GSIS to bring pensioners caravan to North Cebu

CEBU CITY -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will set up its Annual Pensioners Information Revalidation (APIR) Caravan in Northern Cebu to bring its services closer to pensioners starting this weekend.

Newly-installed GSIS-Cebu branch manager Atty. Mercedes Enriquez announced this during the Kapihan sa PIA at the Philippine Information Agency 7 (Central Visayas) office here Wednesday.

“We are going to have the APIR Caravan in Bogo City and Danao City to serve all pensioners who are 79 years old and below in the revalidation of their pensions,” Enriquez said.

The APIR Caravan will be brought to Bogo on Saturday and to Danao on Monday. It will start as early as 6 a.m.

The APIR program requires all GSIS old-age and survivorship pensioners to appear personally at any GSIS office or use the GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (GWAPS) kiosk to activate their status and ensure the continuous receipt of their pension.

Enriquez said they will set up a GWAPS kiosk in Bogo and Danao to easily check the data of all pensioners, who will come on the scheduled date.

The Caravan will not only serve residents of Bogo and Danao but also pensioners from neighboring municipalities, who will no longer need to appear personally at the GSIS office in Cebu City.

Enriquez said they are not limiting the number of pensioners availing of the service, but this will depend on how many people they can serve in a day.

She said many pensioners aged 79 years and below have had their pensions suspended because they did not reactivate their status before July 1 this year.

“We are calling on our suspended pensioners to revalidate their status through our APIR Caravan. We will be in Bogo this Saturday and in Danao on Monday. Hope to see them there,” Enriquez said.

She also reminded pensioners to renew their status during their birth month every year. (With Bebie Jane Casipong/PNA)