Monthly Archives: July 2021

Lockdown rollback tempers unemployment rate in May

Published by rudy Date posted on July 2, 2021

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.

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2 July 2021 – Government, business groups launch 1 million jobs for 2021

Published by rudy Date posted on July 2, 2021

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.

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Number of jobless Pinoys declines as lockdowns ease

Published by rudy Date posted on July 2, 2021

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.

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SC: Public access to officials’ SALNs not absolute right

Published by rudy Date posted on July 2, 2021

by Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) in full session has ruled that the right of access to information on a public official’s statement of assets, liability and net worth (SALN) is “not an absolute vested right.”

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DICT: Internet to reach unserved, underserved areas by 2025

Published by rudy Date posted on July 2, 2021

by Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 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).

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DAILY SNAPSHOT: Total Cases crossed 4.93 million at 7:00 pm with over 46,000 New Cases reported across Southeast Asia since our last update.

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

DAILY SNAPSHOT: Total Cases crossed 4.93 million at 7:00 pm with over 46,000 New Cases reported across Southeast Asia since our last update. pic.twitter.com/3rT4W5MSrX — The ASEAN Post (@theaseanpost) July 1, 2021

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SC raises points against law that makes libel a crime

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

By Marlon Ramos, 1 Jul 2021 Calls to decriminalize libel in the country may have received a boost by way of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that cleared broadcast media personality Raffy Tulfo, who was earlier sued and convicted for what he wrote about 22 years ago as a tabloid columnist.

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Bayanihan 2 lapses, leaving many COVID programs unfunded

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

by DJ Yap, Julie Aurelio and Maricar Cinco, 1 Jul 2021 The Bayanihan 2 law lapsed on Wednesday with P18.4 billion in allocations remaining unspent, leaving a number of critical pandemic response programs unfunded, including P6.6 billion for laboratory testing service and hiring of health workers, P4.6 billion for digital learning resources and student subsidies,…

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Quarantine managers add color to ‘CQ’ alphabet soup

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

By Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Jul 2021 More than 15 months after Metro Manila was placed on lockdown on March 12 last year, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has decided to add some color to the burgeoning quarantine alphabet soup.

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1.5M stopped SSS contributions in 2020

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

by Ben O. de Vera, 1 Jul 2021 About 1.5 million members of the Social Security System (SSS) stopped paying contributions last year due to the harder times wrought by the pandemic.

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P9 billion unutilized as Bayanihan 2 expires

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 expired yesterday with about P9 billion in funds meant for pandemic response programs left unutilized.

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80% of PH kids don’t know what they should know – World Bank

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — One in every four Grade 5 students does not have the reading and mathematics skills for Grade 2 or 3, and four in every five 15-year-old students do not understand basic mathematical concepts such as fractions and decimals that should be…

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Rising seas, flooding may put 1.54M people in Manila City at risk by 2030 — report

Published by rudy Date posted on July 1, 2021

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trade unions around the world,
for democracy in Myanmar,
with the daily protests of
people in Myanmar against
the military coup and
continuing oppression.

 

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