Increase in Quarters Allowance of Uniformed Members of the INP

August 8, 1985

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1050

INCREASING THE QUARTERS ALLOWANCE OF THE UNIFORMED MEMBERS OF THE INTEGRATED NATIONAL POLICE

WHEREAS, Section 6 of Presidential Decree No. 855 dated December 22, 1975, authorizes the Director General, Integrated National Police subject to approval of the Minister of National Defense, to prescribe reasonable allowances for the police and fire service personnel, such as, but not limited to, subsistence, cost of living and clothing allowances, in order to compensate for the difference in the cost of living in different regions or areas of the country, and for the effective maintenance of a well-disciplined law enforcement force; cHSTEA

WHEREAS, the present quarters allowance prescribed and authorized to the uniformed members of the Integrated National Police pursuant to Executive Order No. 822 dated August 8, 1982 is no longer responsive to their needs due to economic recession and inflation;

WHEREAS, there is a need to augment the prescribed quarters allowance to improve the living and economic well-being of the INP;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct:

1. The increase in the monthly quarters allowance of all uniformed members of the Integrated National Police at the rate prescribed opposite each grade as follows:

Grade	Rate Per Month
Police/Fire Brig General	P700
Police/Fire Colonel	600
Police/Fire Lt Colonel	525
Police/Fire Major	450
Police/Fire Captain	400
Police/Fire Lieutenant	350
Police/Fire Sergeant	250
Police/Fire Corporal	225
Patrolman/Fireman First Class	200
Patrolman/Fireman	200

2. Funds needed to implement this Order shall be drawn from reserved appropriation of the Integrated National Police for CY 1985. Any further deficiency shall come from the budgetary reserves of CY 85 General Appropriations Act. Funds intended to carry out this Order for the succeeding years shall be incorporated in the annual appropriations of the INP.

3. The rules and regulations needed to implement this Order shall be issued by the National Police Commission.

4. This Executive Order shall take effect 16 August 1985.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 8th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 81 No. 38 page 4133 on September 23, 1985.