State-run Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) has declared a one-month moratorium on monthly payments for beneficiaries affected by Tropical Storm Kristine. In a statement, Federico A. Laxa, SHFC president and chief executive officer, said the initiative aims to provide immediate financial...
Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Former Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. is urging the...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that its members and pensioners affected by Severe Tropical Storm Kristine can now access salary and pension loans. In a statement, Pedro T. Baoy, SSS senior vice president for lending and asset management, said the “loan programs are readily...
State-owned Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), AVECS Corporation, Bulacan’s local government have partnered to develop 1,000 housing units in the municipality of Pulilan. Signed on Oct. 16, the memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlined a collaboration for the construction of Mom’s...
Despite delays due to budget cuts, the World Bank has lauded the implementation of its one-decade-old financing for a local community poverty-reduction program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Referring to its loans for the DSWD's National Community-Driven Development...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian denied that the agency turned down requests from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for financial aid such as the Assistance to Individuals In Crisis Situations (AICS). Gatchalian had this to say during the hearing of...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has appointed Robert Joseph De Claro as the new Officer-In-Charge (OIC) following the resignation of Rolando Ledesma Macasaet this month. Robert Joseph M. De Claro De Claro was appointed by the Social Security Commission (SSC), the policymaking body of...
Investments to uplift the poorest and most vulnerable sectors in the Philippines may be funded by more foreign borrowings and other fiscal savings from more-than-enough US dollar reserves, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap) said. "Applying a...
Courtesy of Social Weather Stations (SWS website) Ten out of 12 senatorial candidates endorsed by the Marcos administration for the 2025 midterm elections placed in the top 12 of a Stratbase-commissioned Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Sept. 14 to 23. The administration...
Social Security System President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet and Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on August 20 at the Baguio Convention and Cultural Center that will ensure the social security coverage of 525 job order (JO)...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding senators to pass before the end of the 19th Congress the counterpart to the House-passed measure on an expanded social safety net initiative granting a monthly stipend to all...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is looking at adding four to five million new members by year-end, driven by extensive national membership and coverage initiatives. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief executive, said that the pension fund is on track for a...
