MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian wants an inquiry into the scheduled increase in the monthly contributions  of Social Security System (SSS) members from 14 to 15 percent. In a Kapihan sa Senado forum on Wednesday, Gatchalian confirmed to reporters that he intends to file a resolution that would propel an investigation into the SSS issue. While he did not detail the exact date that the measure would be filed, he already disclosed tha…

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Palace won’t stop ‘well-studied’ SSS hike for now

Members of the Gabriela Women"s Party staged a protest action at the Social Security System office on Wednesday morning to oppose the hike in SSS contributions implemented this month.

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MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is not heeding for now the growing clamor for the President to ask the Social Security System (SSS) to postpone the implementation of its “well-studied” contribution increase as meddling in the state-run pension fund’s affairs might cause a “negative impact” on its members. However, the Palace said it would “seriously consider” […]...Keep on reading: Palace won’t stop ‘well-studied’ SSS hike for now

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A resolution “strongly urging” the deferral of the contribution hike for Social Security System members has been filed at the House of Representatives, citing “

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MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Audit (COA) has urged the Social Security System (SSS) to take legal action against a collecting agent (CA) for delaying, up to 189 days, the remittance of collections from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) worth P151.54 million. The P151.54 million accounts for 96.91% of the delayed collections. The remaining 3.09% of the total P156.37 million represented loan repayments by members. “Examination of the RRs…

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Agent delays OFWs' SSS contributions worth P151-M up to 189 days – COA

A resolution seeking to probe the mandated contribution rate hike of the Social Security System will be filed by Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

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The director general of the Adres, Félix León Martínez, clarified that the Administrator of the Resources of the General Social Security System is not part of the group that sets the value of UPC

El director general de la Adres, Félix León Martínez, aclaró que la Administradora de los Recursos del Sistema General de Seguridad Social no forma parte del grupo que fija el valor de la UPC

Adres aclaró que el valor de la UPC lo aumentarán basado en el dato de la inflación

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Adres clarified that the value of UPC will increase it based on inflation data

Félix León Martínez, director of the Resource Administrator of the General System of Social Security in Health, Adres, said that there is an increase of 54% in the costs and services reported by the EPS and that this is not related to the records of people cared for by the health system or with demographic or epidemiological trends. It is key because those data presented by the EPS are used to calculate the Capitation Payment Unit (UPC), which i…

Félix León Martínez, director de la Administradora de Recursos del Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud, Adres, dijo que hay un incremento de 54% en los costos y servicios que las EPS reportaron y que eso no guarda relación con los registros de personas atendidas por el sistema de salud ni con tendencias demográficas ni epidemiológicas. Es clave porque esos datos que presentan las EPS se utilizan para calcular la Unidad de Pago por Capit…

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Adres denounces inconsistencies in UPC calculation

LAWMAKERS have weighed in on the scheduled increase in Social Security System (SSS) contributions with one in the Lower House seeking its deferment and a Senator pushing for an oversight of the pension fund’s operations and finances. Baguio City Rep. Marquez “Mark” O. Go cited inflation as the reason for…

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Solons seek oversight of SSS, deferred contribution hike | Jovee Marie N. de la Cruz and Butch Fernandez

Amid Questions, Malacañang Looks Forward To Results of SSS Member Contribution Rate Hike Malacañang expressed support on the increase of the Social Security System or SSS members’ contribution rate to 15% this 2025. Millions of Filipinos are members of the Social Security System or more popularly called SSS. It is a state run social insurance ... Read more The post Malacañang Supports SSS Contribution Increase: “Pabayaan na natin muna” appeared …

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Malacañang Supports SSS Contribution Increase: "Pabayaan na natin muna"

The Social Security System (SSS) announced in a press release that it is implementing a one percent contribution rate hike starting January 2025 to bring

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