LEGAZPI CITY—The news of the approval of the P1,000 increase in Social Security System (SSS) pension has brought a sigh of relief to some retirees. The other P1,000 increase is expected to come by 2022. “I already allotted that P2,000 increase to cover my monthly medicines,” she told the Inquirer. Esteban, a widow, has been receiving P7,000 in monthly pension since 2012. Suggested solutionsSamson said that if the President would further make good of his entire campaign promise to SSS pensioners and the other P1,000 increase would be released in 2022, it would leave the SSS bankrupt and unable to serve future senior citizen pensioners.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 12, 2017 17:36 UTC