WHEREAS,
Section 1917 of the Revised Administrative Code provides for and
recognizes "pakyaw" contracts in the implementation of certain public
works projects;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, said "pakyaw" contracts partake of the nature of undertaking
public works projects under the Filipino bayanihan spirit where the
workers, moved by a 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 the "pakyaw" system as
an effective means of undertaking public works projects by
labor-intensive methods and for this purpose it is deemed necessary
that the cost ceiling of "pakyaw" contracts be increased from the
present level of ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) to fifty thousand
pesos (P50,000.00) per contract.
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 that the limit on the capital
outlay for "pakyaw" contracts for public works projects, authorized
under Section 1917 of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, be
fifty thousand pesos (P50,000.00) per contract, and the department
heads, bureau and agency heads, regional directors, and district and
city engineers of bureaus and agencies concerned are hereby authorized
to enter into negotiated "pakyaw" contracts. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
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this decree are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.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 22nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-six.
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