{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_4vb2wgymfa4qsvi2btnq","title":"SSS, GSIS microloans offer workers alternative to informal lenders","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/sss-gsis-microloans-offer-workers-alternative-to-informal-lenders-4vb2wgymfa","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_4vb2wgymfa4qsvi2btnq","seq":888260,"kind":"article","title":"SSS, GSIS microloans offer workers alternative to informal lenders","url":"https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sss-gsis-microloans-offer-workersalternative-to-informal-lenders","summary":"FILIPINO workers may have greater access to lower-cost short-term credit as the Social Security System (SSS) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) expand microloan programs aimed at helping members cover urgent expenses without resorting to informal lenders. The SSS LoanLite and GSIS Ginhawa Go programs allow qualified private-sector and government workers to borrow between P1,000 and P50,000 for emergencies, household expenses, tuition, medical costs and other…","published":"2026-09-30T11:16:19Z","seen":"2026-09-30T11:22:59Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-sunstar-com-ph-a5b31b","name":"sunstar.com.ph","domain":"sunstar.com.ph","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7638135","name":"SunStar","type":"magazine","country":"PH","designations":["periodical"]}},"via":"kite-sunstar-com-ph-a5b31b","topics":["asia","cebu","business"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1757915","name":"sick sinus syndrome","type":"org"},{"id":"Q5589107","name":"Government Service Insurance System","type":"org"}],"image":"https://cf-images.assettype.com/sunstar/2026-09-30/gov9zrmh/biz1.jpg?w=280","mentions":2,"story":"st_4vb2wgymfa4qsvi2btnq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.6299999952316284,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.25999999046325684,"political":0.10000000149011612}]}