ABOUT 2.15 million retirees belonging to the Social Security System (SSS) are still waiting for the second tranche of a pension increase, according to a lawmaker representing the elderly.

Senior Citizens party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes said the P1,000-monthly pension hike was supposed to have been released in January 2019.

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