GSIS grants longer grace period for HELP borrowers in Yolanda areas

Date published: Jun 09,2014June 9, 2014

Date Posted: June 9, 2014 Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara announced that the pension fund is extending the grace period for the payment of amortization of Home Emergency Loan Program (HELP) borrowers in Yolanda-hit areas until November this year. “We hope that the deferment of the collection due date under HELP will enable our members in Yolanda-hit areas to focus their resources in rebuilding their homes and going back to their normal lives”, Vergara said.

GSIS extends loan moratorium for Yolanda-hit members, pensioners to Oct ‘14

Date published: May 12,2014May 12, 2014

Date Posted: May 12, 2014 State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) extended the loan moratorium period from May 2014 to October 2014 for some 300,000 members and pensioners either living or working in the 126 areas severely affected by typhoon Yolanda. GSIS President and General Manager Robert Vergara said that “we recognize that our members and pensioners continue to suffer the devastating effects of typhoon Yolanda.”

GSIS’s Six-Month Interest-Free Loan Moratorium for Members and Pensioners Severely Affected by Typhoon Yolanda

Date published: Jan 22,2014January 22, 2014

What is the loan moratorium program that the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has recently implemented? The latest GSIS loan moratorium is an automatic deferment of loan payment, without interest and penalties, that the GSIS has granted to its members and pensioners in areas that were hit hardest by supertyphoon Yolanda. (Here is the list of affected areas). The GSIS Board of Trustees approved the moratorium program under Resolution No. 129 on November 28, 2013 to enable GSIS members and pensioners to use the fund in recovering and rebuilding their lives. What period is covered by the moratorium? It covers...