by Robie de Guzman, UNTV, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Three people suspected of being victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment have been intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Monday.
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by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over 90 percent of medical frontliners in the Philippines who were infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have recovered, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed.
by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Nearly 900 areas in the country have a clustering of COVID-19 cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported Monday.
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by Mariejo S. Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some parents are becoming anxious about having their children continue their education in the time of COVID-19.
by Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Joel Villanueva is pushing for hazard pay for all essential personnel from the public and private sector due to the risks they face.
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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Remittances from Filipinos abroad are expected to drop by 20..2 percent this year amid a COVID-19 pandemic-induced global recession, putting households dependent on these cash transfers at risk of falling into poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.
by Charmaine A. Tadalan, BusinessWorld, 2 Aug 2020 NUCLEAR POWER within the next two years is unlikely because of the need to complete the appropriate preliminary studies and pass laws regulating the sector, the Senator who chairs that chamber’s energy committee said.
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by Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Aug 2020 Electricity consumers and science advocates raised a howl over renewed government moves to make the Philippines a nuclear-power country, particularly as the recently signed Executive Order No. 116 revived the possibility of using the mothballed power plant in Bataan.
By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan, PNA, 1 Aug 2020 MANILA – Another police officer succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) death toll from the disease to 11.
READ: Frontliners' letter to the President. | @T2TupasINQ pic.twitter.com/u304t48cjz — Inquirer (@inquirerdotnet) August 1, 2020
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
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.
Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
