Retired prosecutor dies without his pension
By Carla GomezIt’s too late now. The retired government prosecutor who had been pleading for his pension after 36 years in service is dead.
It’s too late now. The retired government prosecutor who had been pleading for his pension after 36 years in service is dead.
He served the government for 36 years until his retirement in 2011. But retired Cadiz City prosecutor Marcelo B. del Pilar has yet to receive his lump sum pension despite a letter of appeal to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
Over a hundred bullet shells and several bomb parts were found inside a room at a pension house in Malate, Manila, shortly after its male occupant checked out Tuesday morning. Police said a janitor found pieces of M16 rifle and shotgun ammunition that had mostly been emptied of gunpowder, along with two metal pipes, blasting [...]
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday said it had stricken “ghost retirees” off its master list of pensioners, after the Department of Budget and Management reported recently that the force was losing up to P250 million a month due to fake retirement claims.
THE Social Security System is planning to increase by 10 percent pension benefits among pensioners. Emilio S. de Quiros, SSS president and chief executive officer, said the plan had been submitted to the SSS board and was subject for its approval. Quiros said he couldn’t give a specific date for the proposal’s approval and when [...]
The government spent about P1 billion in monthly pension for “ghost pensioners” in the Philippine National Police for the last five years, Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said on Thursday.
A CHECK worth P17,000 was released to the beneficiary of a deceased Red Cross member. Catalina Pradilla, the grandmother of Jess Clarin Iriel, who died in an accident when he was still registered under the Red Cross Classic Membership program in Mandaue City Central School, received the check last July 12 from the members of [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Government Service Insurance System no longer requires pensioners to renew their status as active GSIS members yearly amid efforts to make transactions less inconvenient. “This initiative is part of the continuing efforts of the new Board to provide more responsive service to its members and pensioners,” said Robert G. Vergara, GSIS president and [...]
MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno Aquino III has named former Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma as commissioner of the Social Security System (SSS) representing employers, Malacañang announced over the weekend. It was not clear though if Laguesma would remain a member of the board of directors of the Aurora Park Economic Zone and Freeport Zone Authority (Apeco), a [...]
