission and Appropriating Funds Therefor
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Animal Industry and the National Meat
Inspection Commission are charged with the vital function of protecting
the lives of economic animals and the health of the people in the
country.
WHEREAS, economic animals constitute an important part
of the basic food industries of the Philippines and without proper
protection such industry as a whole may suffer;
WHEREAS, the health of the people should be protected at all
times;
WHEREAS, it has been observed due to the shortage of
veterinarians in the country, coupled with the low salary level
allocated to veterinary positions in the Bureau of Animal Industry and
in the National Meat Inspection Commission, the veterinarians of the
country have become too timid to accept positions in these agencies as a
result of which such agencies have been handicapped in the execution of
their role in the Government's food production campaign; and
WHEREAS, it is the duty of the government to provide
sufficient incentives for government workers performing vital technical
functions so as to encourage their stay in the service for the good of
the country.
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 decree and order the following as part of the
law of the land:
SEC. 1.—All personnel of the Bureau of Animal
Industry and the National Meat Inspection Commission holding the
following veterinary positions shall receive monthly incentive allowance
in accordance with the following:
POSITIONS
MONTHLY
INCENTIVE ALLOWANCES
1.
Regional Veterinarian
P 357.00
2.
Regional Veterinary Quarantine Office
P 318.00
3.
Supervising Veterinarian
P 318.00
4.
Sr. Research Veterinarian
P 272.00
5.
Research Veterinarian
P 226.00
6.
Senior Veterinarian
P 226.00
7.
Provincial Veterinarian
P 303.00
8.
Meat Control Officer
P 300.00
9.
Veterinarian
P 247.00
10.
Supervising Meat Control Officer
P 318.00
SEC. 2—In order to carry out the provisions of this decree
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1976, the sum of P300,000 is
hereby appropriated from the National Treasury. Thereafter the sum
needed shall be included in the annual General Appropriation Act.
SEC. 3—All laws, rules and regulations in contravention
herewith are hereby modified or superseded accordingly.
Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of March, 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
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