Monthly Archives: March 2021

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Two women arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in December 2019 for offering minors for sexual services were convicted for human trafficking by a Laguna court.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines posted the second highest growth in online shopping site visits in Southeast Asia last year amid the pandemic, according to price aggregator iPrice Group.

by Rudy Santos (The Philippine Star), 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday it has launched an investigation into allegations that some of its officers were involved in the trafficking of 44 women to work in Syria.

by Nanchanok Wongsamuth/Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 Mar 2021 BANGKOK — The world’s top canned tuna firms are making “glacial progress” combating modern slavery in their supply chains, an advocacy group said on Tuesday, warning that the coronavirus pandemic had left fishers in Asia-Pacific more vulnerable to exploitation.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 23 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — South Korea-based Green Climate Fund (GCF) has earmarked $300 million (P14.57 billion) to support Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) green recovery program in Southeast Asia, with the Philippines among the top priorities.

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 23 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday that it found 668 business establishments to have “deficiencies” in complying with health standards being imposed for workplaces to prevent the COVID-19 spread.

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By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 22 Mar 2021 PNP checkpoint along the boundary of Cainta, Rizal and Pasig City on day one of the ‘bubble’ Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 22) — Lockdowns cannot be the only solution to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak, private sector leaders said on day one of what authorities call…

By CAI ORDINARIO, Businessmirror, 22 Mar 2021 THE President’s economic team may have miscalculated the situation when they recommended loosening mobility restriction in their bid to boost the economy, according to economists.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Mar 2021 After last year’s “pastillas” corruption scandal that involved illegally bringing in Chinese nationals to work in Pogos, the Bureau of Immigration is once again in hot water, this time over the trafficking of Filipino women to such countries as Syria.

(Philstar.com), 21 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Corrected 6:39 p.m.) — Government will roll out new COVID-19 restrictions in Metro Manila and four provinces in Calabarzon and in Central Luzon for two weeks which include a ban on non-essential travel and mass gatherings, as the country struggles to contain a new surge in infections.

BREAKING: The bodies of construction workers Richard Bugarin, Joseph Lacsa, and Jomar Torillos have been recovered from the collapsed structure of the old Philamlife building on the corner of UN Ave and Ma. Orosa St. in Manila. | Source: MDRRMC pic.twitter.com/kCbvZ8kRrZ — Phil News Agency (@pnagovph) March 21, 2021

by DVM, GMA News, 20 Mar 2021 Three demolition workers were missing after a section of the Philam Life Building at the corner of UN Avenue and Maria Orosa Street in Manila collapsed Saturday night.

JUST IN: Philippine Heart Center confirms the death of a male staff nurse assigned at their charity ward. 13 Doctors, 30 nurses and 15 hospital staffers who are close contacts have been tested and are undergoing quarantine at a PHC facility. @gmanewsbreaking @gmanews — JP Soriano (@jpsoriano) March 20, 2021

By CNN Philippines Staff, 20 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 20) — The decision of the Metro Manila mayors to bar minors outside their homes for two weeks to stem the spread of coronavirus may be considered an infringement of children’s rights,” UNICEF said Friday in a statement.

By Eimor Santos, CNN Philippines, 20 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 20) — A group of nurses called on the government to come up with a pandemic plan that is “caring,” not just scientific and adequate, as more health workers get infected with the coronavirus.

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By: Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Mar 2021 BACOLOD CITY—A union leader here reminded employers they should conduct a survey to find out if their workers were willing to get injected with coronavirus vaccines.

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by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News, 19 Mar 2021 Security personnel keep the gates closed at the Department of Education (DepEd) headquarters in Pasig City on Friday. The entire central office has been locked down from March 18 to 24 as a precaution on the spread of the COVID-19 virus, following reported cases in its offices.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 19 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 19)— A majority of Filipinos believed it is “dangerous” to print or broadcast things critical of the administration, according to a recent survey.

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 19 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos are now using digital commerce platforms and cashless payments due to the pandemic, according to the latest survey conducted by Visa.

by Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), 19 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The health worker who died days after getting vaccinated might have already been infected with COVID-19 at the time he got the vaccine from Sinovac, a medical expert said yesterday.

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