Monthly Archives: July 2020

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State security forces will be going house-to-house in search of COVID-19 patients with no or mild symptoms who are under home quarantine and transfer them to isolation facilities managed by the government, Interior and Local Secretary Eduardo Año said. | @manueltupas pic.twitter.com/FVmxB5bs45 — The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) July 14, 2020

by Jenina P. Ibañez, BusinessWorld, 14 Jul 2020 BUSINESS process outsourcing (BPO) workers are seeking a halt to the practice of placing employees on “floating” status, which they said compromises job security.

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 14) – Multi-sectoral group Sanlakas filed before the Supreme Court on Monday the eighth petition assailing the controversial Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Jul 2020 About eight million Filipinos would go jobless as the pandemic rages and while the Philippine economy reels from the most stringent lockdown in the region, slow disease containment and an influx of returning migrant workers, according to Malaysian financial giant Maybank.

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com), 13 Jul 2020 Data from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released Monday showed BOI-approved pledges by foreign businessmen sagged 73% in the first six months of the year to P18.6 billion, lower than P68.9 billion registered in the same period in 2019.

Here's a statement of more than 500 journalists, editors and media workers from various news agencies on the denial of the ABS-CBN franchise and its impact on the country's media landscape. Full list of signatories: https://t.co/xQaiJJyXnP pic.twitter.com/AU6UWN6XHu — Mads Miraflor (@madmiraflor) July 13, 2020

By: Cathy Cañares Yamsuan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Victim-blaming in rape cases is so ingrained in Filipino culture that survivors who press charges face more hurdles under questioning by a prosecutor tasked to assess evidence or a judge presiding at a trial.

WHERE 300 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQINQUIRER.net, 13 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to conduct an inspection at a construction site in Taguig City, where over 300 workers reportedly tested positive for the new coronavirus.

By MAYVELIN U. CARABALLO, TMT, Manila Times, 13 Jul 2020 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is coordinating with other institutions to improve financial literacy and financial capability in the country amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic crisis, its chief said over the weekend.

By Mayvelin U. Caraballo, Manila Times, 13 Jul 2020 The national government’s gross financing in May increased to over P289 billion, bringing the year-to-date borrowings to P1.50 trillion, data released by the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) showed.

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by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 12 Jul 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment has said a child 15 to below 18 years of age may be engaged in public entertainment or information during community quarantine provided that it shall be done in their home.

by Tara Yap, Manila Bulletin, 12 Jul 2020 ILOILO CITY—The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) started its own probe on probable safety violations when a damaged power barge triggered an oil spill that affected mostly coastal communities in Iloilo City.

By Pauline Joy M. Gutierrez, BusinessMirror, 12 Jul 2020 “USA Today’s” Alia Dastagir said that while a white woman may be discriminated for her gender, she has “the advantage of race.” Dastagir added that not all women enjoy the same luxury, saying that “a black woman is disadvantaged by her gender and her race,” and…

by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 12 Jul 2020 The vote of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) party-list Rep. Raymund Mendoza against the renewal of the franchise of ABS-CBN Corporation last Friday surprised labor groups.

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