The Social Security System (SSS) released over P1.71 billion in unemployment benefits to 135,814 qualified members in 2020. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Preliminary data from SSS showed that the unemployment benefit releases in 2020 increased nine-fold from P177.86 million in 2019. The number...
The Social Security System (SSS) has released over P1.3 billion in sickness reimbursement benefits. Social Security System (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) SSS said it approved a total of 186,444 sickness benefit reimbursement applications (SBRA) submitted by 22,237 employers online through My.SSS from...
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 National Soil Health Program (NSHP), which intends to rejuvenate the country’s degraded and “sick” soil, has received the green light from President Duterte, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared Wednesday, June 9. (Photo courtesy of DA) The NSHP will be implemented by the DA through...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday expressed frustration at the government’s lack of attention to calls to conduct a security audit on Dito Telecommunity, saying the National Security Council (NSC) should pursue one in the interest of the Filipino people. Hontiveros reiterated the entry of Dito...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Food security has become an imperative goal in our pandemic times. It is underscored in one of the two themes of the quincentennial of the coming of Christianity in the Philippines – “humanity” or compassion of our ancestors in saving the sick, starving,...
The Philippine government has seized P100-million worth of smuggled food products coming from countries such as China and Germany. This is despite the country’s existing ban on pork and poultry products coming from China, and on imported pork coming from Germany. Photo from the Department of...
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...
The impending implementation of the so-called "Mandanas-Garcia ruling" will result to the rollout of more agriculture and fishery programs at the local government unit (LGU) level, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (Photo courtesy of DA) DA Secretary William Dar said that through the ruling,...
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...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) said its funeral benefit disbursements dropped last year due to the prolonged nationwide implementation of community quarantine measures. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the pension fund disbursed P3.07 billion...
