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by Ding Cervantes, Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 31 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Two leaders of progressive workers’ groups were arrested for illegal possesion of firearms and explosives in Tarlac and Pampanga yesterday.
by Louise Maureen Simeon, Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 31 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos were looking for additional hours of work in February, while those totally jobless also increased even at a time when the economy had already reopened.
(Philstar.com), 31 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines— Several priests at the Jesuit Residence have tested positive for COVID-19, the Ateneo de Manila University said Wednesday, days after it announced that that the house was placed on lockdown.
Ten workers died, 4 injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-March 2021, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. The lockdowns, plant closures, suspension of operations contributed to the ‘low’ level of incidents and deaths. [Read more.]
by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 30 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in communities, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is deploying displaced informal workers as contact tracers.
by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 30 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other areas in the country are not getting any increase in their daily take home pay, at least for now.
By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 30 Mar 2021 The Philippines needs an ambitious welfare program to provide assistance to millions of Filipinos whose sources of livelihood have been affected by the pandemic, according to Social Watch Philippines.
by Xave Gregorio (Philstar.com), 30 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines —A command center created to refer COVID-19 patients to hospitals has apparently been unreachable at times during the current surge in cases due to its “very basic” setup.
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By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQINQUIRER.net, 29 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is calling on the government to certify the bill providing a 14-day paid pandemic leave to workers as urgent, citing the reimposition of enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and four provinces amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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by Ric Sapnu (The Philippine Star), 29 Mar 2021 IBA, Zambales, Philippines — A doctor at the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital (PRMMH) in this town yesterday died of COVID, the provincial health office said.
by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 29 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — On the first day of the second enhanced community quarantine, it took all of three hours for editor and commuter Carl Lamiel to get from his home in San Mateo to his workplace in Mandaluyong.
The resource persons from ILO, BWSC/DOLE, PMAP (from recording) and NTUC Phl made presentations on the hughlights of ILO Convention 190, and the accompanying Recommendation 206, the implications on enterprises, what employers are doing to ‘continuously ensure safe and gender-responsive work environment’, what trade unions have been doing on gender-based violence (GBV) and violence and…
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By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com), 26 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A surge in demand from people ditching expensive condominiums for bigger spaces away from suffocating city lockdowns pushed up home prices in the last quarter of 2020, and the ascent is likely to be sustained by the shift in buyers’ preference.
by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 26 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Failure to control a renewed spike in coronavirus infections has dampened World Bank’s growth prospects for the Philippines, with the economy seen regaining less ground this year due to delays in mass vaccinations and underspending.
LOOK: Latest Pulse Asia Survey shows that 6 in 10 Filipinos don't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/Vi0LgXimVc — Bonz Magsambol (@bnzmagsambol) March 26, 2021
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The @WorldBank today cuts its 2021 economic growth forecast for the Philippines to 5.5% from the 5.9% it last tipped during its December review. But it raised its growth projection for 2022 to 6.3% from 6% previously. @cnnphilippines — Lois Calderon (@Lois_Calderon) March 26, 2021
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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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