EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 508
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 508 -
INSTITUTING THE LINGKOD BAYAN AWARD AS THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE
I,
CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the
powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:
Section 1. The Lingkod Bayan Award is hereby
instituted as the Presidential Award for Outstanding Public Service to
be awarded to individuals or groups of individuals in the government
service who have rendered outstanding public service.
Sec. 2. The Lingkod Bayan Award shall be conferred
by the President or the Executive Secretary, By Authority of the
President,” upon recommendation of the Committee on Awards created
pursuant to Sec. 6 of Republic Act No. 6713, otherwise known as the
Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Republic Officials and
Employees.
Sec. 3. The Committee on Award shall conduct a
periodic, continuing review of the performance of public officials and
employees in all branches and agencies of the Government and establish
a system of annual incentives and rewards to the end that due
recognition is given to public officials and employees of outstanding
merit on the basis of standards set forth in the Code of Conduct and
Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees.
Sec. 4. The Lingkod Bayan Award shall be in the
form of gold medallion and plaque containing the citation and signature
of the President or the Executive Secretary, “By authority of the
President.”
Sec. 5. In addition to the medallion and plaque,
the incentives and awards to government officials and employees of the
year to be announced in public ceremonies honoring them may, as
recommended by the Committee on Award, take the form of bonuses,
citations, directorships in government-owned or controlled
corporations, local or foreign scholarship, grants, paid vacations, and
the like, and/or automatic promotion to the next higher position
suitable to their qualifications and with commensurate salary;
provided, that, if there is no next higher position or it is not
vacant, said position shall be included in the next budget of the
office, except when the creation of a new position would result in
distortion in the organizational structure of the department, office or
agency. Where there is no next higher position immediately available, a
salary increase equivalent to the next higher position shall be given
and incorporated in the basic pay. When a new position is created, that
which is vacated shall be deemed abolished.
Sec. 6. The Committee on Awards shall adopt its
own rules to govern its activities.
Sec. 7. Executive Order No. 334, dated August 18,
1988, is hereby revoked.
Sec. 8. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 2nd day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-two.
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