Re: Proposed Grant of [Year-End] Economic Assistance to Justices, Judges, Officials and Personnel of the SC, PET, CA, Sandiganbayan, CTA and the Lower Courts

October 16, 2018

EN BANC

A.M. No. 18-04-04-SC

RE: PROPOSED GRANT OF [YEAR-END] ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO JUSTICES, JUDGES, OFFICIALS AND PERSONNEL OF THE SUPREME COURT, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, COURT OF APPEALS, SANDIGANBAYAN, COURT OF TAX APPEALS AND THE LOWER COURTS

NOTICE

Sirs/Mesdames :

Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution datedOCTOBER 16, 2018, which reads as follows:

"A.M. No. 18-04-04-SC (Re: Proposed Grant of [Year-End] Economic Assistance to Justices, Judges, Officials and Personnel of the Supreme Court, Presidential Electoral Tribunal, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan, Court of Tax Appeals and the Lower Courts). — Acting on the Memorandum dated October 15, 2018 of Atty. Corazon G. Ferrer-Flores, Deputy Clerk of Court and Chief, Fiscal Management and Budget Office, the Court Resolved to:

(a) APPROVE the grant of the Year-End Economic Assistance (YEA) at the rate of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the following justices, judges, court officials and personnel, to be released not earlier than the last working day of October 2018:

(i) Justices, officials and personnel of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), chargeable against the respective savings of the SC and the PET;

(ii) Justices, officials and employees of the Court of Appeals (CA), the Sandiganbayan and the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA), chargeable against the respective savings of the said appellate courts; and

(iii) Judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts and the Halls of Justice (HOJ), chargeable against the respective savings of the lower courts and the SC;

(b) APPROVE the following requests pursuant to the resolutions dated March 25, 2014, September 23, 2014 and March 28, 2017 in A.M. No. 14-03-05-SC (Re: Revised Accounting Entries Proposed by the Commission on Audit for Constitutional Fiscal Autonomy Group [CFAG] Member-Agencies), to wit:

(i) Modification in allotment in the amount of Ninety-Three Million Six Hundred Forty-Two Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Seven Pesos and Seventeen Centavos (P93,642,127.17) from the Continuing Appropriations of the Supreme Court to Other Personnel Benefits (YEA) — Supreme Court, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the YEA at the rate of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the SC, including HOJ personnel;

(ii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Six Hundred Seventy-Three Million Four Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Pesos and Fifty-Four Centavos (P673,498,900.54) from Unfilled Positions account of the lower courts to Other Personnel Benefits — lower courts, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the YEA at the rate of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the judges, officials and personnel of the lower courts; AIDSTE

(iii) Modification in allotment in the amount of Seventy-Eight Million Pesos (P78,000,000.00) from various Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) accounts of the CA to Other Personnel Benefits — CA, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the YEA at the rate of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CA;

(iv) Modification in allotment in the amount of Seventeen Million Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Six Hundred One Pesos and Seventy-Five Centavos (P17,233,601.75) from Continuing Appropriations of the Sandiganbayan to Other Personnel Benefits (YEA) — Sandiganbayan, to cover funding requirements for the grant of the YEA at the rate of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the Sandiganbayan; and

(v) Modification in allotment in the amount of Seventeen Million One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Pesos (P17,186,000.00) from various Personnel Services and MOOE accounts of the CTA to Other Personnel Benefits — CTA, to cover funding requirements for the grant of one (1) month basic salary but not less than Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to each of the Justices, officials and personnel of the CTA; and

(c) APPROVE the corresponding Augmentation/Realignment Orders (AROs) in the amounts specified hereunder for the grant of the YEA, to wit:

(i) ARO No. 2018-036 in the amount of Ninety-Three Million Six Hundred Forty-Two Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Seven Pesos and Seventeen Centavos (P93,642,127.17) for the SC;

(ii) ARO No. 2018-037 in the amount of Six Hundred Seventy-Three Million Four Hundred Ninety-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Pesos and Fifty-Four Centavos (P673,498,900.54) for the Lower Courts;

(iii) ARO No. 2018-038 in the amount of Seventy-Eight Million Pesos (P78,000,000.00) for the CA;

(iv) ARO No. 2018-039 in the amount of Seventeen Million Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Six Hundred One Pesos and Seventy-Five Centavos (P17,233,601.75) for the Sandiganbayan; and

(v) ARO No. 2018-040 in the amount of Seventeen Million One Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Pesos (P17,186,000.00) for the CTA." Jardeleza, J., on official business. Gesmundo, J., on leave. (adv42)

Very truly yours,

(SGD.) EDGAR O. ARICHETAClerk of Court