MOP, Bk 8 Pt.1, v.4, 26
Any officer or employee whose compensation is not fixed at the per annum basis may be granted the sum for burial expenses allowable for that receiving compensation on the corresponding or equivalent per annum basis.
(a) For an officer or employee receiving a salary of more than six thousand pesos per annum, reasonable burial expenses of not to exceed seven hundred fifty (P750) pesos;(b) For an officer or employee receiving a salary of more than three thousand seven hundred twenty (P3,720) pesos, but not exceeding six thousand (P6,000) pesos per annum, reasonable burial expenses of not to exceed five hundred (P500) pesos;(c) For an officer or employee receiving a salary of three thousand seven hundred twenty (P3,720) pesos or less per annum, including enlisted men, cadets, reservists and trainees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, reasonable burial expenses of not to exceed two hundred fifty (P250) pesos;(d) Prisoners who may have come under the custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, reasonable burial expenses not to exceed one hundred (P100) pesos each.