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  2. Social Security System (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    The Social Security System ( SSS; Filipino: Paseguruhan ng Kapanatagang Panlipunan) is a state-run, social insurance program in the Philippines to workers in the private, professional and informal sectors. SSS is established by virtue of Republic Act No. 1161, better known as the Social Security Act of 1954. This law was later amended by Republic Act No. 8282 in 1997. Government employees ...

  3. Unified Multi-Purpose ID - Wikipedia

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    The Unified Multi-Purpose ID ( UMID) is a Philippine identity card that was introduced in 2010. [2] The card was developed as a single card for the relations between several government-related agencies. The agency responsible for implementation is the Social Security System (SSS), and also the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth ...

  4. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .philhealth .gov .ph. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation ( PhilHealth) was created in 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines. It is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic Act 6111 ...

  5. Government Service Insurance System - Wikipedia

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    It is not possible for non-government employees, self-employed or non-working persons to become members of the GSIS. Instead, they are covered by the Social Security System (SSS). Meanwhile government employees in addition to GSIS, can also become members of the SSS at their own cost.

  6. Government-owned and controlled corporation - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, a government-owned and controlled corporation ( GOCC ), sometimes with an "and/or", [1] is a state-owned enterprise that conducts both commercial and non-commercial activity. Examples of the latter would be the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a social security system for government employees. There are 219 GOCCs as of 2022. [2] GOCCs both receive subsidies and ...

  7. Pag-IBIG Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Home Development Mutual Fund ( HDMF ), commonly known as the Pag-IBIG ( Pag tutulungan sa Kinabukasan, I kaw, B angko, I ndustriya at G obyerno) Fund, [a] is a government-owned and controlled corporation under the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development of the Philippines responsible for the administration of the national savings program and affordable shelter financing for ...

  8. Department of Social Welfare and Development - Wikipedia

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    www .dswd .gov .ph. The Philippines ' Department of Social Welfare and Development ( Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kagalingan at Pagpapaunlad Panlipunan, [2] abbreviated as DSWD) is the executive department of the Philippine Government responsible for the protection of the social welfare of rights of Filipinos and to promote the social development.

  9. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (abbreviated as OWWA, Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Kagalingan ng Manggagawa sa Ibayong-dagat [2]) is an attached agency of the Department of Migrant Workers of the Philippines. It protects the interests of Overseas Filipino Workers and their families, providing social security, cultural services and help ...