7.01.2009

Photo Release - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
DIALOGUE BETWEEN GSIS AND ITS MEMBERs and
PRESS CONFERENCE

 Butuan City
June 26, 2009

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From left to right: GSIS Butuan Regional Manager – Ms. Mamole Pangandaman, GSIS Asset, Management Group Senior Vice-President – Ms. Cecil Feleo, GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet, and GSIS Housing and Insurance Group (HIG) Senior Vice-President – Ms. Josefina Valera are shown here as panelists during the recently conducted Dialogue between GSIS and its members held in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS Housing and Insurance Group (HIG) Senior Vice-President – Ms. Josefina Valera bares the use of GCare Products which is lowest in the market at about P40.00 for P50,000.00 coverage. This also covers accidents from dog bites to gunshot wounds, held recently during the Dialogue between GSIS and its members in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS Asset, Management Group Senior Vice-President – Ms. Cecil Feleo (2nd from left) gives the updates for members and pensioners on the new housing loan program for only 8% interest rate per annum for loan terms of up to 30 years. “All active GSIS members can apply on the new housing loan program,” she said. This was held recently during the Dialogue between GSIS and its members in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet explains to members the cause of unexpected crash of GSIS’ database system being managed by the DB2 database management software of IBM Corporation, held recently during the Dialogue between GSIS and its members in one of the hotels in Butuan City. “The database crash was first experienced on March 30, 2009 while the second incident occurred on April 2, 2009. To date, the GSIS has suffered eight system crashes,” she explained. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS-Butuan Regional Manager Mamole Pangandaman assures its members and pensioners that the integrity of all its data has not been compromised and that no data is lost, during the Dialogue between GSIS and its members held recently in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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Shown in photo are employees of government agencies who are also members of GSIS participating the Dialogue between GSIS and its members, held recently in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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Some members of GSIS from various government agencies in Caraga ask questions to GSIS personnel - GSIS Butuan Regional Manager – Ms. Mamole Pangandaman, GSIS Asset, Management Group Senior Vice-President – Ms. Cecil Feleo, GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet, and GSIS Housing and Insurance Group (HIG) Senior Vice-President – Ms. Josefina Valera. The panelists were able to answer satisfactorily the questions of its members, held recently in one of the hotels in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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PRESS CONFERENCE
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From left to right: GSIS Butuan Asst. Regional Manager – Ms. Belen Talita, GSIS Butuan Regional Manager – Ms. Mamole Pangandaman, GSIS Asset, Management Group Senior Vice-President – Ms. Cecil Feleo, GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet, and GSIS Housing and Insurance Group (HIG) Senior Vice-President – Ms. Josefina Valera as panelists during the press conference conducted recently in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. The press conference was held right after the Dialogue between GSIS and its members in another hotel in Butuan City. Also in photo is Mr. Robert Roperos (extreme right) of PIA-Caraga moderating the press conference. (PIA-Caraga)
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Mr. Robert Roperos of PIA-Caraga moderates the press conference of GSIS held recently in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet explains to media that even at the onset of the DB2-induced system crashes, the GSIS never ceased disbursing monthly pension benefits to its pensioners through their eCard Plus. “In addition, the GSIS wireless Automated Processing System (G-W@PS) kiosks continue to facilitate the enrollment and activation of eCards,” she added. This was held recently during a press conference in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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GSIS Butuan Regional Manager – Ms. Mamole Pangandaman welcomes and acknowledges the presence of GSIS Personnel from central office and members of Butuan City tri-media during a press conference held recently in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. She is also encouraging all the GSIS members to visit their regional office whenever they have requests or complaints to address properly its issues and concerns. (PIA-Caraga)
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Seated in the first row are the Butuan City tri-media during a press conference hosted by GSIS with the presence of GSIS Butuan Regional Manager – Ms. Mamole Pangandaman, GSIS Butuan Asst. Regional Manager – Ms. Belen Talita, GSIS Asset, Management Group Senior Vice-President – Ms. Cecil Feleo, GSIS Information Technology (IT) Consultant – Ms. Helen Macasaet, and GSIS Housing and Insurance Group (HIG) Senior Vice-President – Ms. Josefina Valera, held recently in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)
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Members of Butuan City tri-media are shown here asking questions to GSIS personnel regarding issues and concerns, especially the cause of GSIS database system crash, held recently during a press conference in one of the convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)