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Sunday, July 14, 2013

SSS cites AlkanSSSya top savers in Naga City

By Analiza S. Macatangay

NAGA CITY, July 14 (PIA) --The Social Security System (SSS) branch here has cited organizations of tricycle and pedicab drivers as among the top savers in the AlkanSSSya Micro Savings Program.

The insurance firm, under the auspices of the Accounts Management Section (AMS), identified the Gimenez Monterey Padyak Driver Association (Gimopoda), Gimenez Monterey Padyak Driver Association (Gimopoda), City Heights Subdivision Padyak Operators and Drivers (Chesta), Bantay Kapalibutan and Balatas Kadamay as this month’s top savers.

The five tri-mobile associations were able to come up with P43,056 collections, comprising 43.31 percent compliance rate.

Among the organizations, Balatas Kadamay has the most number of enrollees numbering to 123, followed by Mopoda with 63 enrollees.

Gimopoda, on the other hand, had the highest compliance rate at 63.82 percent while Mopoda registered the highest amount of collection at P11,232.

Aside from the group category, SSS Naga City also lauded ten top savers under the individual category. On top of the list is Jessie Rabida of Gimopoda who was able to come up with a P770 savings after a month.

A total of 320 coins banks from five associations and contributions from 11 individual savers were also counted.

Mayor John Bongat of this city and members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod, barangay officials and personnel from Public Safety Office and Solid Waste Management Office also joined SSS Naga City in acknowledging the feat of the group and individual top savers.

Bongat meanwhile lauded te SSS Naga Branch, headed by Claribel l. Rebueno, and her team for painstakingly encouraging the members to embrace their vision and acknowledge their program.

The mayor expressed support for the AlkanSSSya program of SSS and stating that subsidy of the units be fabricated for the succeeding associations of padyak operators and drivers which will be the next AlkanSSSya savers.

SSS head Emilio de Quiros also encouraged the members on the continuity of their SSS contributions and emphasized the benefits of having higher amount of premiums.

The said program also has under its wings two informal sectors - the padyak operators and drivers (PODA) and the environmental watchers.

PODA is under the Naga City Padyak Operators and Drivers Federation (Nacipodrif) which has 25 padyak associations and 1,971 padyak units registered.

Sacay added that Gimopoda, Mopoda and Chesta were the “pilot” padyak associations administered by the Public Safety office led by CGDH1 Joselito Del Rosario.

Del Rosario during the said occasion also expressed his thanks to the padyak and jeepney drivers for warmly accepting the program.

“We were overwhelmed with their active participation and seeing the positive impact it has created, we are already initiating some activities to introduce the said endeavor to all the 27 barangays of the city and encourage them to join the bandwagon of savers,” Del Rosario said in an interview.

Other partakers of the program are Bantay Kapalibutan and Balatas Kadamay, categorized as environmental watchers who oversee the garbage segregation at the Balatas dumpsite. These volunteers are supervised by the Solid Waste Management office headed by Engr. Joel Martin. (MAL/LSM-PIA5/Camarines Sur) 

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