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Senator Trillanes re-files bill seeking to increase SSS pension by P2,000

Unknown 8:15 AM Bill , increase , P2000 , pension , refiles , Seeking , Senator , Trillanes

<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/05/trillanes-to-pursue-allegations-vs-duterte-after-the-elections/trillanes-6/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Trillanes-600x264.jpg" title="Trillanes"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image from Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s Facebook account</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>Senator Trillanes re-filed a measure seeking to increase SSS pension by P2,000</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Trillanes noted that it has been 19 years since the last pension hike was implemented</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Earlier this year, then President Aquino vetoed the measure seeking to hike SSS pension</strong></li><br/></ul><p>Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, July 11, re-filed the bill seeking to increase Social Security System (SSS) pension by P2,000 a month.</p><br/><p>In refilling the bill through Senate Bill no. 91, Senator Trillanes said the current amount that the SSS pensioners are receiving has become inadequate to support their monthly needs. He said it has been 19 years since the last pension hike was implemented through Republic Act No. 8282.</p><br/><p>“Since the law’s enactment and with the cost of living expenses having considerably increased over time the meager amount of monthly pension of our SSS pensioners, who are old and mostly suffering from various medical conditions, has become inadequate to support their monthly food sustenance and maintenance medicines,” the senator said.</p><br/><p>“Moreover, pensioners who retired after the effectivity of R.A. 8282 are even more struggling because they are receiving smaller amounts of monthly pension,” he added.</p><br/><p>Under the Senate Bill no. 91, all SSS pensioners, regardless of the effectivity of their retirement, shall receive an across-the-board increase of P2,000 monthly.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>As mentioned in Mario Casayuran’s article for the <a href="http://www.mb.com.ph/trillanes-refiles-bill-seeking-to-increase-sss-pension/">Manila Bulletin</a>, Trillanes noted that the last Congress had the opportunity to raise the SSS pensioners by passing a legislation that will increase their monthly pension. The measure, however, was not signed into law.</p><br/><p>“We had the opportunity to provide relief to our pensioners last Congress by passing a legislation that would increase their monthly pension. The measure, however, was not signed into law. With this re-filed measure, we hope to finally provide support to our pensioners through this long overdue increase in their pension,” Trillanes said.</p><br/><p>In January this year, then President Benigno Aquino III refused to sign the bill saying it will result to the bankruptcy of the state-run pension fund.</p><br/><p>“While we recognize the objective of the bill to promote the well-being of the country’s private sector retirees, we cannot support the bill in its present form because of its dire financial consequences,” Aquino said in his veto message.</p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.</em><br/>Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: <a href="http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Most-Labour-MPs-in-the-UK-Are-Revolting-20160630-0020.html">Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting</a>.</p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/trillanes-re-files-bill-seeking-to-increase-sss-pension-by-p2000/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

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Indigent senior citizens without SSS, GSIS pension can apply for DSWD Social Pension

Unknown 5:52 AM Apply , citizens , DSWD , GSIS , indigent , pension , senior , Social , Without

<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/indigent-senior-citizens-without-sss-gsis-pension-can-apply-for-dswd-social-pension/filipino-senior-citizens/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Filipino-Senior-Citizens-600x264.jpg" title="Filipino Senior Citizens"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image from Valenzuela City Government</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>The DSWD is accepting applicants for its Social Pension Program</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Qualified applicants are senior citizens 60 years old and above without SSS and GSIS pensions</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Applicants must bring their senior citizen identification card and certificate of indigency that can be secured from the barangay where applicants live</strong></li><br/></ul><p>The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now accepting application for its Social Pension Program.</p><br/><p>A DSWD official said eligible to apply are the following:</p><br/><ol><li>Senior citizens 60 years old and above</li><br/><li>Senior citizens without pension from the Social Security System or SSS</li><br/><li>Senior Citizens without pension from the Government Service Insurance System</li><br/></ol><p>Lei Madeline Espiritusanto, DSWD Regional Information Officer, said applicants must bring with them their senior citizen identification card and a certificate of indigency, which can be secured from the barangay where the applicant resides, upon application for the program.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>As per <a href="http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/dswd-accepts-application-for-social-pension-of-senior-citizens/">Business Mirror</a>, Espiritusanto said applicants will be assessed by a social worker who will endorse the application to a DSWD regional office for final approval.</p><br/><p>If approved, the applicants will be entitled to receive P1,500 per quarter (equivalent to P500 monthly).</p><br/><p>However, Espiritusanto clarified that qualified applicants will not immediately receive the social pension. They will be included in the DSWD pension waitlist first because the funds for Social pension Program have already been apportioned to the existing social pensioners.</p><br/><p>“They will wait until such time there will be replacement which happens by death or delisting of senior citizen pensioners,” she said.</p><br/><p>Applicants can submit their application documents through the City Social Welfare and Development Office or at the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs.</p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/indigent-senior-citizens-without-sss-gsis-pension-can-apply-for-dswd-social-pension/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

Image from Valenzuela City Government The DSWD is accepting applicants for its Social Pension Program Qualified applicants are senior cit...

