For only P500, Social Security System (SSS) members can start saving up for their retirement fund and earn a higher annual return through its reintroduced savings program. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Roland Ledesma Macasaet urged its members to enroll in the MySSS Pension Booster,...
Members of the Social Security System (SSS) will start receiving text messages about their late payments or past due on their short-term member loans to renew their loans after paying them off. SSS Senior Vice President for Lending and Asset Management Group Pedro T. Baoy said that they will...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the newly launched pension scheme by the Social Security System (SSS) is a vital step towards financial empowerment for Filipino workers. In a statement, Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto said the MySSS Pension Booster program is closely aligned with the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued advisories to the public against dealing with BNY PAL (Benta Paluwagan) and One 1Key Progress Booster (OKPB) Inc. due to their unauthorized solicitation of investments without the necessary license from the Commission. The SEC said BNY PAL...
In response to the rising number of Covid-19 cases despite widespread vaccination efforts, Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said that vaccinations aim to reduce the severity of infections and make them milder. Photo by Zekinah Elize Espina "If you're fully vaccinated and...
Due to lack of information, only 17 individuals out of the 9,245 reported cases of serious adverse effects (SAE) from Covid-19 vaccines were able to file their claims with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), the Commission on Audit (COA) revealed. In its audit of the...
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna- Pangan urged the public to get the second Covid-19  booster shot ahead of the rollout of bivalent vaccines for the general public. In her social media address, The Capital Report, on Thursday, June 29, the  mayor lamented the low turnout in booster...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, June 21, hailed those behind the manufacturing and administering of the Covid-19 vaccines as he credited them for allowing society to return to normalcy. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his speech during the launch of the bivalent...
The Valenzuela City local government released the guidelines for the administration of the second Covid-19 booster shot in the city on Thursday, April 20. "With the continuous pursuit for a safe and healthy Pamilyang Valenzuelano, the City Government of Valenzuela headed by Mayor WES Gatchalian, in...
Health reform advocate Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon noted an uptick in the country’s Covid-19 positivity rate, attributing this rise to the increased mobility of people during Holy Week. Leachon on Thursday, April 13, said the current nationwide positivity rate has climbed to seven percent,...
Infectious disease expert Dr. Rontgene Solante urged the public to receive the second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine in order to help maintain the country’s wall of immunity against the coronavirus. Solante made the statement during a public briefing on April 13 following the Department of...
The general population will soon be allowed to receive their second booster shot against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday, April 12. The agency is currently readying the guidelines for this, said DOH Officer-in-Charge and Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire during a...
