Monthly Archives: December 2020

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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 18 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing for a P6,000 minimum monthly pay for household service workers (HSWs) nationwide.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 18 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over 120,000 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are coming home, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Dec 2020 Next year’s expected economic rebound would be supported by massive infrastructure investments geared toward making the country new normal-ready through more flood control and water facilities as well as additional digital and health projects, the country’s chief economist said on Thursday.

by Vito Barcelo and Maricel Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Dec 2020 More than half million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic abroad, while 3.8 million workers lost their jobs, the Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday.

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by Cet Dematera (The Philippine Star), 17 Dec 2020 LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Two workers were buried alive and two others were injured in an accident at a construction site in this city on Tuesday.

by Helen Flores (The Philippine Star), 17 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families who experienced “involuntary hunger” dropped to 16 percent or about four million in the last quarter of the year, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 16 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is pushing for greater use of the European Union’s trade preferences program, as well as for continued talks for a free trade agreement (FTA) with the bloc for stronger trade and investment ties.

by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines—Dollars sent home by Filipinos abroad grew slightly in October as land-based contract workers sent more money to their local beneficiaries, narrowing the year-to-date annual decline caused by pandemic-related job losses.

by Xave Gregorio (Philstar.com), 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 9:06 a.m., Dec. 16) — Chinese workers employed by local offshore gaming firms never left despite some of these companies closing shop when the pandemic struck.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — At least 48 percent of Filipino families feel that they are poor, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on self-rated poverty (SRP) showed on Monday.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipino families have rated themselves as “borderline food-poor” compared to previous surveys in 2019, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Monday.

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By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco, 14 Dec 2020 THE serial “flunking” of Filipino learners in several international academic examinations shows the “sudden death” of education in the country, according to the Federation of Associations of Private School Administrators (Fapsa).

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Adverse health impacts linked to air pollution could more than double in Metro Manila and four other provinces in Luzon should proposed coal-fired power plants be switched on, a study of an independent research group projected.

by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s functional literacy among Filipinos aged 10 to 64 years old improved in 2019 as it reached 91.6 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported over the weekend.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sex remains the predominant mode of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said over the weekend.

by Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Cabinet officials and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the construction sector have raised alarm over moves to allow the unregulated entry of foreign contractors in the country, which they said could spell the local firms’ demise.

by Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The House labor and employment committee has approved a measure providing a 14-day paid pandemic leave to workers in a bid to give them further relief amid the crisis.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines—By 2022, pedestrians and commuters can hop from one public transport to another along Edsa, Metro Manila’s main and congested thoroughfare, safely and seamlessly through what project proponents describe as greenways to be financed partly by an Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan.

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by Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Dec 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country faces a postpandemic skills and employment gap that may leave 2.4 million skilled jobs vacant and unfilled if there are no significant reforms in education and training of workers.

by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 12 Dec 2020 TUGUEGARAO, Philippines — Eighteen health workers of the Cagayan Valley Medical Center (CVMC) and six linemen of the Cagayan Electric Cooperative were among the latest confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 recorded in this town yesterday.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 Dec 2020 Foreign-led projects approved by the country’s investment promotion agencies (IPAs) in the third quarter fell 83 percent to P31 billion amid prolonged COVID-19 quarantine.

by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 11 Dec 2020 Amid weak recovery in consumer confidence and spen­ding, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) further downscaled its outlook for the Philippines, saying the economy will suffer from a steeper drop of 8.5 percent this year.