The Social Security System (SSS) announced that its branch offices nationwide will remain open on Tuesday, Oct. 31, to accommodate its members and claimants. In a statement, the pension fund said that SSS branches will be ready to serve employers, members, pensioners, and thier beneficiaries who...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the release of P2.3 billion for the social pension of indigent senior citizens in Western Visayas is almost complete. INDIGENT senior citizens receive social pension in Western Visayas. (DSWD-6) Gretchen Taleon,...
The Social Security System (SSS) has extended the deadline for self-employed, voluntary, and non-working spouse members to pay their contributions from July to September this year. In a statement, SSS announced that the new deadline for the third-quarter period is Oct. 31, 2023. However, SSS...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) handed written notices to a trucking company in Tondo, Manila for not unpaid workers’ contributions. In a statement, the pension fund said four of the business establishments were not able to pay P2.71 million worth of contributions with penalties for their...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in a statement on Sunday, Oct. 22, assisted the second batch of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who arrived in the Philippines from Israel. Photo courtesy of DSWD DSWD said 18 OFWs received P10,000 cash aid along with food assistance worth...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will resume its benefit claims for prescription sick leave, and involuntary unemployment or separation. In a memorandum, SSS said there will be a prescriptive period for submitting or filing for this benefit as accomplished by the employer, employee,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) released revised guidelines on claiming funeral benefits for members, beneficiaries, and other claimants. In a memorandum, the funeral benefit shall range from a minimum of P20,000 to a maximum of P60,000, if the deceased member has paid at least 36 monthly...
The Social Security System (SSS) has returned to the Bureau of Treasury (BTr) P5.7 billion unutilized fund for the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) Program of the Department of Finance (DOF) to help small business employers and employees during the Covid-19 pandemic. In its Peformance Audit...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), on Sunday, Oct. 15, urged the adoption of "infrastructure thinking" and "digital to the core" (DTTC) principles to drive forward the digital transformation journey of the department. Department of Social Welfare and Development /...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has confirmed that data in the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), the Civil Registry System, and more than 100 other surveys and censuses are safe and unaffected. In a statement, the PSA said on Friday, Oct. 13, that personal details such as...
Mayor Baby Manlapaz of Hagonoy, Bulacan speaks before indigent senior citizens during the payout of the last quarter social pension by DSWD Special Disbursement Officers of Region 3 on Friday, October 13, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Marcel Bayan) More than 500 senior citizens from...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided cash assistance to the families of three fisherfolk who were killed after an unidentified commercial vessel” rammed their fishing boat passing through the waters off Bajo de Masinloc on Oct. 2. Photo credit to MB Visual...
