The Social Security System has disbursed P115.73 billion in social security and employees’ compensation benefits to 3.60 million members and beneficiaries during the first half of 2021 alone.
President and chief executive officer Aurora Ignacio said these are the respective increases of 20.6 percent and 15.4 percent from the P95.96 billion benefits disbursed to 3.12 million members for the same period of 2020.
Loan releases, including the salary, educational, calamity, housing and pension loans, period reached P17.19 billion for 691,048 borrowers from January to June this year.
These are increases of 19.2 percent and 8.0 percent, respectively, over the P14.42 billion loan releases for 639,735 borrowers in the same period of 2020.
Ignacio yesterday spearheaded the launch of uSSSap Tayo Portal in the month-long celebration of the 64th founding anniversary of the SSS.
“Last Sept. 1, we marked the 64th anniversary of the SSS in providing meaningful social security protection to its members, pensioners, and their beneficiaries. On behalf of the SSS, I would like to reiterate our commitment to executing this mandate continuously,” he said.
The agency’s theme “expreSSS: Handog sa Miyembro, Serbisyong Makabago” embodies its dedication to continuously pursue the goal of digitalization by way of providing more convenient and efficient transaction channels for its stakeholders and the public.
Ignacio, along with the other SSS officials, introduced the uSSSap Tayo Portal that shall provide its users with easier, simpler and faster access to SSS information, and an additional facility for sending their concerns.
She said most of the concerns from the netizens were queries on how to avail of programs and status verifications.
Through the uSSSap Tayo Portal, she believes the agency could be able to reduce various concerns and improve the resolution time by empowering our stakeholders and the public.
“They no longer need to send emails, place calls, or go to our branches. All they have to do is to open the portal, and they can now access the information they need or check the status of their concerns,” Ignacio said.