Monthly Archives: April 2021

By Filane Mikee Cervantes, 30 Apr 2021 MANILA – A bill creating a sustainable fiscal framework for the separation, retirement, and pension benefits of the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) was filed at the House of Representatives on Thursday.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 30 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Japanese firm Leading Co. Ltd. plans to invest in wiring harness manufacturing operations in the Philippines, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 30 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Developing economies in Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines, need to strive harder to address inequality as decades worth of gains in reducing poverty have been pushed back due to the pandemic.

by Roy Mabasa, 29 Apr 2021 The four-year partnership between the United States and the Philippines to combat online sexual exploitation and child labor trafficking has resulted in the arrests of 97 perpetrators and successful identification of 312 victims, a joint US and Philippines report said Thursday, April 29.

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(Philstar.com), 29 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide survey has suggested that distance learning is negatively affecting the physical and mental wellbeing of more than a majority of public school teachers who were its respondents.

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by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 28 Apr 2021 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Twenty-five employees of the Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk City, who had received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, were found infected with the virus on Monday.

by Ralph Edwin Villanueva (The Philippine Star), 28 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The chief of the Muntinlupa health office died yesterday after contracting COVID-19.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 26 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest business organization wants government to consider waiving the renewal of existing permits and licenses, providing wage subsidies, and improving the vaccine rollout to start recovery and enable job creation.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 26 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Economists of private banks expect inflation to breach the upper end of the two to four percent target set by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for this year amid supply disruptions and rising global crude oil prices.

(Philstar.com), 26 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The justice department has issued a public advisory for those at the end of harassment and unlawful debt collection practices from online lending companies.

(The Philippine Star), 25 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses implementing hybrid work arrangements under the new normal may need to re-examine this option as employees feel overworked in these setups, a corporate survey showed.

by Elijah Felice Rosales (The Philippine Star), 25 Apr 2021 POGO exit, work-from-home setup add to empty spaces MANILA, Philippines — The shift to work-from-home setup and the exit of offshore gaming companies have worsened the office space vacancy rate in Metro Manila to a new high since the global financial crisis, a global property…

by Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), 25 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The bodies of two more crewmembers of the cargo ship LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground off the coast of Malimono, Surigao del Norte, have been recovered.

By: Christia Marie Ramos, 25 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — There had been previous instances where some Filipino workers staying at the Philippine Embassy shelter in Damascus were “re-trafficked” to their employers allegedly with the help of several embassy personnel, the country’s new top diplomat in Syria said.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 24 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies have signed the implementing guidelines for the safety seal certification to assure the public of business establishments and government offices’ compliance to the minimum public health standards set amid the pandemic.

By Louise Maureen Simeon(Philstar.com), 23 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A global think tank expects the Philippines to suffer the most from the pandemic in Asia-Pacific as its continued failure to control COVID-19 infections is making a huge dent on the economy.

by Joahna Lei Casilao/DVM, GMA News, 23 Apr 2021 A doctor who succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had to go through seven hospitals to find an available room amid the lack of vacancies, his friend said Friday.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 23 Apr 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 23) – Filipinos working in private and public sectors who contracted the COVID-19 at their workplaces may receive compensation, the Department of Labor and Employment said Friday.

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