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By Tomas Iñigo P. Socrates, Manila Times, 18 May 2020 Second of two parts Near perfect balance The main predicament that arises from the disruption and reduction of economic activities is that many Filipinos are left in dire need. Most Filipinos do not have any income in the meantime since they cannot go to work.…
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MANILA – The Philippines was ranked as the seventh best country in the world to invest in or do business for 2020, according to CEO Magazine.
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Re-reading a 20 year old decision in which I represented a taxi driver arguing he was an "employee" of the dispatch service, Blue Line (BL) in Ottawa. Striking how arguments I made then could apply equally to "gig" workers today. Thread: — David J. Doorey (@TheLawofWork) May 17, 2020
By Javier J. Ismael, 17 May 2020, The Manila Times SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has filed Senate Resolution 392, seeking a Senate inquiry on the implementation of Republic Act 10929 or the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act, which aims to determine the law’s implementation coverage and effectivity in educational institutions. Gatchalian said that, as…
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by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star), 16 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A 34-year-old woman was arrested at her residence in Angeles, Pampanga on Thursday for allegedly offering children to online sex predators.
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By Joann Villanueva May 15, 2020 MANILA — Philippine monetary officials further reduced their growth projection for inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year to two percent due to the impact of the global pandemic.
ANGELES, Pampanga — A 34-year-old female was arrested while three children were rescued from online sexual exploitation Thursday, May 14, in this city in Central Luzon.
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by Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines–The Duterte administration will attempt to reverse the continuing migration of the rural population to Metro Manila in a bid to decongest the nation’s capital, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines.
Forty-three workers were killed, two workers were injured, in five* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-May 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, one in a construction area, one construction worker on the way to work, one medevac airplane incident. Twenty-six doctors,…
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#BREAKING #Alert NEW report on Coronavirus Effects: Depression, anxiety ~ Alcohol use, Violence, up ~ Young and Old, Rich and Poor ~ No country spared ~ In children, reports from around the world: Violence, loneliness, difficulty concentrating ~ https://t.co/8uOxWJv5Pa pic.twitter.com/vzvfnN1vQU — Pamela Falk (@PamelaFalk) May 14, 2020
By: Maricar Cinco – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — About 40,000 workers are expected to report back to factories and assembly lines in Cavite province once businesses reopen after nearly two months of suspended operations due to the lockdown imposed by the national government to contain the spread of the…
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by Associated Press, 14 May 2020 UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2% this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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by Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News, 14 May 2020 MAYNILA — Isang nanay ang inaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) matapos umanong ibugaw ang dalagita niyang anak at pamangkin sa online sex show.
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Invoke Article 33 of the ILO constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
#WearMask #WashHands
#Distancing
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