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Katrina Domingo

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<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F866497302987671%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=560&amp;t=0" width="560" height="314" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Social Security System (SSS) has started offering emergency loans with low interest rates for qualified members, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday.</p><p>The SSS Emergency Loan has a 7 percent annual interest rate and a moratorium period of 6 months, Marcos said.</p><p>“Kaya may oras ang pamilya na makabangon bago magsimulang magbayad,” Marcos said in a video message posted on his social media accounts.</p><p>“Ito ay ligtas, abot-kaya, at malinaw na alternatibo sa mapagsamantalang pautang,” he said.</p><p>“Layunin nito na masigurong may maaasahang pondo ang bawat Pilipino sa oras ng pangangailangan, nang hindi nalulubog sa utang,” he added.</p><p>The Emergency Loan program allows members in disaster areas to borrow up to P20,000, provided that they have paid at least 36 contributions and have no overdue with the SSS, according to information from the agency’s website.</p><p>Earlier this year, the President placed the Philippines under a <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/9/palace-declares-1-year-state-of-national-calamity-to-speed-up-disaster-response-after-tino-2348">national state of calamity</a> after multiple typhoons and earthquakes battered different parts of the country.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"/></div>

<p>The Social Security System (SSS) has started offering emergency loans with low interest rates for qualified members, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday.</p>

The Social Security System (SSS) has started offering emergency loans with low interest rates for qualified members, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Thursday.

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Marcos: SSS offering emergency loans with low interest rates

Katrina Domingo,

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Published Dec 18, 2025 09:11 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 18, 2025 10:01 AM PHT

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