THE PHILIPPINES’ pension system remained the third worst in the world, according to the 2025 edition of Mercer CFA Institute’s Global Pension Index. The Philippines’ score, which is graded based on ...

Ideally, the purpose of an old-age pension system is to guarantee a person’s regular receipt of income during their old age and to guarantee a “freedom from want,” meaning the pension amount should be ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and its attached agency, the National Council on Disability Affairs ...

Invoking the late Nelson Mandela’s concern for the elderly, the oldest member of the House of Representatives has decried the “digital and social exclusion” of Filipino senior citizens from government ...

From the Andes to the Himalayas, a new wave of protests is unfolding across the world, driven by generational discontent against governments and anger among young people. This ...

THE House Committee on Appropriations on Tuesday approved the proposed P6.7-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2026, with the realignment of P255.5 billion originally intended for flood ...

It’s not a sea, it’s a chessboard. On its waters float aircraft carriers, millions of tons of goods, and the promise of an energy bounty. Here the great ...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 ( Davao Region) announced Tuesday that they began distributing the ...

The average senior who retired in 1999 has lost nearly $5,000 in Social Security payments as a result of the CPI-W.

For decades, the Philippines’ security rested almost entirely on its alliance with the United States. Now Manila is expanding ...

An article falsely claims that the Social Security System’s calamity loan program and its unemployment cash benefit program are one and the same ...

Those who receive overpayments could now have up to 50% of their checks withheld until the Social Security Administration recovers the extra money. All Social Security beneficiaries must elect an ...