MALACANANG
Manila
LETTER OF IMPLEMENTATION NO. 100
RELATIVE TO THE COMPENSATION OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service be provided with, adequate financial means to be able not only to protect and advance the country’s interests abroad efficiently and effectively but also to represent the country in a manner worthy of the esteem and respect of the country to which they are assigned end accredited;
WHEREAS, in common with other members of the Civil Service, it is necessary to adjust the salaries of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Foreign Service.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order and instruct the implementation of the following upgrading in foreign service compensation:
The positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shell be allocated to the salary grades of the salary schedule provided for in Presidential Decree No. 985, as follows:
Salary
Grade
Chief of Mission, Class I
27
Chief of Mission, Class II
26
Counsellor
25
Senior Foreign Adviser
25
Foreign Service Officer, Class I
24
Foreign Service Officer, Class II
23
Foreign Service Officer, Class III
22
Foreign Service Officer, Class IV
21
Foreign Service Staff Officer I
18
Foreign Service Staff Officer II
16
Foreign Service Staff Officer III
14
Foreign Service Staff Employee I
11
Foreign Service Staff Employee II
9
Foreign Service Staff Employee III
7
The Salary Schedule
Salary
Grade
1st
Step
2nd
Step
3rd
Step
4th
Step
 5th
Step
6th
Step
7th
Step
8th
Step
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_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
_______
1
P 3432
P 3612
P 3792
P 3984
P 4188
P 4404
P 4632
P 4860
2
3792
3984
4188
4404
4632
4860
5112
5376
3
4188
4404
4632
4860
5112
5376
5640
5928
4
4632
4860
5112
5376
5640
5928
6240
6552
5
5112
5376
5640
5928
6240
6552
6888
7236
6
5640
5928
6240
6552
6888
7239
7608
7992
7
6240
6552
6888
7236
7608
7992
8400
8832
8
6888
7236
7608
7992
8400
8832
9288
9756
9
7608
7992
8400
8832
9288
9756
10260
10776
10
8400
8832
9288
9756
10260
10776
11328
11904
11
9288
9756
10260
10776
11328
11904
12516
13152
12
10260
10776
11328
11904
12516
13152
13824
14532
13
11328
11904
12516
13152
13824
14532
15264
16044
14
12516
13152
13824
14523
15264
16044
16860
17724
15
13824
14532
15264
16044
16860
17724
18636
19584
16
15264
16044
16860
17724
18636
19584
20580
21624
17
16860
17724
18636
19584
20580
21624
22728
23892
18
18636
19584
20580
21624
22728
23892
25116
26888
19
20580
21624
22728
23892
25116
26388
27732
29148
20
22728
23892
25116
26388
27732
29148
30624
32184
21
25116
26388
27732
29148
30624
32184
33816
35532
22
27732
29148
30624
32184
33816
35532
37344
39240
23
30624
32184
33816
35532
37344
39240
41232
43332
24
33816
35532
37344
39240
41232
43332
45540
47856
25
37344
39240
41232
43332
45540
47856
50292
52848
26
41232
43332
45540
47856
50292
52848
55536
58368
27
45540
47856
50292
52848
55536
58368
61344
64476
28
50292
52848
55536
58368
61344
64476
67764
71220
2. Positions not falling under the above classes shall be subject to the existing national compensation and classification plans.
3. The salaries of other personnel of the Philippine Government stationed abroad other than those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be adjusted to the Minimum of their assimilated ranks pursuant to Letter of Implementation No. 63.
4. The home office adjustment allowance currently enjoyed by the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be progressively incorporated to their basic salary.
5. Funds needed to implement this Letter shall be drawn from the Salary Adjustment Fund provided in the General Appropriations Act.
6. The implementation of this Letter shall observe Executive Order No. 495, as amended, and such rules and regulations as may be issued jointly by the Minister of foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Budget.
7. This Letter shall take effect on May 1, 1979.
Done in the City of Manila, this 12th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-nine.
(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(SGD.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Assistant
Source: Presidential Management Staff
