Senator Risa Hontiveros, the incoming opposition leader, vowed on Monday, June 27, to continue advocating for the protection of the country’s democratic institutions as she warned “people who bear false information” that the fight for the truth will be pursued. Reelectionist Senator Risa...
Re-elected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday, June 20, that the local government will focus and refine their efforts in creating, funding, and implementing more social service programs and projects in the city for his next three-year term. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto delivering a speech...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) granted a total of P221 billion of loans to 1.38 million active members and pensioners nationwide from January 2021 to May 15, 2022. (GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM) “We rolled out several programs under our 'Ginhawa for All' benefit bundles to...
A reelected congressman is hoping that outgoing President Duterte will sign an amendatory law doubling the monthly pension of indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000 before the latter steps down from office at the end of the month. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook)...
Re-elected Senator Joel Villanueva fulfills one of his campaign promises after the Upper House passed on third and final reading Senate Bill 2506 which proposes a P500 increase in the monthly social pension for indigent senior citizens. “This is a huge blessing as we have already fulfilled one of...
With the forthcoming change in leadership, the Department of Finance (DOF) said the government should continue its reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension scheme to ensure the county's fiscal stability. Finance Chief Economist Gil S. Beltran said the government is spending...
Reelectionist Senator Joel Villanueva wants to double the monthly social pension of senior citizens to P1,000, saying that it is the least the government could do for a sector that is one of the worst-hit by the pandemic, rising cost of fuel, and inflation. “The current P500 monthly allowance is...
NEGROS ORIENTAL—Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, April 20, promised senior citizens that she will double the pension they receive from the government, and that all of them will be covered by the program. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks to Negrenses during the “Pink Eruption”...
As part of its initiatives to help improve the living condition of the elderly sector in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) supported the call of various groups and individuals to expand the country’s Social Pension Program and amend the Republic Act No. 9994...
Vice President and opposition leader Leni Robredo said on Monday, Feb. 21, she would increase the monthly allowance of indigent senior citizens from the national government if she wins the presidency in the upcoming polls. Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau)...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has started the refund of the loan payments collected at the height of the pandemic two years ago. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said on Friday, Feb. 11, that the pension fund will refund P105 million worth of...
Senatorial aspirant and Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero on Monday, Jan. 7 said the government must be able to address the government’s ballooning liabilities to pensioners in the military and uniformed services through a sustainable pension system. The former senator also...
