Monthly Archives: September 2020

by Vanne Elaine Terrazola, Manila Bulletin, 4 Sep 2020 The Senate is set to start plenary discussions on the measure that would require the inclusion of labor education in the curriculum higher education curriculum to enhance awareness on workers rights. This would, in turn, bring about higher compliance with labor laws as well as lower…

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By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Sep 2020 The Philippine economy is likely to contract by a steeper 8.5 percent this year and will be slow to recover next year as the country grapples with rising infections and continuing constraints in public transport alongside fiscal conservatism and weak public health institutions and leadership.

By Ferdinand Patinio, 4 Sep 2020 MANILA – Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani Jr. on Friday expressed hope that the government would allow more faithful to attend Masses in churches.

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 4 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Moody’s Investors Service has revised to seven percent its 2020 economic contraction target for the Philippines after the country slipped into a pandemic-induced recession in the second quarter.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 4 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines— The number of Filipinos without jobs fell in July from a record high in April following the easing of community quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has seen a 4,000-percent increase in the number of registered online businesses during the six-month lockdown enforced by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Sep 2020 Millions of Filipinos have turned to becoming their own bosses in business ventures as some jobs returned in July, easing unemployment to 10 percent as lockdowns eased.

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by SunStar Pampangam, 3 Sep 2020 AROUND 4.6 million Filipinos, or 10 percent of the active workforce, were unemployed in July 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced Thursday, September 3, 2020.

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  September is a busy month in the Philippines. Health, Safety and Sanitation Month National Clean-up Month Civil Service Month Social Security Month Rule of Law Month National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5 to Oct 5) All celebrations highlighting the needs for the pandemic curse.  

Today during his appearance before the #GallopInquiry @pasi_sahlberg suggested five ways to improve NSW schools and the work of teachers. pic.twitter.com/RCSJVd0G0X — Teachers Federation (@TeachersFed) September 2, 2020

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Bilang ng mga nawalan ng trabaho sa bansa mula Enero hanggang Agosto 2020, umabot na sa mahigit 180,000 ayon sa DOLE. | via @JohnsonManabat pic.twitter.com/viuAvj252l — DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) September 2, 2020

by AFP Relaxnews, 2 Sep 2020 At a time when over 860,000 people worldwide have succumbed to COVID-19, a new study conducted by the Pew Research Center has investigated how national populations in 14 countries feel about their government’s management of the health crisis.

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September 8 is International Literacy Day. Stay safe! Wear mask. Wash hands. Physical distancing. Craft better learning opportunities for all!

Fifty-one workers were killed, four injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-July 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 March medevac airplane incident, one…

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By Joann Villanueva, 1 Sep 2020 MANILA – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has stopped accepting emergency loan applications vis-à-vis the pandemic but has lined up three other loans programs that will address the needs of its members.