28/05/2026
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐠” 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝐉𝐫.’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 (𝐒𝐒𝐒) 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐒𝐒 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
These relief measures have been allocated a budget of P60 billion to assist workers, pensioners, and employers who are struggling with higher prices of food, transportation, fuel, and electricity, and the broader economic impacts of ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, according to Jeanette Torallo-Mapa, the SSS ad hoc communication officer for the Bicol region.
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