The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) has announced that the Angat Hydro-Electric Powerplant (AHEPP) will undergo a temporary shutdown of two-months to make way for its repairs and rehabilitation. In an effort to enhance the efficiency and reliability of the AHEPP, the MWSS stated...
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...
West zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services, Inc. submitted an application for the extension of its concession agreement to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). In the application, the company requested an operating extension from July 31, 2037, to Jan. 21, 2047 to align the...
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 Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), along with Manila Water Co. and Maynilad Water Services, Inc. signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to protect three watersheds by 2047. Spearheaded by the MWSS, the Integrated Watershed Management Roadmap for Angat, Ipo, and La Mesa...
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...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has launched a new condonation and restructuring program with longer and affordable payment terms. In a statement, the pension fund for government workers said the Restructuring Program for Service Loans (RPSL) would benefit GSIS' former members,...
The additional P40 billion budget for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) can irrigate more rice fields that will produce over 570,000 metric tons more palay or unhusked rice each year. NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen said that more investment in irrigation systems for next year can...
The failure of Philippine trial courts to deliver justice swiftly contributed to extra-judicial killings and Filipinos exacting revenge through “street justice,” Vice President Sara Duterte said, stressing the need for “speedy justice.” Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the 30th...
