ILOILO CITY, July 27 -- Qualified members of the Social Security System (SSS) can expect to receive this week PHP2,000 cash aid under the government's expanded Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food and Transport (UPLIFT) program.

"Our target date for releasing is before the end of July. So we are expecting that this week we will start the release," SSS Visayas West 2 Division Senior Communications Analyst Amiel Genova said.

The program is targeting to benefit 1.5 million members nationwide.

Genova said to qualify for the cash aid, the monthly salary credit should not be more than PHP20,000, have paid their premium contribution at least once either in 2025 or this year, and are included in the 2024 community-based monitoring s...