State-run Social Security System (SSS) said more employers are now using the pension fund’s online facility to submit sickness benefit reimbursement applications (SBRA). Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Friday, June 11, that they have approved 186,444 SBRAs...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed optimism that the gains of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will be sustained in the years to come. (DSWD / MANILA BULLETIN) DSWD on Thursday, June 10, said that the 4Ps - the national poverty reduction strategy and...
The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) now have a partnership for the implementation of programs benefitting teenage mothers and their children. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista and POPCOM Undersecretary Juan...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday, June 10, creating the Social Protection Program for Teenaged Mothers and Their Children (SPPTMC). (Pixabay) SPPTMC is mandated under...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “Poverty is a question of the heart. Only with a changed heart can you free people from poverty. Only God can change the human heart.” These are the three basic principles that guide the work of the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) founded and headed by Ruth...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has cautioned the public against the reported existence of passport appointment and document authentication scams on social media. (DFA) In an advisory, the DFA stressed that it does not use Facebook or any other social media network to offer or confirm...
The passers of the Social Workers Licensure Examinations conducted from previous years until 2019 will have their online oathtaking on June 23. PRC/MB The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said the online oathtaking at 10 a.m. will be spearheaded by PRC Legazpi through Microsoft Teams or...
Word Alive FR. BEL SAN LUIS, SVD Today we celebrate the feast of CORPUS CHRISTI, a Latin term which literally means the Body of Christ. The feast reminds us that his Body and Blood are our spiritual food and drink. In the Last Supper, he instructed the disciples: “Do this in memory of me.”...
The survey result showing that majority of adult Filipinos are still worried about catching COVID-19 is an opportunity for the government to further encourage the public to get vaccinated against the viral illness, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Based on the recent Social Weather Stations...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will soon start accepting online maternity benefit applications as part of the pension fund’s digitalization initiatives. Screen Shot 2021-05-25 at 1.42.15 PM Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said online filing of Maternity...
President Duterte has signed the law giving him the power to defer the increases in contributions of the Social Security System (SSS) for the duration of the State of Calamity. President Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Republic Act (RA) No. 11548 amended section 4(a)(9) of RA 11199 or the Social...
The Social Security System (SSS) has released P3.07 billion worth of funeral benefits to over 135,000 beneficiaries in 2020. (Taylor Weidman / Bloomberg / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Over the years, the state-run insurance program recorded P3.58 billion to 163,589 members in 2016; P3.79 billion...
