Monthly Archives: November 2021

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 22 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) has hiked its growth forecast for the country’s electronics exports this year to 10 percent amid strong demand. SEIPI president Dan Lachica said in a Viber message, the group raised its…

by Cecille Suerte Felipe – The Philippine Star, 21 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Christmas came early for an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who won a Lessandra house and lot, the grand prize during the 10th OFW and Family Summit.

The House on Friday passed a sprawling, roughly $2 trillion social policy, climate and tax measure that is the central pillar of President Biden’s domestic agenda. Here's a look at what's inside: https://t.co/jGzxnfnphT pic.twitter.com/oF7Uhk8wWI — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 21, 2021

by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 20 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — State-run provident fund Social Security System (SSS) has issued P870 million in unemployment benefits in nine months to September as thousands of workers have yet to go back to the jobs they lost to the pandemic.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 19 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The holiday season may be around the corner, but consumption remains muted as the pandemic continues to take its toll on cash-strapped Filipinos.

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by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 18 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Social Security System (SSS) has waived until February next year the penalties for members whose loan payments are overdue.

by Philstar.com, 18 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — As far as businessmen are concerned, the job of the next president would be a very difficult one.

Coursera is looking to strengthen its presence in the Philippines after eye-popping growth in enrollment during the pandemic. Check out which courses Filipinos have been enrolling in here. pic.twitter.com/qPBscM8WYg — Warren de Guzman (@wddeguzman) November 17, 2021

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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, 17 Nov 2021, Manila Bulletin While teachers are ready for the partial reopening of schools during the pilot run of limited face-to-face classes, a group urged the government to protect their welfare by giving them less non-teaching duties.

by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 16 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Remittances from Filipinos abroad increased for the eighth straight month with the start of the so-called ’ber months and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) sending more money to their loved ones in time for the Christmas season.

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by Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News, 16 Nov 2021 MANILA – The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines said it expects the sector to once again outpace the Philippine economy this year.

by Michael Punongbayan – The Philippine Star, 15 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Broadcast journalist Raffy Tulfo with a 68.4 voter preference, Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (59.9 percent) and Sorsogon Gov. Francis Escudero (57.3 percent) have topped Pulse Asia’s latest pre-election senatorial survey.

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by Mary Ann LL. Reyes – The Philippine Star, 14 Nov 2021 With the pump prices of gasoline and diesel increasing anew, there has been a renewed interest in vehicles that run on alternative sources of power among Filipinos.

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by Edu Punay – The Philippine Star, 13 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The House ways and means panel has passed the measure seeking to suspend excise tax imposed on oil products amid soaring market prices.

If Leni doesn’t cut a deal with Isko/Pacquiao/Ping, Marcos will. pic.twitter.com/jCpnxMi35W — oli r. (@ohlistic) November 13, 2021

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by Iris Gonzales – The Philippine Star, 12 Nov 2021 Roxas Boulevard, that famed waterfront promenade in Metro Manila, is many things to many people a boulevard of dreams new, old, and broken dreams; for lovers, it’s a place to make promises of forever with the pledges of love often backlighted by the setting crimson…

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by Xave Gregorio – Philstar.com, 11 Nov 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Changing the government’s response to COVID-19, hiking wages nationwide, ending contractualization and investigating corruption allegations against President Rodrigo Duterte are some of the policies that Bayan Muna chairperson Neri Colmenares and Kilusang Mayo Uno chairperson Bong Labog will pursue should they get elected as…

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