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...
At least two senators have openly expressed their support for the renewed push to propose increased social protection for the elderly through the creation of a universal social pension for senior citizens. Detained Senator Leila de Lima said is imperative for the government to ensure that the...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced on Tuesday, Nov. 30 that their improved pension loan can now be availed by old-age pensioners. GSIS "Ang GSIS enhanced pension loan ay ang dating GSIS pension loan na pinaganda ang features upang mas matugunan ang pinansyal na pangangailangan...
A total of 8,716 indigent senior citizens in Pasay City will receive their social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). According to Marilyn Penazo, officer- in-charge of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), said 8,265 senior...
Over 3.2 million indigent senior citizens have received their social pension, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista said the number of beneficiaries of the agency’s Social Pension (SocPen) Program increased...
The Paranaque City government has started the distribution of birthday and Christmas gifts to about of 65,000 senior citizens from the city's 16 barangays on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, said senior citizens aged 60 to 70 years old will receive P1,000 cash as a...
The proposed reform of the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) pension system will only apply to new entrants in the service to ease the ballooning budget burden of the government, the Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed Monday, Oct. 18. (File photo by MANILA BULLETIN) DND...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that its enhanced pension loan program (PLP) declined by double digits in the first eight months of the year due to lower number of pensioner-borrowers. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive...
