Ang Caviteno Newsweekly October 01-07, 2018 Issue | Page 3

Oktubre 01-07, 2018
PHLPost opens 10th postal
counter at SM South Mall
By Jimmyley E. Guzman
MANILA - The Philippine Postal
Corporation (PHLPost) opened
its newest Postal Counter at SM
Government Services Express
(GSE) South Mall in Las Piñas
City on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.

Representatives from the
SM South Mall and government
agencies led the opening of the
GSE. This is a scheme to extend
the government services to the
citizens and taxpayers.
The
services
of
government agencies, including
PHLPost, will now be more
accessible from 10:00AM to
9:00PM daily, which is located at
the lower ground level, near Casa
Medica, of the SM South Mall.

Mallgoers will now
enjoy the convenience of sending
letters and parcels, and availing
other postal products and services
at the newest postal counter,
seven days a week.

Meanwhile, PHLPost
expressed its gratitude to the SM
Management for supporting the
continuing expansion of PHLPost
and ensuring that its varied
services will be made accessible
to the public. (PHLPOST/PIA-NCR)
Multyspecialty ...
reputation as a trusted healthcare
provider in the region developing
partnerships with big companies
to provide primary, multi-specialty
care and diagnostic services for
their employees.

The SM City Rosario
branch was recently closed but
later the newest clinic at SM City
Dasmariñas was inaugurated on
March 2018 which houses more
clinic spaces, out-patient and
Duterte...
pinagtatrabahuhan nila,” the
Spokesperson stressed.

“Pero may depensa po
talaga ‘yung mga contractors
at tsaka ‘yung mga employers,
dahil exemption sa existing law
‘yung mga kumpanya, ‘yung
mga recruiting companies na
malaki ang kapital,” he added.

Roque said if passed
into law, the anti-ENDO bill
would prohibit any and all
forms of labor-only contracting.
It would also disallow the
indirect hiring of employees
by recruitment entities, which
means all employees would have
to be absorbed and regularized
by the companies that directly
use their services.
“Kinakailangan
magtrabaho ka na doon sa
pinagseserbisyuhan mo o ‘yung
pinapasukan mo at hindi na po
pupwedeng magkaroon ng mga
labor recruitment entities…
There has to be employer-
employee relationship between
the worker at ‘yung lugar na
pinagtatrabahuhan,” the Cabinet
official stated.

On the other hand,
the Spokesperson clarified
that companies would still be
allowed to hire employees on a
fixed-term contract for “seasonal
or project-based” services.

“Kasi for instance
‘yung mga contemporary project
naman, may ipapagawa ka, tapos
na ‘yung bahay, alangan namang
maging regular employee ka. So
pupuwede po ‘yun, contracts for
fixed services na gagawin po,”
he explained.

Roque,
a
former
Kabayan
Party-list
Representative,
was
the
principal author of House Bill
No. 00916 or the Anti-Endo
Act in Congress. His bill was
consolidated into House Bill
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diagnostic services including
Rehabilitation
and
Physical
Therapy,
Dental,
Laboratory
with Drug-Testing, ECG, and
ultrasound.

Rewarding the thirteen
years of trust and confidence of
its valued patients and clients, the
clinic will grant 13% discount on
all laboratory examinations for the
whole month of September. (Ruel
Francisco, PIA-Cavite)
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No. 6908 or the Security of
Tenure Bill and was approved
by the House of Representatives
last January 29.

‘Palace takes steps to
address inflation’

During the same press
briefing, Malacañang assured the
public that the administration is
taking concrete steps to address
the impact of inflation in the
country and to reduce the prices
of basic food commodities.

“Ginagawa po natin
lahat ‘yan. We’re in this
together at makikita naman
po natin na magkakaresulta
na lahat po ng mga hakbang
na ginagawa natin,” Secretary
Roque stressed.

For one, he said
the President has signed
Administrative Order (AO) No.
13 removing non-tariff barriers
and streamlining administrative
procedures on the importation
of agricultural products.

“Alinsunod sa pangako
ng ating Presidente na hindi siya
matutulog sa pansitan sa kabila
ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga
bilihin lalo na ng mga pagkain,
nag-isyu na po at epektibo na
po ang isang [AO] No. 13 na
ang ninanais po ay padaliin po
‘yung proseso ng pag-angkat
ng kinakailangan nating mga
pagkain nang maibaba ang
presyo ng mga bilihin,” he cited.
The AO seeks to streamline
procedures and requirements in
the accreditation of importers
and minimize the processing
time of applications for
importation. It also exempts
traders
that
are
already
accredited from registration
requirements.

Furthermore, it seeks
to facilitate the importation of
certain agricultural products
beyond
their
authorized
Minimum
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CREATING A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT THRU KALINGA SA KALIKASAN
With its advocacy for a cleaner and safer environment, the provincial government led by Governor Boying Remulla introduced
another cleanup drive in the municipality of Carmona as part of his campaign for the Kalinga sa Kalikasan on September 25, 2018.
Present during the event were Carmona Mayor Dahlia Loyola, 5th District Representative Roy Loyola, Board Member Ivee Jane
Reyes and members of the municipal councils. With their broom and other cleaning paraphernalia, the provincial government and
other volunteers joined hands for the success of the ecological awareness and social involvement campaign for a trash-free and fresh
environment.
SSS Bacoor... from page 1

minimum loan amount
Dagupan, Baguio, Ilagan, Bacoor
City in Cavite, Biñan, Cebu,
Tacloban, Iloilo Central, Cagayan
De Oro, Davao, General Santos,
and Zamboanga.

