The Department of Budget and Management has approved the issuance of a PHP16.89 billion Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) covering the funding requirements for the increase in military personnel’s subsistence allowance.
Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman approved the release of funds in accordance with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive to retroactively increase the daily subsistence allowance of officers and personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
In a statement on Wednesday, Pangandaman thanked Marcos for his initiative to raise the subsistence allowance of AFP officers and personnel.
“This is a big help to the families of our soldiers. Imagine, it was in 2015, or a decade ago, when their allowance was last increased,” she said.
“The adjustment of the subsistence allowance of our military personnel has been under study for a long time,” she added.
Under Executive Order (EO) 84, signed on March 14, Mr. Marcos raised the daily subsistence allowance of all officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP from P150 to P350.
The P200 increase will be given retroactively beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
The increase will benefit the trainees and probationary 2nd lieutenants or ensigns undergoing military training, Citizen Military Training cadets on summer camp training and reserve officers, enlisted reservists undergoing training and assembly or mobilization test, Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit members, and cadets.
