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Tag: SSS

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: NO P1K increase in SSS pension

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 14, 2023 7:55 PM

    A YouTube video is claiming that Social Security System (SSS) pensioners will receive a P1,000 increase in their allotments, and that this additional amount will be released together with their 13th month pension. This is false.  There is no announcement from the SSS that pensioners will get an additional P1,000 and while  the 13th month […]

    pension, SSS

  • Categories FACT CHECK FB FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Video about SSS leadership change MISLEADS

    By VERA Files  |  Jan 25, 2023 3:43 PM

    A YouTube video claimed that former Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Rolando Macasaet replaced Michael Regino as president and CEO of the Social Security System due to the latter’s failure to provide a P1,000 pension increase to SSS beneficiaries.  The claim, which appeared after the Jan. 10 SSS leadership turnover […]

    Senior citizens, SSS

  • BSP Governor Medalla
    Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Joint statement ni BSP governor Medalla kasama ang mga economic managers na sumusuporta sa Maharlika Investment Fund bill nangangailangan ng konteksto

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 12, 2022 6:57 PM

    Kabilang sa mga unang nagpahayag ng mga reserbasyon sa panukalang Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, si Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla ay sumama sa iba pang economic managers sa pagsulong ng batas nito, na nagsasabing ito ay isang “sinubukan at nasubok” na investment vehicle for growth. Ito ay nangangailangan ng konteksto.

    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Benjamin Diokno, economy, Felipe Medalla, GSIS, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Martin Romualdez, Sovereign Wealth Fund, SSS, Stella Quimbo

  • BSP Governor Medalla
    Categories FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: BSP governor Medalla’s joint statement with economic managers supporting Maharlika Investment Fund bill needs context

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 12, 2022 6:57 PM

    Bangko Sentral Governor Felipe Medalla, who initially voiced reservations over the proposed Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bill, has joined other economic managers in pushing its legislation, saying it is a “tried and tested” investment vehicle for growth. This needs context.

    Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Benjamin Diokno, economy, Felipe Medalla, GSIS, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Martin Romualdez, Sovereign Wealth Fund, SSS, Stella Quimbo

  • Categories FACT CHECK Fact Sheet NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: The Maharlika Investment Fund explained

    By vera files fact check  |  Dec 09, 2022 6:21 PM

    What is the Maharlika Investment Fund? Why is it facing so much backlash?

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., GSIS, Land Bank of the Philippines, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Martin Romualdez, Sandro Marcos, Sovereign Welfare Fund, SSS

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Maharlika Investment Fund ipinaliwanag

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 09, 2022 6:21 PM

    Habang nagaganap ang pampublikong debate tungkol sa Maharlika Investment Fund, narito ang kailangan mong malaman sa isyu.

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., GSIS, Land Bank of the Philippines, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Martin Romualdez, Sandro Marcos, Sovereign Welfare Fund, SSS

  • Categories Fact Check Filipino

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag nina Arroyo at Marcos na ipinanukala rin ni Bam Aquino ang parehong sovereign wealth fund bill nangangailangan ng konteksto

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 07, 2022 5:50 PM

    Bilang depensa sa panukalang paglikha ng Maharlika Wealth Fund, itinuro ni dating pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos si dating senador Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV bilang orihinal na nagsusulong ng katulad na panukala noong 2016. Kailangan nito ng konteksto.

    bam Aquino, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GSIS, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Sandro Marcos, Sovereign Wealth Fund, SSS

  • Categories Editor's Pick FACT CHECK NED FC

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Arroyo, Marcos claim that Bam Aquino proposed ‘same’ sovereign wealth fund bill needs context

    By VERA Files  |  Dec 07, 2022 5:50 PM

    Defending the proposed creation of the Maharlika Wealth Fund, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos pointed to former senator Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV as the original of a similar measure in 2016. This needs context.

    bam Aquino, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, GSIS, Maharlika Investment Fund, Maharlika Wealth Fund, Sandro Marcos, Sovereign Wealth Fund, SSS

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    Categories COVID-19 Watch FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Story on SSS giving members P20k amid COVID-19 outbreak NOT TRUE

    By VERA Files  |  Mar 22, 2020 11:42 PM

    This post is false. Don’t believe it.

    COVID-19, SSS

  • 091119 FAKE 50k bonus SSS.png
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Report on Duterte signing law granting P50K-bonus for SSS members a HOAX

    By VERA Files  |  Sep 12, 2019 7:50 PM

    This post is fake. Don’t believe it.

    Rodrigo Duterte, SSS

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