GSIS workers now 95% vaxxed

State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) recently reported that 95% of its workers nationwide have already been vaccinated against COVID-19. “As of November 2021, a total of 4,361 of 4,581 GSIS personnel,, including job order personnel, utility workers, and security guards, have been inoculated,” GSIS President and General Manager Rolando Ledesma Macasaet reported. “Prayoridad ng GSIS ang kaligtasan ng empleyado. Kaya naman nagpapasalamat tayo na kabilang ang state workers sa Priority Group A4 ng COVID-19 Immunization Program ng ating gobyerno. We were able to book vaccinations for our employees with the local government units across the country,” Macasaet...

GSIS starts to release insurance benefits to families of gov’t frontliners who died of COVID-19

Date Posted: June 16, 2020 In a letter to President Rodrigo Duterte, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Rolando Ledesma Macasaet reported that the state pension agency has already released the life insurance proceeds plus the additional Php500,000 benefit under its Bayanihan Fund for Frontliners (BFF) to the families of four government frontliners who succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. “GSIS recently released a total of Php7.8 million in life insurance benefits plus an additional Php2 million in BFF benefits to the legal heirs of four government medical frontliners who died of COVID-19. We are currently in the...

GSIS set to release ₱12.9 million in insurance benefits to 8 government frontliners who succumbed to COVID-19

Date Posted: April 30, 2020 The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is set to release ₱12.9 million in life insurance benefits to the families/beneficiaries of the eight government health workers who succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. This was announced today by Rolando Ledesma Macasaet, President and General Manager of the state pension fund. “Our insurance officers are already coordinating with the bereaved families. Once the papers are duly processed, we will release the amounts without delay,” Macasaet said. “And as promised, we will be granting an additional ₱500,000 under our Bayanihan Fund for Frontliners (BFF) on top of their regular...