Monthly Archives: June 2021

by Marichu A. Villanueva (The Philippine Star), 25 Jun 2021 The lockdowns imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country have prompted over a million Filipinos to acquire new skill sets that served them well during these difficult times. While face-to-face classes remain suspended, many Filipinos enrolled in the online…

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 25 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Defending anew the wearing of face shields as required protection against COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday that the government policy is guided by science and expert medical opinion.

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, 25 Jun 2021 MANILA – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) on Friday said it plans to include mental health services in its primary care package for Filipinos.

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  The two batches of webinars on Employment Security Labor Relations with the theme “Human-Centred Future of Work and Work Relations in the Time of the Pandemic”  were conducted with the support of Japan International Labour Foundation (JILAF) in four hours in four afternoons Zoomed from Quezon City on 14-17 and 21-24 June 2021 Connecting…

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Over 70 percent of franchise businesses incurred losses and had to trim their workforce as they were hit hard by the pandemic, the Philippine Franchise Association (PFA) said.

by Elijah Felice Rosales (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to use the nearly P9 billion borrowed funds from Japan to bankroll its remaining obligations in responding to the financial difficulties brought about by the recent revert to lockdown.

by Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Agricultural workers have filed a formal complaint at the International Labor Organization (ILO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland against labor rights violations allegedly committed by the Duterte administration since 2016.

by Ghio Ong, Delon Porcalla, Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A marked decline in mortality from COVID-19 in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been observed over the past three months, the Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday.

by Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 24 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senators have raised the possibility that some government officials may be profiting from the sale of face shields, noting that health authorities have yet to present solid scientific basis for their mandatory use.

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by Andrew J. Masigan (The Philippine Star), 23 Jun 2021 I spent the better part of last week conferring with fellow economists from the University of the Philippines and De La Salle University. We discussed the state of the economy and the decisions that led to four quarters of economic contractions. We agreed that: 1.…

by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), 23 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom Inc. has entered into a partnership with the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development to deploy KonekTayo WiFi in over 100 NHA resettlement sites nationwide.

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(Philstar.com), 23 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education on Wednesday said the Civil Service Commission has approved its appeal to rehire 1,700 provisional Senior High School teachers for the next academic year.

by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 23 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of administrative and criminal charges against Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian and two other city officials over the 2015 Kentex fire that resulted in the death of 74 workers and injury to several others.

Orm Bunthoeurn | Publication date 22 June 2021 |Phnom Penh Post Forty-two civil society organisations (CSOs) urged the government to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention No 190 on Violence and Harassment (C190) in the world of work. In their June 21 joint statement marking the two-year anniversary of the C190 adoption, the CSOs…

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(Philstar.com), 22 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Teachers on Tuesday hit President Rodrigo Duterte’s rejection anew of proposals for a safe return to physical classes even in areas with low COVID-19 transmission.

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by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), 22 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker revealed that data provided by the Department of Health (DOH) to the House of Representatives have shown that there are about 17 million Filipinos suffering from depression, or approximately one-sixth of the 110 million Filipino population.

by Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star), 22 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang yesterday confirmed that more than P18 billion under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 remains unobligated but it is unsure whether President Duterte would call for a special session to extend the fund’s validity.

by Chino S. Leyco, Manila Bulletin, 21 Jun 2021 The government task force in charge of wage subsidy has given employers and employees until end of this month to return the cash aid disbursed to ineligible workers, the Department of Finance (DOF) said.

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by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), 21 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — An estimated P18 billion in unutilized funds for pandemic response programs would go to waste when Republic Act No. 11519 or Bayanihan 2 expires on June 30 amid the dire need to arrest the surge in COVID-19 infections in many provinces.