Monthly Archives: September 2021

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 9 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Appliance store chain Automatic Centre is set to close next month amid economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 9 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The latest spike in inflation may not be the last as a further reacceleration for the remainder of 2021 is expected, with the country yet to fully feel the impact of rising global commodity prices.

by Christian Deiparine – Philstar.com, 9 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:30 p.m.) — An orphanage in Quezon City dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak disputed reports that an asymptomatic visitor was responsible for bringing in the virus to their facility.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s jobless rate hit its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, but more Filipinos are still on the lookout for additional hours of work as the quality of jobs available in the labor market has yet to improve.

by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of unemployed Filipinos went up in June, a new poll released Wednesday showed, painting a bleak economic picture amid prolonged pandemic lockdowns.

by Alexandria Dennise San Juan, 8 Sep 2021 Sustained government efforts to ease quarantine restrictions and the continuous vaccination drives are expected to retain the improvements in the country’s workforce amid the health crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2021 Highest in nearly 3 years MANILA, Philippines — Inflation moved at a faster pace in August, jumping to nearly five percent to reach its highest level in almost three years amid more expensive food products and higher energy costs during the month.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 8 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s jobless rate hit its lowest level since the start of the pandemic, but more Filipinos are still on the lookout for additional hours of work as the quality of jobs available in the labor market has yet to improve.

by Delon Porcalla – The Philippine Star, 7 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives approved yesterday on third and final reading a bill that seeks to ban child marriage amid the rising cases of teenage pregnancies as reported by the Population Commission.

by Erika Jane F. Manguin – The Philippine Star, 7 Sep 2021 The Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act is the latest installment of the government’s efforts to reform the Philippine tax system. Apart from codifying the updated incentives for qualifying enterprises (such as income tax holiday (ITH), special corporate income tax…

By DJ Yap and Daxim L. Lucas, 7 Sep 2021 Saying there was no excuse for the P1.365 billion in debt owed to the government by Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Monday told these online-gambling service providers to pay up and leave the country.

By Krixia Subingsubing, 7 Sep 2021 Less than a week before this year’s opening of classes, the number of enrolled students in both public and private schools have only reached 17.96 million thus far—or 45 percent less than last year’s 26.2 million students, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).

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In the Philippines, even the demand for food is declining — an unfortunate event that doesn’t spare anyone in the food value chain, from farmers to supermarket operators. pic.twitter.com/9HPtFORfKL — Mads Miraflor (@madmiraflor) September 6, 2021

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by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines—The proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act now pending in Congress will help protect Filipinos from unfair collection practices employed by credit card firms like threats and harassment, the central bank said on Monday (Sept. 6).

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6 Sept 2021 – A platform shopper’s tale They could barely meet their needs. The woman manages the household, with their three children. The man was the ‘provider’, she said, a freelance ‘visual artist ‘making do with contracts for restoration of paintings. No SSS, no other benefits, nothing. Then came Covid-19 of immeasurable pain and…

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by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 5 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released an additional P888.12 million to cover another round of special risk allowances (SRA) for health workers.

by Helen Flores – The Philippine Star, 5 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Amid investigations into the reported mishandling of COVID-19 funds, the Duterte administration has formed the National Anti-Corruption Coordinating Council (NACC) to hasten the detection of irregularities in all levels of government.

by Victor Martin – The Philippine Star, 4 Sep 2021 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines – Four workers were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay Tiblac in Ambaguio town yesterday.

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Statement of the HPAAC. 🇵🇭❤️👨‍⚕️🔥🌈My heart bleeds for our healthcare workers , our frontliners ! READ : pic.twitter.com/nS3XNYzRyz — Tony Leachon MD (@DrTonyLeachon) September 3, 2021

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by Marc Jayson Cayabyab, Neil Jayson Servallos – The Philippine Star, 3 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several offices at the Pasig city hall have been placed on lockdown after employees tested positive for COVID-19, Mayor Vico Sotto announced yesterday.

by Sheila Crisostomo – The Philippine Star, 3 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Out of the more than 48,000 companies inspected, around 4,700 firms reported they have employees who got infected with COVID-19 as of July, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

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