Barbara Palacios spearheaded a survey of retiree members regarding use of preventive medicine and telehealth.
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BPMSD Explains Self-Insurance
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AFE Asks BPMSD to provide coverage for preventive care and increase support for premiums.
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ADB Security Guidelines for Entering ADB and for Parking
ADB Security's current rules for retirees entering the ADB compound and building and for parking.
Paying AFE through PayPal
AFE has established a PayPal account for members who wish to remit dues and other moneys to us. Malou provides the instructions, which have been edited from https://wise.com/us/blog/how-to-pay-someone-with-paypal.
World Bank retirees' annual meeting events on October 26-27 2022
Jill de Villa attended the World Bank retirees' annual meeting events on October 26-27. The events included virtual meetings on health insurance and pension and in-person meetings including discussions by and with three former World Bank Chief Economists, the 1818 Society Annual Meeting, and a discussion with the World Bank President David Malpass. Her unedited notes are available in the Members Only section.
22 Sept ADB Covid Briefing summary
- From Pres. Masa – Covid remains a challenge but assures that health and safety of ADB staff remain his priority.
- From Dr. Asadang – we cannot eradicate Covid; we will have to live with it. Vaccines do work so he encourages everyone to take it although ADB’s position is that it’s still a personal choice.
- From BPMSD – host government approach to vaccination will be respected; if costs have been incurred in other countries, reimbursement by ADB through Cigna.
- Next steps for AC Health program – retirees in the Philippines plus one household member will be covered plus other dependents covered by PRGMIP. Admin fee of PHP850 per person will be deducted from pension payroll. Surveys from covidvaccine@adb.org will be sent out to retirees to gauge interest to join.
29 March 2021
New Chair and ExCom Secretary. At our forthcoming Annual General meeting, we will be thanking Bong-Suh Lee for his work during 12+ good years as our chair, and welcoming Stephen Groff in the role. Even sooner, we welcome Teresa (Bobbie) Montesa as the ExCom Secretary.
AFE E-Mails. Unfortunately, AFE still has a problem with our e-mails being repeatedly blocked as spam, owing to a Microsoft update. Consequently, some of our e-mails may not have reached you. ADB IT is working on resolving the problem. You may also check the AFE Facebook page―the page name is AFE-ADB HQ.
Changes at AFE. Our new administrative assistant is Alona Miral (amiral.contractor@adb.org). Our long-time administrative assistant and bookkeeper, Malou, is now Malou Pasicolan, and her e-mail address is mpasicolan.contractor@adb.org When e-mailing Alona, Malou, or the ExCom members on official business, please be sure to cc AFE-ADB@adb.org.
15 Feb 2021
AFE News. This week is the absolute deadline for submission of articles for AFE News #58--kindly send your articles by Friday 19 Feb., including high-res pictures and a picture of you as author.
AFE E-Mails. Unfortunately, AFE still has a problem with our e-mails being repeatedly blocked as spam, owing to a Microsoft update. Consequently, some of our e-mails may not have reached you. ADB IT is working on resolving the problem. You may also check the AFE Facebook page--the page name is AFE-ADB HQ.
Changes at AFE. Our current assistant Lhenn Paña has a permanent new job and will be leaving us on Feb 26. Our new assistant, Alona Miral (amiral.contractor@adb.org), will be joining us on 23 Feb--for a very short turn-over period of 4 days. Please be sure to e-mail us at AFE-ADB@adb.org, or to include that in the address line. AFE thanks Lhenn for her good service, and welcomes Alona to our organization.