Monthly Archives: May 2020

PEZA: POGOs are not BPOs

Published by rudy Date posted on May 4, 2020

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 04 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While the government has allowed Philippine offshore gaming operators to reopen after classifying them as business process outsourcing firms, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) clarified that POGOs are not considered or counted as BPOs.

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In a post-pandemic world, renewable energy is the only way forward

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2020

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How bad is COVID-19’s impact on Asian developing economies?

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2020

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POGOs face new Senate probe, disowned by BPO industry

Published by rudy Date posted on May 3, 2020

By: Leila B. Salaverria, Melvin Gascon, Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday said he would move to resume the blue ribbon committee inquiry into the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) as more questions were raised on the reopening of online gambling…

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Isolation as dangerous as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, lockdown adviser warns

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2020

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4-year-old found in Dumaguete ‘sex den’

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2020

By Eugene Y. Adiong, Manila Times, 2 May 2020 BACOLOD CITY: A four-year-old girl was found by police after raiding a house that allegedly serves as a cybersex den in Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday.

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Rules set to keep workplace COVID-free

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2020

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — With some factories expected to resume soon, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday released guidelines on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the workplace.

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104 discriminatory acts against health workers recorded

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2020

by Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over a hundred cases of attacks and discrimination against healthcare workers have been recorded by the police since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.

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ASEAN Policy Brief: Assessing ASEAN economic policy responses in a pandemic

Published by rudy Date posted on May 2, 2020

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READ: The Department of Labor and Employment issues its joint guidelines with the Department of Trade and Industry for workplaces during the #COVID19 crisis (1/2) | @sam_medenilla

Published by rudy Date posted on May 1, 2020

READ: The Department of Labor and Employment issues its joint guidelines with the Department of Trade and Industry for workplaces during the #COVID19 crisis (1/2) | @sam_medenilla pic.twitter.com/jS5Nx7LEJm — BusinessMirror (@BusinessMirror) May 1, 2020

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Covid seen to cost PHL economy P1.1 trillion

Published by rudy Date posted on May 1, 2020

By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 1 May 2020 Policemen guard the 112-bed We Heal As One center at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, which will serve as quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients. THE Philippine economy may lose around P1.1 trillion due to the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to…

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The impacts of COVID-19 on domestic workers and policy responses

Published by rudy Date posted on May 1, 2020

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DTI: Over half of MSMEs in PH fully stopped operations due to virus outbreak

Published by rudy Date posted on May 1, 2020

by Neil Arwin Mercado, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than half of the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country had to stop their operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Friday.

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Here are the biggest economic challenges we face over the next 10 years

Published by rudy Date posted on May 1, 2020

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1 May 2020 – Workplace rules set to cut spread of COVID-19

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on May 1, 2020
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against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.

 

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