By: Solita Collas-Monsod, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Aug 2020 Our country has experienced negative growth for two quarters in a row in 2020 and is now technically in recession. In the first quarter of 2020, we contracted by 0.7 percent, and for the second quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced another contraction—a negative 16.5 percent.…
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The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Monday its officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) recently barred three suspect victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment from leaving the country.
By Anna Leah E. Gonzales, Manila Times, 7 August 2020 The interagency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on Thursday further trimmed its economic growth forecast for this year to -5.5 percent from its earlier -2 to -3.4-percent range to take into account the worsening impact of the coronavirus crisis on tourism, trade and remittances.
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by Ben O. de Vera, 7 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Without a vaccine yet to prevent COVID-19’s spread, President Duterte’s economic managers have tempered growth expectations for next year despite recovery from this year’s recession.
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By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 6 Aug 2020 Thousands of Locally Stranded Individuals (LSI) stay at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Malate, Manila, as they wait for their batch to be sent back to their home provinces during the “Hatid Tulong Send Off” program of the government over the weekend. Critics noted that social distancing and…
By Antonio Contreras, 6 Aug 2020 THE urge to write something positive and inspiring about President Rodrigo Duterte is strong, after weeks of being so overly critical of him. But it is difficult, particularly when one is confronted with the series of missteps that he, his officials and his government have made recently.
by Neil Arwin Mercado, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 22.7 million students have so far enrolled for this upcoming school year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported Thursday.
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by Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News, 5 Aug 2020 MAYNILA — Nagbabala ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa malawakang recruitment umano ng mga aplikante sa mga dating app.
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By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 5 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s headline inflation “continued to exhibit a faster pace” as it picked up to 2.7 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Wednesday.
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By BusinessMirror, 4 Aug 2020 Doing the right thing can never be the right thing for all workers all the time in the labor sector but certainly, if you are a party-list group in Congress that professedly represents the welfare of workers, it would be somewhat expected of you to go against a measure that…
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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 4 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) contracted for the third straight month, plunging by more than 19 percent in May due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
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By Christine Cudis, 4 Aug 2020 MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Tuesday said there are only 14.1 million family beneficiaries eligible to receive assistance under the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP).
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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.
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