By CNN Philippines Staff, 21 Apr 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 21) — The Commission on Higher Education says colleges and universities following the new school calendar will no longer require students to attend face-to-face classes in the light of the COVID-19 crisis.
By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 21 Apr 2020 THE Philippines’s economic performance in the past 10 years showed an improvement using the rebased National Income Accounts (NIA) estimates released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Monday.
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By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, 20 Apr 2020 MORE than 175,000 workers in economic zones are out of jobs for many weeks now, with some of them receiving zero pay under the ongoing lockdown, prompting industry groups to ask that the quarantine be lifted as scheduled on April 30.
by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), 20 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The national government stands to lose $4.5 billion (roughly P228 billion) this year in remittances from about 10 million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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6 Apr 2020 – FARMERS URGE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO REGULATE IMPORTS AMID PLANT, PLANT, PLANT PROGRAM
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China “has decided to put a ban on online gamers from playing the games with players from foreign countries, and even chatting with them.” https://t.co/eH0hj3xh7K — Sari Arho Havrén (@SariArhoHavren) April 19, 2020
Informal employment (%total employment) in selected ASEAN Member States 1. ?? Cambodia : 93,32. ?? Indonesia: 83,53. ?? Laos : 82,94. ?? Myanmar : 81,45. ?? Philippines : 806. ?? Thailand : 78,87. ?? Vietnam : 73,38. ?? Brunei : 33 ASEAN avg. : 78,6 Source: @ilo [2018] — Informal Economy (@EconomyInformal) April 17, 2020
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by KG, GMA News, 18 Apr 2020 Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar on Saturday hailed the arrest of a couple in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu for alleged involvement in online sex trafficking.
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by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 16 April 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Starting yesterday, new case rates were implemented by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., which limited the treatment cost PhilHealth would pay for people hospitalized due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 16 Apr 2020 September school opening opposed MANILA, Philippines — Various private school organizations are against the proposal to open classes in September, warning the government that many of their members are on the verge of closure after operations were suspended due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 Apr 2020 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is drafting new rules that seek to empower minority shareholders of publicly-listed companies to call for special meetings and put items in the agenda.
by ABS-CBN News, 16 Apr 2020 About 9.7 million senior citizens will get 6 months of their pension in advance this April to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic that prompted a lockdown of the entire Luzon and several regions, a lawmaker said Thursday.
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by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), 16 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. are offering postpaid subscribers a six-month installment bills payment to help ease the financial burden of their customers during the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 outbreak.
by Edith Regalado (The Philippine Star ), 16 Apr 2020 DAVAO, Philippines — Two employees of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City have died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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