State-run Social Security System (SSS) is looking at adding four to five million new members by year-end, driven by extensive national membership and coverage initiatives. In a statement, Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief executive, said that the pension fund is on track for a...
National Security Council (NSC) Asst. Director General Jonathan Malaya (File photo) The National Security Council (NSC) accused China of violating safety aviation rules when one of its military choppers shadowed a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) while on a patrol mission in Bajo de...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Saturday, Sept. 14, honored Filipino reservists during the commemoration of the National Reservist Week (NRW) as he lauded that their sacrifices and “love for country” to ensure national security. Philippine Navy reservists from Western Visayas participate...
A young executive of Aboitiz Power Corporation has spilled the inconvenient truth that renewable energy (RE) developers have been distorting the ‘cheap electricity narrative’ because of their proclivity to downplay other cost components linked to the variability of their technologies –...
Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MGen), the power generation investment arm of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is seeking certification from the Department of Energy (DOE) as it is now inclined to rejoin the country’s ‘king coal club’ for its 1,200-megawatt Atimonan power plant project that...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) is pushing for social security protection among barangay officials and kagawads nationwide. During a discussion at the Liga ng Mga Barangay National Congress last August, SSS president and chief executive officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet said he hoped that...
The Social Security System (SSS) grew its net income by 15 percent to P45.2 billion as of end-June, nearly half of its P100-billion bottom-line goal for 2024. The state-run pension fund for private-sector workers recorded a total income of P200.5 billion in the first half, exceeding its total...
Philippines carrying out its missions to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) without asking an escort from any other country signifies that it can still defend its own territory, a maritime security expert said. A Chinese vessel rams Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday...
The University of the Philippines (UP) and the Social Security System (SSS) have signed a memorandum of agreement extending social security benefits to all university workers regardless of their employment status. Through the KaSSSangga Collect Program, contract of service (COS) and job order (JO)...
FOR MONDAY ISSUE State-run Social Security System (SSS) is exploring options to assist beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in meeting the minimum monthly contributions needed for a lifetime pension upon retirement age. Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, SSS president and chief...
The Social Security System (SSS) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have signed an agreement to enhance social protection for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet and DSWD...
Security Bank Corporation has successfully raised P20 billion from the issuance of its Fixed Rate Peso Corporate Bonds due 2029— four times the original amount and its largest issue size so far. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the bank said bonds carry a rate of 6.05 percent per...
