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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1948
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1948 -
INCREASING THE CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR "PAKYAW" CONTRACTS BY AMENDING
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED FIFTY
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WHEREAS,
"Pakyaw" contracts partake of the nature of undertaking public works
projects under the Filipino bayanihan spirit where the workers, moved
by the sense of unity, put up a common capital and render services on a
cooperative basis; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is a need to promote the use of "Pakyaw" system as an
effective means of undertaking public works projects by labor intensive
method and for this purpose, it is deemed necessary that the present
cost ceiling of "Pakyaw" contracts be revised to conform with present
conditions, particularly the increased cost of services (labor) and/or
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WHEREAS, the present cost ceiling of "Pakyaw" contracts in the amount
of fifty thousand pesos (P50,000) provided for under P.D. 950 has
become impractical and obsolete and needs to be updated to encourage
more active participation of the citizens in undertaking infrastructure
projects the "Pakyaw" systems.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
decree and order that the limit of capital outlay for "Pakyaw"
contracts for public works projects, as authorized under P.D. 950, be
increased from fifty thousands pesos (P50,000) to five hundred
thousands pesos (P500,000) per contract unless an increased amount is
authorized by the President and the ministry heads are hereby
authorized to enter into negotiated "Pakyaw" contract. Bureau and
agency heads and regional directors may enter into negotiated "Pakyaw"
contract, subject to prior authority by the ministry heads concerned.
All laws, rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of
this decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
This decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-four.
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