NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Since 2016, there have been at least 8 reported murders of prosecutors. The victims are: 
City prosecutor Rolando Acido – October 26, 2016 
Prosecutor Johanne Noel Mingoa – January 11, 2017 
Prosecutor Diosdado Azarcon – May 22, 2017 
Assistant Prosecutor Maria Ronatay – July 18, 2017 
Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Reymund Luna – September 29, 2017 
Assistant Prosecutor Rogelio Velasco – May 11, 2018 
Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro – January 17, 2019 
Chief Inquest Prosecutor Jovencio Senados – July 7, 2020 
Further, there are at least 2 other prosecutors who were attacked but fortunately survived, 
Prosecutor Manuel Tesiorna and Prosecutor Jesephone C. Olivar. 
These highlight the dangers that our prosecutors face in the discharge of their vital role in 
dispensing justice. 
While there can never be a price that would ever be commensurate to their lives, additional 
compensation or hazard pay will be a good show of support and a recognition of the 
importance of prosecutors. 
The government is already providing hazard pay of "at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the 
monthly basic salary" to various government personnel whose work entails "occupational risks 
or perils to life", which is why it is also important that prosecutors be given hazard pay as they 
also face great "risks or perils to life" by reason of their profession.  
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested. 
RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
May 25, 2023
9:57 am
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT 
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO ALL PUBLIC PROSECUTORS IN THE PHILIPPINES 
DURING THEIR INCUMBENCY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. This Act shall be known as the 'Hazard Pay for Public Prosecutors 
Act". 
SEC. 2. All duly appointed public prosecutors in the country shall be granted a monthly hazard 
pay while in office in the amount equivalent to twenty-five percent (25%) of their basic monthly 
salary. 
SEC.3. The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall be charged 
against the available appropriations of the National Prosecution Service of the Department of 
Justice under the current General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such sums as maybe 
necessary for its continued implementation shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 4. The hazard pay for public prosecutors shall not be subject to tax and nothing in this 
Act shall be construed as to diminish in any manner, any benefit granted by existing laws, 
rules and regulations, local ordinances and other issuances especially favorable to duly 
appointed public prosecutors. 
SEC. 5. The Department of Budget and Management in consultation with the Department of 
Justice and the Supreme Court shall, within sixty (60) days after the effectivity of this Act, issue 
the implementing rules and regulations of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. Any provision of laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and 
regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed and modified 
accordingly. 
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved, 
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