Monthly Archives: July 2021

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Following the release of a World Bank report outlining the poor performance of Filipino students in key literacy subjects, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) gave assurance Friday that reforms are underway to improve the quality of education in the country.

By Linda B. Bolido, 5 Jul 2021 @InquirerBizUnknown to many, the Philippines pioneered mobile money, adding it to applications for cellular phones. Angelito Villanueva, chair and founder of FinTech Alliance.ph, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. and chief digital transformation officer for the Yuchengco Group of Companies, said Filipinos…

Increased dependence on technology, new concepts of identity, a demand for real experiences and a rise in consumer rating are some of the top priorities of consumers in the next 10 years, according to the Dentsu Consumer Vision 2030: The Age of Inclusive Intelligence, a futuristic study by global marketing services group Dentsu International.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines now plays a key role in setting global labor standards as it officially assumed the chairmanship of the International Labor Organization (ILO) government group.

by Delon Porcalla (The Philippine Star), 5 July 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education needs to initiate what a key official of the House of Representatives described as a “curriculum overhaul” after the World Bank (WB) reported that 80 percent of Filipino children suffer from literacy problems.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More companies are planning to expand their operations and hire more workers as the economy continues to reopen and recover from the pandemic-induced recession, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

by Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The upcoming elections and land-related permits are seen as stumbling blocks for the development of solar projects, which are the fastest to deploy to boost supply to aid in economic recovery and avert possible brownouts in the grid, according to solar developers.

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By Maricar Cinco, 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Can private companies charge employees for the vaccines of their dependents? Or should they also shoulder the cost of the additional jabs?

by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star), 5 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has won an international award for its policy against the use of lead and lead compounds.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 4 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Human rights organizations must improve their communication strategies to respond to an “information warfare” that has left their sector tarnished and broken in a short period of time.

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by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, 3 Jul 2021 As part of business continuity initiatives amid the prolonged pandemic, leading pizza chain operator Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. has reshuffled its store workforce to bring employees closer to their place of work and limit their commuting time to no more than 30 minutes.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines may lose nearly $21 billion by 2030 if the services provided by nature collapse and if no smart policies will be implemented to protect the country’s biodiversity.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines–Government employees who worked from home amid the pandemic can reimburse P75-300 per month to cover their internet expenses, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.

#BantayCOVID19: 20 establisimyento at tanggapan sa Davao City, pansamantalang isasailalim sa lockdown dahil sa mataas na kaso ng COVID-19. | via John Ryan Calonia, Super Radyo Davao pic.twitter.com/buOOVAe5Cx — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 2, 2021

(The Philippine Star), 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines continues to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, but failed to “convict any officials for complicity in trafficking crimes” and “did not vigorously investigate labor trafficking crimes,” the US State Department said in a report.

by INQUIRER.net, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to give all Filipinos free annual medical check-ups has been filed in the Senate.

By Ben O. de Vera, 2 Jul 2021 Bureaucratic red tape—those unnecessary paperwork, documents and procedures that take time—has prevented the government from spending billions of pesos to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Miguel R. Camus, 2 Jul 2021 Full internet connectivity, especially in unserved or underserved areas across the Philippines, would be realized no earlier than 2025, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has expanded its coverage of dialysis sessions from the previous 90 to 144 sessions for 2021.

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(Agence France-Presse), 2 Jul 2021 PARIS, France — A total of 130 countries have agreed a global tax reform ensuring that multinationals pay their fair share wherever they operate, the OECD said on Thursday, but some EU states refused to sign up.

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By: Karl R. Ocampo – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic hindered a lot of Filipinos from accessing food, which ultimately pushed the country’s average hunger rate in 2020 to reach an all-time high of 21.2 percent, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS)…

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com) – 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of Filipinos who were either jobless or out of business dropped in May, as a rollback of pandemic restrictions allowed some people to get their jobs back and secure longer working hours.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies and business groups have signed an agreement to create one million jobs this year to help the economy bounce back from the impact of the pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The continued easing of mobility restrictions helped Filipinos regain some lost jobs in May, with the rollout of more COVID-19 vaccines expected to further aid in overall employment recovery in the country.