WHEREAS,
worldwide inflation primarily brought about by the energy crisis has
resulted in the tremendous increase of domestic prices in particular
and the cost of living in general;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the increase in prices, especially of basic or prime
commodities, has caused undue hardships among that segment of our
people belonging to the low income or salary group in the public as
well as private sector of the economy;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, there is need to alleviate the plight of the members of this
low income group in order to provide them with the means to cushion the
impact of increased prices on their daily lives;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the needed measures tod and assist the low income group
initiated by the Government should set an example and suggest to the
private sector to undertake measures of their own for the same purpose;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces, and pursuant to
Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No.
1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree the
following as part of the law of the land:cralaw:red
Section 1. Any provision of law, decree, executive
order, letter of instruction, or rule or regulation to the contrary
notwithstanding, all employees of the National Government whose
salaries or wages are less than or below six hundred pesos (P600) per
month shall be given, in addition to their respective salaries or
wages, the amount of fifty (P50) per month as emergency cost of living
allowance: Provided, That, no employee covered by this emergency
allowance scheme shall, by reason of the receipt of this allowance,
receive more than six hundred pesos (P600) per month as straight time
pay.
Section 2. So much amount as is necessary to pay the
emergency cost of living allowance and the adjustment as provided for
in the preceding section is hereby appropriated.
Section 3. This Decree shall take effect and shall be
implemented immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 17th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and seventy-four.
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