SSS Aklan now receiving payments
Kalibo, Aklan -- The Social Security System (SSS) here in Aklan has now opened its tellering service – which means it can now receive payments for loans and contributions of members in the province.
SSS-Aklan Branch Head Isaias C. Leyson said that with this latest offering, members need not line up for long hours at banks receiving payments, as this service is available already in the office from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
"Aklan has now more or less 30,000 self-employed SSS members while those who have employers number more or less 20,000, so the implementation of the tellering system is very timely," Leyson said in an interview over a radio station here.
The SSS here, according to Leyson, is already "on-line", meaning a member who works in Manila or any part of the country can look into his records in Aklan through the computer, and could avail of services offered by the system.
In Aklan, people flock to the office everyday to file different claims like retirement, disability and death claims, as well as to apply for membership and loans.
"The SSS serves its members from cradle to grave – starting from giving maternity benefits to mothers, helping members and their dependents when sick, giving pensions when retired, and burial benefits when the member dies. The surviving spouse and minor children below 21 years old also get pensions," Leyson said.
Leyson also said that before, people are not so interested to apply for SSS membership. Now that people are aware of the many benefits the system offers to private employees and their dependents, he said many are now eager to apply for become members.
Acknowledging too, that Boracay Island in Malay Aklan is a big source of potential members, SSS has started to send a staff there every Tuesday at D' Mall in the island to accept membership applications as well as to answer various queries concerning benefits and services to members. (PIA)