by ABS-CBN News, 6 Marc 2020 Dead on arrival sa ospital ang isang lalaki matapos saksakin ng kalive-in partner sa loob mismo ng kanilang bahay sa Barangay Manresa, Quezon City nitong Huwebes ng gabi.
By: Ben O. de Vera , Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Mar 2020 Even as inflation eased to 2.6 percent in February, the Philippines is bracing for faster-than-expected increases in consumer prices as China’s manufacturing sector reels from the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
By: Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Mar 2020 With local factories still dependent on the input of coronavirus-hit China, a United Nations body dealing with trade issues sees Philippine exports cut by about $300 million this year.
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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 6 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Employees Compensation Commission (ECC) said the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be considered work-related illness and thus compensable.
By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News, 5 Mar 2020 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will open over 10,000 free WiFi hotspots in the country before 2020 ends.
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By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 5 Mar 2020 The country’s unemployment rate posted a slight uptick in January. Nearly two-thirds of jobless Filipinos are males, the Philippine Statistics Authority says.
By Leony Garcia, Businessmirror, 5 Mar 2020 Some eight million tons of plastic wastes find their way into the oceans every year, of which almost two million tons are generated by the Philippines, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which has reported that the country is the third leading plastic polluter in the world, after…
by ABS-CBN News, 5 March 2020 MANILA – Globe Telecom has started recognizing the qualified dependents of same-sex legal couples in its employee base and will give them the same benefits as the dependents of other workers, the company said on Thursday.
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22 Feb 2020 – Rice farmers lose P68B in 2019, double than gains of consumers, says group Published February 22, 2020 1:25pm By TED CORDERO, GMA News The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) claimed that rice farmers lost a total of P68.18 billion in 2019, double than what consumers saved due to lower prices of…
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By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Rosadilla Limbres has been planting rice for three decades in Bukidnon province, but she finds the last three years the hardest.
By Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino, TMT, Manila Times, 4 Mar 2020 The decision to close its car factory in Santa Rosa, Laguna, has nothing to do with excise tax, according to Louie Soriano, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) spokesman.
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by Roel Pareño (The Philippine Star) – 4 Mar 2020 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Thirteen women who said they were promised employment as domestic helpers in Dubai, Malta and Malaysia were rescued by personnel of the Zamboanga Sea Base Anti-Trafficking Task Force in this city on Monday.
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By: Ben O. de Vera, Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 March 2020 A COVID-19 outbreak that will extend for the entire year will cut gross domestic product (GDP) growth by up to 1 percentage point (ppt) this year, putting at risk the government’s 6.5-7.5 percent target, the country’s chief economist said Monday.
By Faye Almazan, Manila Times, 3 March 2020 Receipts from international visitors climbed to $9.31 billion in 2019, or 20.81-percent higher than the 2018 figure of $7.71 billion. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), South Korea, which remains to be the country’s top source of foreign visitors, incurred the highest tourist spending at $2.614…
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by Robie de Guzman, UNTV News, 2 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Eight suspected human trafficking victims were rescued by the authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said.
By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, 2 Mar 2020 The garments industry is projecting exports to register flat growth this year, as firms struggle to alternative sources for raw materials outside of crisis-hit China.
By: Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon, 2 Mar 2020 TUGUEGARAO CITY –– Ten women, including a 16-year-old girl, were rescued from an alleged prostitution den in separate entrapment operations here over the weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said.
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