PH Social Security System Opens at PH Center in New York

Consul General Claro S. Cristobal announces the opening of the Social Security System (SSS) Office at the Philippine Center. (New York PCG photo)

NEW YORK 03 July 2019 — The New York Office of the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) was officially opened at the Philippine Center on 21 June 2019 to serve Filipinos in the United States Northeast.

In his remarks at the opening ceremony, Consul General to New York Claro S. Cristobal encouraged kababayans to avail themselves of SSS services, now that it has been made more accessible to those residing in the U.S. Northeast.

Gracing this milestone event was also one of the SSS Commissioners, Dr. Gonzalo T. Duque, who thanked the Consul General and the Philippine Consulate General in New York for hosting the SSS office at the Philippine Center.  Philippine Center manager Consul Arman R. Talbo was also present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, together with Consul General Cristobal and Commissioner Duque.

In line with the policy of the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to strengthen support mechanisms for overseas Filipinos, one-stop service centers for these nationals in the Philippines have been established.

In New York, the Philippine Center has been serving as such “one-stop shop” with the presence not only of the Consulate General but other Philippine government agencies as well to serve the Filipino-American community.

On June 2015, the Pag-IBIG office was launched at the Philippine Center, and now followed by the SSS four years later. The Philippine Trade and Investment Center and the Philippine Department of Tourism also maintain offices in the Center. END

SSS Commissioner Gonzalo T. Duque encourages our kababayans to invest with SSS. (New York PCG photo)

Philippine Center manager Consul Arman R. Talbo (in barong), together with some kababayans, attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the SSS’s New York Office. (New York PCG photo)

Consul General Cristobal (second from left), Consul Talbo (leftmost) and SSS Commissioner Duque (third from left) did the honors of cutting the ribbon, with SSS-New York representative Celenia D. Dimaano and SSS-San Francisco representative Marites C Marin looking on. (New York PCG photo)

SSS-New York Representative Dimaano entertains one of her first clients immediately after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. (New York PCG photo)

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