ONE-TIME GRANT OF 25KG RICE ASSISTANCE TO ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS FY 2022

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. granted a one-time rice allowance to all government personnel for this year, Malacañang announced in a statement on Saturday.

ONE-TIME ASSISTANCE AT A UNIFORM QUANITY OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) KILOGRAM OF RICE

 According to AO 2, Section 1 or the Rice Assistance for National Government Employees and Workers. There will be one-time assistance at a uniform quantity of twenty-five (25) kilograms of rice for each of the following personnel of the National Government including civilian personnel in national government agencies, including those in state universities and colleges (SUCs).

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The grant of rice assistance shall be subject to the following conditions: The beneficiaries are government employees and workers under section 1 and the beneficiaries are still in the government service and/or engaged by government agencies as of 30 November 2022.

Who will be Excluded from the Rice Assistance?

Note that under Section 3 of  AO2, Consultants and experts engaged for a limited period to perform activities or services with expected outputs; laborers engaged though job contracts (pakyaw) and those paid on piecework basis; student workers and apprentices; and workers hired through institutional contract of service who are assigned in government agencies are EXCLUDED from the grant of rice assistance.

When will the Guidelines be Issued?

Within ten (10) days from the effectivity of the Order, the NFA, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture and the DBM, shall issue the necessary guidelines to effectively implement this Order, including the efficient and effective mechanisms for the distribution of the abovementioned rice assistance.

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