Section 1
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6686 is hereby amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. All officials and employees of the National Government who have rendered at least four months of service from January 1 to October 31 of each year and who are employed in the government service as of October 31 of the same year shall each receive a Christmas bonus equivalent to one month basic salary and additional cash gift of Five thousand pesos (P5,000) to be implemented over a period of three (3) years, to wit: "(a) Two thousand pesos (P2,000) for the Christmas Year 1997; "(b) Three thousand pesos (P3,000) for the Christmas Year 1998; and "(c) Five thousand pesos (P5,000) for the Christmas Year 1999 and thereafter."