President Benigno Aquino III signed last week
a joint House Resolution increasing subsistence allowance of Uniformed
Personnel from P90 to P150 per day.
Baguio Rep. Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr. was one
of authors of the joint resolution filed
December 14, 2014.
Aliping said the resolution was filed because
the current allowance of our uniformed personnel is “no longer adequate to meet
the basic needs of Filipino military soldiers and uniformed personnel in view
of the increasing prices of commodities”.
The increased allowance is for all officers, enlisted
personnel, candidate soldiers, probationary second lieutenants, cadets and
civilian active auxiliaries of the Armed Forces of the Philippines,
commissioned and non-commissioned personnel of the Philippine National Police,
Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, cadets of
the Philippine National Police Academy, Philippine Coast Guard, including
candidate coast guard men, and National Mapping and Resource Information
Authority (NAMRIA).
Aliping said that the “amount necessary to
implement the provisions of the resolution shall be charged against the savings
of the DND (Department of National Defense), DOTC (Department of Transportation
and Communications), DILG (Department of Interior and Local Government), and
DENR-NAMRIA (Department of Environment and Natural Resources) for the current
year and/or the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund.”
In the succeeding years, however, Aliping a
member of committee on appropriations said that the amount shall be included in
the annual General Appropriations Act.
In an earlier statement, Aliping said that
this increased subsistence allowance “is one way of dispelling the notion that
‘government work entails a financial sacrifice brought about by low salaries
and allowances,’ especially among our law enforcers.”
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