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House panel approves suspension of SSS rate hike By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News
Published January 21, 2021 12:38pm The proposed suspension of the increase in the contribution rate of the Social Security System (SSS) was approved at the committee level on Thursday, given the negative impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). At a virtual hearing, the House of Representatives Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization approved measures seeking to defer the hike to be implemented this month, increasing monthly contributions of the SSS to 13% of the salaries of members from the current 12%. Several bills were consolidated with House Bill 8317 introduced by House Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco which gives authority to the President to suspend the scheduled increases in SSS contribution rates moving forward.
The controversy involving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from Sinovac, a privately-owned Chinese firm, should provide a lesson on honesty and transparency for officials in the program, Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Tuesday said.
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While there is still a long way to go as far as the government s vaccination efforts are concerned, the controversy involving COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac should be a hard lesson on honesty and transparency for officials in the program, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Tuesday.
Lacson said that had the officials been forthright about the conditions of negotiations with Sinovac early on, there would have been no speculations or suspicions about the matter. If they had been more forthright and honest in their responses in our first hearing, hindi mafo-focus sa Sinovac, he said in an interview on ANC, stressing that while Congress - the Senate and House of Representatives - are willing partners of the executive department, in return, lawmakers need to be informed also what happened to the appropriations we gave you.
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andanar21 January 19, 2021 MORE than 200 congressmen voted in favor of the passage of the proposed Media Workers Welfare Act, a bill that seeks to provide additional benefits and protection for media workers, in the House of Representatives.
ACT-CIA Party-list Rep. Niña Taduran proposed bill aims to ensure that media workers shall, at the minimum, be paid the wages, allowances, and benefits provided by law to workers.
Media workers shall be covered by the Social Security System, the Home Development Mutual Fund or the Pag-Ibig Fund, and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. upon employment.
Employers shall provide additional insurance coverage to media workers, including the death benefit of P200,000, disability benefit of P200,000, and medical insurance benefit of P100,000.