Cavite First District Rep. Jolo Revilla filed on Tuesday, Aug. 16, a bill mandating funeral service providers to offer an indigent funeral package. House Bill No. 3678 proposes a P15,000 funeral package for poor families, covering the retrieval and embalming of the deceased, selection of the...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said its funeral benefit disbursements dropped last year due to the prolonged nationwide implementation of community quarantine measures. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the pension fund disbursed P3.07 billion...