The wife of a security guard arrested by the military for being a Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader called on the Court of Appeals Friday to release her husband, whom she said was a victim of “mistaken identity.”
Difficulties arising from natural calamities that hit the country last year prompted some 524,000 members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and Social Security System (SSS) to take out a total of P9 billion in emergency loans.
Medical specialists and nurses of the Social Security System on Friday filed criminal and administrative complaint at the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly depriving them of their Magna Carta benefits after they have not been categorized as public health workers.
Employees of the Social Security System got a pleasant surprise Monday when President Benigno Aquino gave each one of them a P10,000 anniversary bonus to mark the 55th founding anniversary of the SSS. The President approved the bonus after the SSS earned windfall profits last year—P25.5 billion in net earnings, 11.8 percent more than [...]
The Social Security System (SSS) has extended its call center operations to 16 hours on weekdays amid intensified efforts to make members be more active, including those who are based abroad.
Dismayed by audit reports showing the Social Security System (SSS) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) may not have gotten the best deal for their members when they sold their Meralco holdings for only P90 per share, the country’s biggest labor union proposed that the two state pension funds submit their marketable securities to a “Swiss challenge.”
The Social Security System and the Pag-Ibig Fund are offering some members and employers full or partial relief on penalties for unpaid loans and unremitted contributions, according to officials.
About 400 pensioners adversely affected by the closure of LBC Development Bank should open new accounts in other banks to avoid delays in receiving their monthly benefits, the Social Security System advised. Emilio de Quiros Jr., SSS president and chief executive, said in a statement that until they open new accounts, pensioners would receive their [...]
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 Social Security System (SSS) is lowering anew monthly interest rates for its commercial and personal loans to boost benefits for its members and beneficiaries. SSS President and Chief Operating Officer (CEO) Emilio de Quiros Jr. said that the lower interest rates were the lowest the agency had offered in 11 years. “Our current interest [...]
