Pag-Ibig Fund offers condonation programs
By Hazel Gloria
CEBU CITY, January 24 (PIA) --- The Pag-IBIG Fund Cebu North offered a penalty condonation program for the unregistered and delinquent employers starting January 2012 until June 30, 2012.
Pag-IBIG Fund Cebu North Information Officer Dale Mark Antonio said, there are still many employers that remain unregistered and delinquent since the new law took effect in January 2010.
This program seeks to protect the interest of the members as well as to provide employers practicable means to settle their membership contribution arrears, Antonio explained.
It also seeks to compel unregistered/delinquent employers to register their employees to the Fund and provide them access to the benefits they deserve.
Condonation includes housing loan restructuring, as well as employers who have Pag-IBIG coverable employees from whom they did not collect membership contributions.
For those who wants to avail of this program, you have to submit the following requirements: application for penalty condonation; list of employees with their respective salaries or unremitted contributions and affidavit of undertakings.
Other requirements include certified true copy of applicable proof of business existence such as business permit/Mayor’s permit, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) certificate of registration; Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) certificate of partnership or incorporation; Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) certificate of cooperative; SSS certificate of membership and photocopies of payroll.
Meanwhile, employers who have deducted but did not remit membership contributions and/or short term loan amortizations from their employees are disqualified from this penalty condonation.
Employers who have previously availed of any penalty condonation offered by the Pag-‐IBIG Fund are also disqualified.(mbcn/hfg/PIA-7)
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Young Minds Academy season 6 now accepts applications
CEBU CITY, Jan 24 (PIA) -- Young Minds Academy (YMA) of the Cebu-based non-government organization Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) now accepts applications for its season 6 program.
According to RAFI, YMA is a youth leadership and citizenship development program of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC) that aims to develop young people to become responsible and accountable leaders and proactive citizens ready to serve the public and its interests.
This is done through awareness raising, experiential education, immersion, and open discourse, among others.
It is open to young people ages 12 to 20 years old. Applicants must form a team of five members under one of the following categories: Generation A must be composed of members with ages 17-20 while Generation B will be composed of members with ages 12-16.
List of team and individual requirements and application forms may be obtained from the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, or downloaded at www.rafi.org.ph.
Deadline for the submission of applications is on February 20, 2012.
To recall, YMA was launched in October 2006 and already ran for five seasons, including a special summer edition held in 2009 for Region 8.
A 15-year old season 5 YMA scholar, Jessica Therese Vestil said, through the YMA, she discovered the kind of leader she wants to be.
"The change has started in me already. Now it’s my time to be a role model to others,” Jessica said.
For Sean Timothy Salvador, 18, another YMA season 5 scholar said that YMA taught him to use his life as a daily opportunity to become a blessing to every person he meets and help change their lives for the better.
According to RAFI, the Young Minds Academy is an innovative educational and experiential learning approach to leadership, citizenship, and living life with meaning.
The YMA program is sponsored by UnionBank of the Philippines. (PIA-7/Minerva BC Newman)
Young Minds Academy season 6 now accepts applications
CEBU CITY, Jan 24 (PIA) -- Young Minds Academy (YMA) of the Cebu-based non-government organization Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) now accepts applications for its season 6 program.
According to RAFI, YMA is a youth leadership and citizenship development program of the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center (EADSC) that aims to develop young people to become responsible and accountable leaders and proactive citizens ready to serve the public and its interests.
This is done through awareness raising, experiential education, immersion, and open discourse, among others.
It is open to young people ages 12 to 20 years old. Applicants must form a team of five members under one of the following categories: Generation A must be composed of members with ages 17-20 while Generation B will be composed of members with ages 12-16.
List of team and individual requirements and application forms may be obtained from the Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center, or downloaded at www.rafi.org.ph.
Deadline for the submission of applications is on February 20, 2012.
To recall, YMA was launched in October 2006 and already ran for five seasons, including a special summer edition held in 2009 for Region 8.
A 15-year old season 5 YMA scholar, Jessica Therese Vestil said, through the YMA, she discovered the kind of leader she wants to be.
"The change has started in me already. Now it’s my time to be a role model to others,” Jessica said.
For Sean Timothy Salvador, 18, another YMA season 5 scholar said that YMA taught him to use his life as a daily opportunity to become a blessing to every person he meets and help change their lives for the better.
According to RAFI, the Young Minds Academy is an innovative educational and experiential learning approach to leadership, citizenship, and living life with meaning.
The YMA program is sponsored by UnionBank of the Philippines. (PIA-7/Minerva BC Newman)