DBM NATIONAL BUDGET CIRCULAR NO. 483, OCTOBER 29, 2002, October 29, 2002

[ DBM NATIONAL BUDGET CIRCULAR NO. 483, OCTOBER 29, 2002, October 29, 2002 ]

GUIDELINES FOR THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SALARY STRUCTURE FOR OFFICERS AND ENLISTED PERSONNEL OF THE AFP

1.0

Purpose

This Circular is being issued to prescribe rules and regulations to govern the initial implementation of the new salary structure for the officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP pursuant to Section 2 of Republic Act (RA) No. 9166, "An Act Promoting the Welfare of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by Increasing the Rate of Base Pay and Other Benefits of its Officers and Enlisted Personnel, and for Other Purposes".

2.0

Coverage

This Circular cover all officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP who are in the active service, cadets of the Philippine Military Academy, officer candidates and candidate soldiers.

3.0

Policy Statements

Section 2 of RA 9166 provides that the rate of base pay of officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP shall be adjusted in accordance with the following salary grade assignments per rank:

Rank

Salary Grade

General

30

Lieutenant General

29

Major General

28

Brigadier General

27

Colonel

26

Lieutenant Colonel

25

Major

24

Captain

23

First Lieutenant

22

Second Lieutenant

21

Cadet/P2 Lt.

19

Chief Master Sergeant

18

Senior Master Sergeant

17

Master Sergeant

16

Technical Sergeant

15

Staff Sergeant

14

Sergeant

13

Corporal

12

Private First Class

11

Private

10

Candidate Soldier

7

3.2 Section 6 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 9166 provides, among others, that the rate of pay for each corresponding salary grade shall be equal to the base pay of the Philippine National Police (PNP) uniformed personnel as adjusted under RA 8551, which was based on the salary schedule for civilian personnel in Annex B under National Budget Circular (NBC) No. 458 s. 1997.

3.3 Section 13 of the IRR of RA 9166 provides, among others, that the increase in base pay shall be implemented in three (3) phases; the initial phase of which shall be implemented not later than October 1, 2002 at a uniform rate of twenty percent (20%) of the base pay increase/differential authorized for each rank.

4.0

Implementing Rules

4.1 The present base pay of an officer and enlisted personnel of the AFP for purposes of this Circular shall mean the base pay received as of September 30, 2002 as prescribed under Section 5.2.1 of NBC 474, corresponding to their designated ranks.

4.2 The base pay of the officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP shall be adjusted effective October 1, 2002 in accordance with the rates prescribed in the First Interim Salary Schedule hereto attached and marked as Annex A of this Circular.

4.3 The rates contained in said Salary Schedule shall be used as basis for computing longevity pay, year-end bonus and retirement benefits. The existing rates of all other allowances and collateral benefits shall be maintained.

5.0

Prohibition

Unless allowed by law and/or executive order, the Secretary of the Department of National Defense is prohibited from granting any adjustment in excess of the amounts herein authorized.

6.0

Funding Source

The amount necessary to initially implement the new Salary Schedule shall be charged against the appropriations savings of each Major Service and KBU of the AFP.

7.0

Responsibility of the Major Service and KBU Commanders

The Commanders of the Major Services and KBUs shall be held liable for any payment of salary adjustment not in accordance with the provisions of this Circular, without prejudice however, to the refund of any excess payment by the personnel concerned.

8.0

Saving Clause

Case not covered by the provisions of this Circular shall be referred to the Secretary of Budget and Management for resolution .

9.0

Effectivity

This Circular shall take effect October 1, 2002

Adopted: 29 Oct. 2002

(SGD). EMILIA T. BONCODIN

Secretary

ANNEX A

FIRST INTERIM SALARY SCHEDULE

For AFP Officers and Enlisted Personnel

Effective October 1, 2002

AFP Rank

Present Monthly Base pay Per NBC No. 474

Adjustment

Adjusted Monthly Base Pay

General

19,173

1,165

20,338

Lieutenant General

18,596

668

19,264

Major General

17,671

684

18,355

Brigadier General

17,094

637

17,731

Colonel

16,170

666

16,836

Lieutenant Colonel

15,477

654

16,131

Major

14,900

626

15,526

Captain

14,322

602

14,924

First Lieutenant

13,860

561

14,421

Second Lieutenant

13,167

572

13,739

Prob. 2nd Lieutenant

12,243

459

12,702

Cadet

11,319

644

11,963

Chief Master Sergeant

11,492

445

11,937

Sr. Master Sergeant

10,655

457

11,112

Master Sergeant

9,818

478

10,296

Technical Sergeant

8,893

524

9,417

Staff Sergeant

7,854

602

8,456

Sergeant

7,393

571

7,964

Corporal

6,468

640

7,108

Private, First Class

6,121

600

6,721

Private

5,775

566

6,341

Candidate Soldier

4,620

485

5,105