Monthly Archives: May 2020

by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 31 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of transport sector workers and advocates on Saturday expressed concern over the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases’ decision to limit the number of buses and jeepneys available when Metro Manila shifts to the more relaxed general community…

By Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 31 May 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Sunday (May 31) that there are nearly 100,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded around the world, the majority of whom are in the Middle East.

23 May 2020 – Days are tough in the days of the #corona Waiting for ayuda, hearing further disadvantaged people scrambling for relief, but some just waiting to be served, as in ‘ihahain na lang’

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A recent survey found out that around 41 percent of Metro Manila residents relied heavily on external monetary assistance while only 33 percent used their own salaries during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

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by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2020 The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) has warned against experimenting on new tax breaks in the middle of the pandemic, but the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the updated tax reform bill was exactly what businesses need now.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, 29 May 2020 Recruitment and manning agencies are now compelled to shoulder the board and lodging expenses of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who lost their jobs en masse amid the raging novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

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by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seems to be taking its toll not just on the physical health of Filipinos but also on their mental health.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 300 small private hospitals are in danger of closing down due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic and the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to release insurance claims, the Private Hospitals Association of…

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers will work on 11 structural reforms over the next 12 months to support the so-called new normal of economic activity amid the prevailing coronavirus pandemic.

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DOLE Covid-19 mitigating measures – Guidelines, Orders, Advisories, Forms

By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu, INQINQUIRER.net, 28 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Women’s health remains an important issue despite all of the advances that the country has made to improve gender equality, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Thursday.

by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 28 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A Pampanga court sentenced an American child sex offender to life imprisonment over human trafficking charges.

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‘Through universal basic income, every citizen above a certain age will be entitled to cash aid. That’s as straightforward a solution to poverty as one could get.’ by JC Punongbayan, 28 May 2020 Economists like to say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But this is the closest thing to it — and…

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 27 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Despite delays on the first batch of assistance, small firm workers displaced by the pandemic have started to receive the second and final tranche of aid promised to them by the government.

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by Carlo Lorenciana, Sunstar, 27 May 2020 THE call center industry has continued to provide jobs, thanks to surging calls from customers stuck at home, defying the global trend of job cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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