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Senior Staff Officers. – Personnel who have attained the highest rank in the staff service and have rendered service in that position continuously for a period of five (5) years and a cumulative period totaling at least fifteen (15) years shall be eligible for promotion in salary and allowances equivalent to the maximum salary and allowances of foreign service officer, class IV: provided, that they shall have consistently received a minimum efficiency rating of "very satisfactory" throughout those years of service.
Thereafter, for every additional six (6) years of continuous very satisfactory service, they shall be eligible for promotion in salary and shall allowances equivalent to the minimum salary and allowances of the next higher class of foreign service officer.
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