Qualified borrowers for
PLP are retiree pensioners who
are 80 years old and below at the
end of the month of loan term,
have no outstanding loan balance
and benefit overpayment payable
to SSS, have no advance pension
under the SSS Calamity Package,
and have been receiving their
regular monthly pensions for at
least six months.
SSS has allotted Php10billion
as possible loan exposure with
(MAV), and reduce or remove
relative fees to ensure sufficient
supply and more affordable
prices of products in the
markets.

AO No. 13 likewise
calls for measures that would
liberalize the issuance of
permits and accreditation of
traders who want to import rice
to break the monopoly, as well
as to temporarily allow direct
but regulated importation by
sugar-using industries to lower
their input costs.

“Ito na po ‘yung
katuparan doon sa sinabi ng
economic team na they will issue
[orders] para mapabilis ‘yung
pagpasok ng mga inaangkat
na pagkain at para masigurado
‘yung mas maagang delivery
ng mga inangkat na pagkain sa
merkado,” Roque said.

Apart from AO No.
13, the Palace official also
announced the issuance of three
Memorandum Orders aimed
at reducing food prices in the
country.

Memorandum
Order
No. 26 directs the Department
of Agriculture (DA) and
the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) to adopt
measures reducing the gap
between farmgate prices and
retail prices of agricultural
products.

Memorandum
Order
No. 27, meanwhile, directs
the DA, Department of the
Interior and Local Government
(DILG), Philippine National
Police (PNP), and the Metro
Manila Development Authority
(MMDA) to ensure the efficient
for
qualified pensioners is twice
the amount equivalent to their
basic monthly pension and the
additional P1,000 benefit while
the maximum loanable amount
is six times their basic monthly
pension plus the additional
P1,000 benefit, not exceeding
P32,000.

A 10% interest per
annum will be incurred computed
on a diminishing principal
balance, which shall become
part of the monthly amortization
with payment terms in three, six,
or twelve months depending on
the multiple of the loan amount
and will be deducted from the monthly pension of the borrower.
Qualified borrowers needs to
apply for the PLP personally
with his Social Security Card
or the Unified Multi-Purpose
Identification Card, or any
two valid identification cards
both with signature and photo.
All applications with proper
identification requirements will
be verified for eligibility based on
the information provided by the
pensioner.

For more information,
pensioners can visit the nearest
SSS branch, contact the SSS
Call Center hotline at 920-
6446 to 55, or send an email to
[e-mail].
(Ruel Francisco, PIA-Cavite/with
reports from SSS)
and seamless delivery of
imported agriculture and fishery
products from the ports to local
markets.

Lastly, Memorandum
Order No. 28 directs the
National Food Authority (NFA)
to immediately release existing
rice stocks in its warehouses.
“The agencies involved
are given the obligation to report
within one month what steps they
have taken… Monthly po itse-
check ng Executive Secretary
natin kung tumutupad ‘yung
mga ahensya na pinagbigyan
ng ganitong kautusan,” Roque
stressed. (PCO-Content)
SSS warns delinquent employers,
DOJ sets higher bail bond
THE state-run Social Security
System (SSS) has warned erring
employers that they will now face
a higher bail bond for violating
Republic Act 8282, otherwise
known as the Social Security Act of
1997, with the new Department of
Justice's (DOJ) Circular on the 2018
new bail bond guide for violation of
special laws.

SSS President and Chief
Executive Officer Emmanuel F.
Dooc has welcomed the DOJ
Circular, which he regarded as one
of the measures that will help instill
compliance among delinquent
employers.

“We
appreciate
the
initiatives of DOJ in releasing the
new bail bond guide as this will
impose a higher bail to violators of
the Social Security law (SS Law). It
will make it more difficult for them
to run away from their obligations
not only to SSS but also to their
employees,” Dooc said.
Under
the
DOJ
Department Circular No. 013
released on March 8 this year,
the new bail bond for violation of
special laws will be computed based
on the maximum number of years of
imposable penalties multiplied by
P6,000.

This would mean that
violators of the SS law, which is a
special law, will have to pay a bail
bond of as high as P72,000, a 33%
increase from the previous P24,000.

“Any violation of the
Social Security Act has a maximum
penalty of 12 years per accused.
If we multiply that with P6,000, it
is equated with a huge amount of
money and employers will think
twice whether they will disobey the
law or not,” Dooc added.

From January to June
2018, SSS has filed 1,499 employer
delinquency cases with total
collectibles amounting to P3.85
billion.

Among the common
violations
committed
by
employers are non-registration
of their establishments, non-
reporting of employees including
household employees, and non-
remittance/under-remittance
of
their employees’ social security
contributions and non-remittance
of deducted loan amortization
repayments.

“We hope that with the
increased bail bond set by DOJ,
employers would strictly obey
the SS Act to avoid additional
financial distress from paying a
huge amount of bail bond to secure
their temporary liberty during the
pendency of their cases,” Dooc
concluded.