Pension payments for old-age, disability and survivorship pensioners will be released by the Government Service Insurance System earlier than the actual schedule this month.

The GSIS announced on Friday (April 5) that pension payments are to ber released on April 6.

The pension fund for government workers disclosed that it regularly releases social security payments every eighth of the month.

It decided to send the pension payments earlier as a result of two upcoming holidays -Araw ng Kagitingan on April 9 and Eid’l Fitr (End of Ramadan on April 10.

“We are prioritizing the relese of the pension payments this April as we join the nation in the observance of Araw ng Kagitingan (April 9) and celebrate the advent of Eid’l Fitr (April 10),” said GSIS president and general manager Wick Veloso.