Bacolor students get financial assistance
Mayor Diman Datu said that the students received P2,000 each as assistance to help them and their parents with their financial needs. Most of the beneficiaries are college students studying in different schools in Pampanga.
“We believe that it takes a village to educate a child. In this case, the town would like to contribute a little to the burden of expenses that parents would shoulder in sending their children to school,” he added.
The mayor said that his administration has a policy of making the assistance program accessible to ordinary students.
Datu instructed his staff to give due attention to students who would like to pursue their education and finish college degrees.
He said that people who have college degrees have greater chances of getting good employment .
In his message, Datu urged student beneficiaries to strive for better grades and to take their studies seriously.
He also urged parents to help in their children’s education by providing them with proper guidance.
OF SAN FERNANDO---The Social Security System (SSS) will soon start accepting online Maternity Benefit Applications (MBA) and Maternity Benefit Reimbursement Applications (MBRA) through the My.SSS portal on the SSS website.
SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio said the online filing of MBA and MBRA would start on May 31, 2021, in line with its scheduled mandatory implementation, which will take effect on September 1, 2021.
Drop box or over-the-counter filing will still be allowed at the SSS Branch Office (BO)/ Foreign Representative Office (FRO)/ Medical Evaluation Center (MEC) until August 31, 2021.
“As part of our digitalization initiatives, the SSS has now allowed maternity benefit applications to be filed online, along with sickness benefit reimbursement, unemployment, retirement, and funeral. We recognize the current situation of our female members who are high-risk individuals to COVID19 infection. Their health and safety remain our top priority,” said Ignacio.
Maternity benefit covers all female self-employed, voluntary, overseas Filipino worker (OFW), nonworking spouse members, and female members who are separated from employment and have not yet received any advance payment of maternity benefit from their previous employers. Meanwhile, maternity benefit reimbursement covers all employers, including household employers.
Online filing through the member or employer’s My.SSS account applies to all initial or new claims as well as cases for adjustments, including the following instances: member is qualified as a solo parent; with correction on the type of delivery from normal to caesarian delivery or from miscarriage to ectopic pregnancy with operation; SSS computation is higher than the employer’s computation; additional posted contributions will increase the benefit amount; correction of the approved number of compensable days from 60 (normal delivery) or 78 (caesarian section delivery) to 105 days; and allocation of leave credits not used due to separation from employment of child’s father or qualified alternate caregiver.
Required supporting documents corresponding to the type of claim need to be scanned and uploaded by the filer for review by SSS.
For MBRAs, the receipt of the advance payment by an employer must be confirmed/ certified by
Almost a thousand college students from this municipality received financial assistance worth P2,000 from the Municipal Government of Bacolor as part of the towns support for indigent students.