Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno has called on the government to give priority to Typhoon “Odette” victims by relaxing the documentary requirements to hasten their claims for benefits and financial assistance from concerned agencies. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno “We ask the government to be...
Social Security System (SSS) pensioners will receive their Christmas cash gifts early next month. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the pension fund has coordinated with its partner banks to credit the pensions within the first week of December. The SSS wants to...
Nearly 70,000 members of the Social Security System (SSS) have been laid off from their jobs, and received unemployment benefits from the pension fund in the first three quarters of the year. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Thursday, Nov. 18,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said that funeral claims increased more than threefold in the first semester of the year driven by various online service facilities introduced by the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the company...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is urging riders in food delivery and courier activities to become self-employed members to enjoy various benefit programs and loan privileges offered by the pension fund. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said that undeniably, among...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is selling its foreclosed properties with affordable and flexible payment terms. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said a total of 88 foreclosed properties located across the country are now up for sale. Broken down,...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) will open a calamity assistance package starting November this year to help typhoon Fabian-stricken members and pensioners in Calapan and Naujan in Oriental Mindoro, Malabon City, and all other affected areas. Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief...
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...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has resumed the implementation of the annual confirmation requirement for pensioners, but it will no longer require personal appearance at the pension fund. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer announced the resumption...
It's under study. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this assurance Thursday, Sept. 30, to the business sector following appeals from its stakeholders to postpone the increase in monthly contributions to the Social Security...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) received more than 17,000 online maternity benefit applications one month after its initial implementation. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the My.SSSPortal on the SSS website received 17,726 maternity benefit...
SSS mobile app The number of Social Security System (SSS) members filing unemployment-insurance claims skyrocketed since the pandemic began in March last year, the government’s chief economic manager revealed. Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III Since the SSS unemployment insurance benefit (UIB)...