Windows26: Palace won’t stop ‘well-studied’ SSS hike for now

January 8, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering the increase in SSS contributions, the outstanding P16 trillion debt of the government, and the 'Above normal' rainfall that will be seen from Janaury to March.

Palace won't stop 'well-studied' SSS hike for now

Malacañang is not heeding for now the growing clamor for the president to ask the Social Security System (SSS) to postpone the implementation of its "well-studied" contribution increase as meddling in the state-run pension fund's affairs might cause a "negative impact" on its members.

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'Shortchanged'? Mayors seek talks with Recto on tax share

The anticorruption movement Mayors for Good Governance (M4GG) has asked the Department of Finance for a full accounting of the 40-percent local government share from national taxes, as cities and municipalities seem to have been "shortchanged," Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Monday.

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New high: Gov't debt topped P16 trillion in November

The total outstanding debt of the government rose to a new record high in November — no thanks to a weak peso that bloated the state's foreign currency-denominated liabilities.

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'Above normal' rainfall, more typhoons seen January to March

The weather bureau warned of "above normal" rainfall and a higher number of tropical cyclones in the coming months due to the continuing effects of La Niña phenomenon.

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DICT: No new data lost as hackers targeted OP

No new data has been compromised in cyberattacks launched on Malacañang by China-backed hackers even as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) noted a significant increase in such attempts ahead of the 2025 midterm elections.

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EDITORIAL: Making Akap nonpartisan

Guidelines, no matter how strict, are only as good as their implementation, and the citizens can do their part by being vigilant and calling out local and national officials if Akap is not reaching those for whom they are intended and not those who are merely close to the powers that be.

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