Disbursements of OFW benefits reach P5.65B

THE Social Security System (SSS) reported on Monday that its disbursements for overseas Filipino worker (OFW) benefits rose to P5.65 billion last year.

The state-run pension fund did not provide a comparable 2017 figure, but said in a statement that the 2018 amount benefitted more than 63,000 OFW pensioners and members.