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Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) pensioners will receive their cash three days earlier than usual in May, according to GSIS president and general manager Rolando L. Macasaet on Wednesday (April 29). Macasaet said at a Laging Handa…
MANILA, Philippines — The bill that will increase the monthly pension of Filipino war veterans by 300 percent has been sent to Malacañang and is awaiting the signing of President Rodrigo Duterte. Senator Gringo Honasan expressed high hopes…
A 40-year-old resident of Barangay Carreta, Cebu City was arrested in a buy-bust operation inside a pension house along Colon Street on Sunday evening (October 22). The arrested person was identified as Joseph Yap, who was caught…
The Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) is looking into reports that some policemen set a house on fire in Barangay Tangke in Talisay City on Wednesday (September 5). Chief Inspector Janet Rafter of CPPO said there…
A pension house caught fire in Barangay Capitol Site, Cebu City at past 8 a.m. on Wednesday (September 5). Investigation showed that the fire started at the second floor of the establishment. Wilfredo Baje, 51, sustained…
AN ex-soldier from China got the surprise of his life when he found out that he was marked as a woman in official retirement papers. Tian, 62 years old from Zhengzhou in Henan province, China retired from…
SEVERAL retired government employees in Cebu have been unable to receive their monthly pension after failing to undergo revalidation, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said yesterday. GSIS-Cebu Branch Manager Mercedes Enriquez said 30 percent of…
PHILIPPINE Veterans Affairs Office (Pvao) administrator and Defense undersecretary Ernesto Carolina said war vets, severely diminishing in number, have long been waiting for the passage of a pension hike bill for senior veterans. “You can just imagine…
RAISING the monthly salary credit cap as proposed by the Social Security System to P30,000 by 2021, alongside a contribution rate hike, will also increase pension payments moving forward, the state-run pension fund said Sunday. “The estimated…
Starting January next year, the contribution rate of Social Security System (SSS) members will increase to over 12.5 percent as a means for the state-run pension fund to compensate for the higher disbursements to retirees. SSS president…
STILL ALIVE A daughter asked her father what his plans for his 82nd birthday were. He said he always spent his birthdays at the Social Security System (SSS) office. The daughter asked why. “To let them know…
After much deliberation, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the P1,000 increase for Social Security System (SSS) pensioners last Tuesday, but it came with a corresponding 1.5-percent contribution hike from the active members who may or may not reap…
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