THE Social Security System (SSS) has collected almost P13 billion under its KaSSSangga Collect Program as of end-August, mainly driven by local government units (LGUs).
Collections under the program reached P12.999 billion, coming from 575,614 members from 3,990 partner agencies, it said on Tuesday.
Of this, P8.338 billion came from LGUs, P3.905 billion from National Government and Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations, P549 million from state universities and colleges, P193 million from local water districts, and P14 million from others.
The SSS on Tuesday also signed a memorandum of agreement with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority to give social security protection to its job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers.
Under the agreement, the SSS will cover 1,996 JO and COS workers under the KaSSSangga Collect Program. — Aaron Michael C. Sy