Monthly Archives: October 2021

by Rhodina Villanueva – The Philippine Star, 20 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A female peasant group has decried the fake party-list groups that emerged during the filing of certificates of candidacy for the next year’s elections.

by Emmanuel Tupas – The Philippine Star, 20 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Monday issued show-cause orders (SCOs) against two bus consortiums along the EDSA Busway for allegedly failing to deploy a sufficient number of buses.

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by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 19 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The domestic economy could generate P5 trillion in annual economic output by 2030 if it maximizes the advantage that digital technologies have to offer, according to a new report released Tuesday.

by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 19 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The universal health care (UHC) program will get another P80 billion in budget next year as the government vows to keep it financed despite funds running tight due to the pandemic.

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 19 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should review and update its consumer laws to take into consideration the rise in digital transactions and increased access to product testing facilities, an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) study showed.

by Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star, 19 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senators described as “confusing” the explanation of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the distribution of special amelioration program (SAP) or ayuda for poor families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic

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by Ramon Royandoyan – Philstar.com, 18 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Local employees are set to bag wage increases next year as companies continue to recover from the pandemic and invest in retaining talent, a new survey released Monday found.

by Agence France-Presse, 18 Oct 2021 CILEGON, Indonesia — Smokestacks belch noxious fumes into the air from a massive coal-fired power plant on the Indonesian coast, a stark illustration of Asia’s addiction to the fossil fuel which is threatening climate targets.

by Philstar.com, 17 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — In celebration of the International Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty on October 17, three-term Senator and now Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda renewed her call to ensure that the poorest of the poor belonging to the vulnerable and marginalized sectors of the country are provided with the necessary…

by Robertzon Ramirez – The Philippine Star, 16 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Female youths topped the number of newly registered voters of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) as it already recorded 4,094,614 new voters, aged 18 to 21, for the May 2022 national and local elections.

by Ndiamé Diop – The Philippine Star, 14 Oct 2021 Social protection helps the poor and vulnerable in a country, especially in times of crises and shocks that may threaten the well-being of families. When COVID-19 hit and quarantines began, the Philippines needed a massive expansion of social protection coverage to mitigate the impacts of…

by Philstar.com, 14 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Despite Malacañang’s claim that the press is “alive and well” in the country, a recent national poll found that that 45% of Filipinos believe that it is perilous to publish criticism of the Duterte administration

by Agence France-Presse, 15 Oct 2021 WASHINGTON – Worldwide supply chain disruptions are driving price increases and draining momentum out of economies recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the IMF warned on Tuesday.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 15 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines are the most inclined to shift their activities to digital platforms compared with their counterparts in Southeast Asia

by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 15 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government has yet to decide on how to deal with multinationals found releasing too much carbon waste, as it plans to tap the private sector in addressing the climate crisis.

by Danessa Rivera – The Philippine Star, 15 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A senator yesterday urged the government to revive the fuel subsidy provided by the government under the Pantawid Pasada program to help the transport sector and cushion the impact of rising oil prices on commuters.

by Rhodina Villanueva – The Philippine Star, 15 Oct 2021 A new study on climate anxiety showed that eight of 10 young people around the world are extremely worried about climate change.

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 14 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Social commerce orders in the Philippines hit a record high in the first semester, according to artificial intelligence (AI) solutions firm iKala.

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by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 14 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) remains optimistic the country will hit its economic growth targets this year and next, brushing off an International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgrade.

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by Chino S. Leyco, 13 Oct 2021 The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said the government failed to balance its response to the coronavirus disease with the need of equally salvaging the economy from the pandemic-induced crisis.

by Ana Olivia A. Tirona, BusinessWorld, 13 Oct 2021 THE COUNTRY’S exports and imports of goods continued to post double-digit growth in August amid a recovery in global markets, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

by Brian Wong, South China Morning Post, 13 Oct 2021 A domestic worker has taken her Hong Kong employer to court over accusations that she was beaten, threatened and in one case, forced to eat porridge spiked with detergent.

by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 13 Oct 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed anew its growth forecasts for the Philippines, expecting the economy to expand below the targets set by government economic managers as the country struggles to contain the resurgence of COVID infections.