Indigent senior citizens without SSS, GSIS pension can apply for DSWD Social Pension

Unknown 4:56 AM Apply , citizens , DSWD , GSIS , indigent , pension , senior , Social , Without

<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/indigent-senior-citizens-without-sss-gsis-pension-can-apply-for-dswd-social-pension/filipino-senior-citizens/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Filipino-Senior-Citizens-600x264.jpg" title="Filipino Senior Citizens"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image from Valenzuela City Government</span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>The DSWD is accepting applicants for its Social Pension Program</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Qualified applicants are senior citizens 60 years old and above without SSS and GSIS pensions</strong></li><br/><li><strong>Applicants must bring their senior citizen identification card and certificate of indigency that can be secured from the barangay where applicants live</strong></li><br/></ul><p>The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now accepting application for its Social Pension Program.</p><br/><p>A DSWD official said eligible to apply are the following:</p><br/><ol><li>Senior citizens 60 years old and above</li><br/><li>Senior citizens without pension from the Social Security System or SSS</li><br/><li>Senior Citizens without pension from the Government Service Insurance System</li><br/></ol><p>Lei Madeline Espiritusanto, DSWD Regional Information Officer, said applicants must bring with them their senior citizen identification card and a certificate of indigency, which can be secured from the barangay where the applicant resides, upon application for the program.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>As per <a href="http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/dswd-accepts-application-for-social-pension-of-senior-citizens/">Business Mirror</a>, Espiritusanto said applicants will be assessed by a social worker who will endorse the application to a DSWD regional office for final approval.</p><br/><p>If approved, the applicants will be entitled to receive P1,500 per quarter (equivalent to P500 monthly).</p><br/><p>However, Espiritusanto clarified that qualified applicants will not immediately receive the social pension. They will be included in the DSWD pension waitlist first because the funds for Social pension Program have already been apportioned to the existing social pensioners.</p><br/><p>“They will wait until such time there will be replacement which happens by death or delisting of senior citizen pensioners,” she said.</p><br/><p>Applicants can submit their application documents through the City Social Welfare and Development Office or at the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs.</p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/07/indigent-senior-citizens-without-sss-gsis-pension-can-apply-for-dswd-social-pension/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

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P2,000 SSS pension hike to be approved under Duterte admin

Unknown 5:09 AM admin , approved , Duterte , hike , P2000 , pension , under

<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/06/p2000-sss-pension-hike-to-be-approved-under-duterte-admin/screen-shot-2016-06-02-at-11-30-22-am/"><img alt="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-02-at-11.30.22-AM-620x264.png" title="SSS"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image from Philippine Social Security System Facebook page </span> </div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>Duterte says he would approve the P2,000-pension increase </b></span></li><br/><li class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>He also warned SSS and GSIS to be swift on their releases of compensation </b></span></li><br/><li class="p1"><span class="s1"><b>Aquino vetoed the proposed pension hike in January this year </b></span></li><br/></ul><p class="p1"><span class="s1">President-elect Rodrigo Duterte said he will be approving the proposal to increase the pension of Social Security System (SSS) members by P2,000. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Half a year after President Benigno Aquino III vetoed the proposed legislation, Duterte said in a <a href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/06/02/1589325/rody-grant-p2000-sss-pension-hike">PhilSta</a>r story: “Yes, I will give the P2,000 to the pensioners.” </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">In the same article published June 2, it was disclosed that the incoming President said no legislation is needed to implement the pension hike that will increase the monthly amount received by retired SSS members. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Duterte also warned the state-run pension fund for private employees, as well as for the public (Government Service Insurance System), to swiftly release the monthly allowances of pensioners and resolve their claims should there be complaints raised. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Last year, the 16th Congress worked on passing the bill that would provide for a P2,000 across-the-board pension increase for retired personnels of the private sector. </span></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">After being much celebrated, Aquino vetoed the measure early January in fear that the SSS would lose funds over time. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">An economist, Aquino said that approving the bill would force the SSS to use its Investment Reserve Fund (IRF) to accommodate the increase in pension without the increase in member contributions, which will lead to the public firm’s bankruptcy. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">A <a href="http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/in-depth/119763-explainer-sss-pension-fund-life">Rappler</a> story, meanwhile, explained that the SSS funds are “in peril” due to SSS failure’s to do the following: </span></p><br/><ul><li class="p1"><span class="s1">increasing member contributions </span></li><br/><li class="p1"><span class="s1">Improving collections efficiency </span></li><br/><li class="p1"><span class="s1">using idle assets </span></li><br/></ul><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colemnares strongly contested the President’s decision and slammed the SSS executives for having lavish end-year bonuses. </span></p><br/><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Colmenares rallied on overriding the veto of the President by getting 2/3 of Congress’ vote but failed until the resumption of the plenary session after the elections. The 16th Congress will close on Monday, June 6; ahead of the scheduled adjournment on June 10. </span></p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/posts/2016/06/p2000-sss-pension-hike-to-be-approved-under-duterte-admin/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

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Senator Trillanes re-files bill seeking to increase SSS pension by P2,000

Indigent senior citizens without SSS, GSIS pension can apply for DSWD Social Pension

Indigent senior citizens without SSS, GSIS pension can apply for DSWD Social Pension

P2,000 SSS pension hike to be approved under Duterte admin

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