Netizen Express

Maternity assistance from maternal and child health workers will increase starting January 2020. According to SSS President and CEO Aurora Ignacio, from the previous P32,000 it will increase to P70,000 - is to be granted as maternity benefit to newborn female SSS members that is employed or self-employed. Ignacio explained that this was due to the implementation of the new minimum and maximum monthly salary credit based on the implementation of Republic Act No. 11210 or Expanded Maternity Leave Act and SSS Act of 2018. Meanwhile, SSS is proud that since the implementation of the Expanded Maternity Leave Act has reached 122,000 mothers who have benefited more than P2.67-B from January to April this year. Source: PNA

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticized detained Senator Leila De Lima after the lady senator commented again over the President’s decision to allow Chinese fishermen to roam around West Philippine Sea. In a interview, the President said that if De Lima really wanted to defend the country from China, he would make way for the lady Senator to travel there as quickly as possible by tying her critic to a rocket. “Kung ano-anong pinag-isip… nandoon sa presohan si De Lima. Kung ano na lang ang sinasabi, attack, ganon. Ikaw, itali kita ng kwitis na malaki, ikaw ang pa… pasiritin ko doon sa Spratlys,” Duterte said. “I will order in Bulacan the greatest… the biggest kwitis that we can ever make. Itali kita, sindihan ko. Mauna ka na doon,” he added. On Friday, De Lima criticized Duterte for his recent statements, saying that he cannot escape the bad acts he committed forever. “Sa halip na ilabas ang tapang niya para ipagtanggol ang mga Pilipinong mangingisda at ang dignid