{"id":91181,"date":"2017-02-25T06:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=91181"},"modified":"2017-02-25T06:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T11:20:00","slug":"sss-refutes-statement-on-no-increase-in-contributions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/25\/sss-refutes-statement-on-no-increase-in-contributions\/","title":{"rendered":"SSS refutes statement on no increase in contributions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84927\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11935073_10153746734922868_1088662623410610350_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84927\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11935073_10153746734922868_1088662623410610350_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday refuted the statement of Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares that there will be no increase in member contributions, stressing that the state-run pension fund did not make such a public announcement.  (Photo: Philippine Social Security System\/ Facebook)\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11935073_10153746734922868_1088662623410610350_n-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11935073_10153746734922868_1088662623410610350_n-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11935073_10153746734922868_1088662623410610350_n-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday refuted the statement of Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares that there will be no increase in member contributions, stressing that the state-run pension fund did not make such a public announcement. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SSSPh\/photos\/a.469386047867.281200.102761037867\/10153746734922868\/?type=1&amp;amp;theater\"> Philippine Social Security System\/ Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday refuted the statement of Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares that there will be no increase in member contributions, stressing that the state-run pension fund did not make such a public announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not make any announcement that we will no longer increase member contributions. In fact, the contribution rate hike was part of the continuing reform agenda approved by President Rodrigo Duterte early this year,\u201d explained SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emnamuel Dooc.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the approval of the additional benefit last Jan. 10, President Duterte also approved the contribution rate hike to enlarge the Investment Reserve Fund of the pension, to generate higher yields for investments, and to further strengthen the viability of the pension fund for future obligations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust like the additional PHP1,000 benefit, we will be implementing the contribution rate hike as scheduled as soon as we receive the signed order from Malaca\u00f1ang,\u201d said Dooc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014The Social Security System (SSS) on Friday refuted the statement of Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares that there will be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":84927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[15758,2194],"class_list":["post-91181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-neri-colmenares","tag-social-security-system","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}