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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 21 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The number of workers who suffered loss of income and employment nationwide due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exceeded three million, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported.
by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday cited the importance of “human interaction” to children’s overall development following the government’s decision to allow limited face-to-face classes in areas deemed “low-risk” to COVID-19 infection.
by Krixia Subingsubing, 21 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Eighteen big-ticket “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure projects, including the Metro Manila Subway, the upgrade of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) and the Mindanao Railway, have been flagged as “questionable” and “high-risk” by economists, who warned that the pandemic could “severely impair their long-term viability.”
by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — At least one out of every five Filipinos have experienced involuntary hunger in the past three months, according to recent survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), the results of which were released Tuesday.
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by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) is currently monitoring a total of 638 areas nationwide with clustering of COVID-19 cases.
by Calvin Cordova, Manila Bulletin, 19 Jul 2020 CEBU CITY—A 22-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy were killed after a hole that they digging caved in on them in Barangay Guinocot, Danao City, northern Cebu.
by Minerva Newman, Manila Bulletin, 19 Jul 2020 CEBU CITY – After evading arrest for more than five years, a man accused of raping two orphaned sisters was finally collared last Thursday, July 16, in Sitio Candagsao, Barangay Talima, Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City.
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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — It took nearly two decades before nurses working in public hospitals and government agencies got the pay hike that a law had provided, and it came amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Jul 2020 The Philippines’ war chest against the COVID-19 crisis inched up to $21.05 billion (about P1.04 trillion) as of mid-July, although still lower than most of its Southeast Asian neighbors when divided among the relatively bigger population.
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31-PERCENT JUMP FROM 2014-2016 FIGURE By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — As many as 59 million Filipinos consider themselves food insecure between 2017 and 2019, a 31-percent jump from the 44.9-million figure between 2014 and 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
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August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. Stay safe! Wear mask. Enable our children to grow.
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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 16 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Late enrollees may still be accepted in public schools across the country even after the start of classes on Aug. 24, the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday.
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By: Christine O. Avendaño, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While the Philippines has improved its capability to test for the new coronavirus, as well as expand its treatment capacity, its contact tracing and suppressing of the spread of COVID-19 is “a little weak,’’ according to a World Health Organization (WHO) official.
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