SSS: Benefits paid to members, pensioners doubled to P1.1T under Duterte watch

  MANILA, Philippines -- The amount of benefits disbursed to Social Security System (SSS) members and pensioners under former president Duterte's watch hit P1.1 trillion, the state-run pension fund for private-sector workers said Friday. In a statement, SSS president and chief executive Michael Regino said benefit payments from 2016 to 2021 almost doubled from the P549.6-billion worth from 2010 to 2015. A Duterte appointee, Regino said the higher benefit payments during the previous administration came on the back of "reforms implemented over the last few years, such as those provided under Republic Act (RA) Nos. 11199 (Social Security Act of 2018) and 11210 (Expanded M...

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