Ten workers died, 4 injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-March 2021, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show.
The lockdowns, plant closures, suspension of operations contributed to the ‘low’ level of incidents and deaths. [Read more.]
Three demolition workers died, two others injured, after a building in Manila collapsed Mar 20. (PNA, GMA News)
Two workers died, two workers were hospitalized, (74 others in the community injured) in an ammonia leak incident in an ice plant in Navotas, Metro Manila Feb 3. (Manila Bulletin. Philippine Star)
A laborer died when electrocuted while cleaning a building wall in Bacolod City Jan 4. (Daily Star)
A conductor died when a bus plying Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City caught fire Jan 3. (Manila Bulletin)
Few media reports of medical frontliner deaths have been reported since Dec 2020.
A doctor at an Iba, Zambales hospital died of COVID Mar 28. (Philippine Star)
A male staff nurse assigned at their charity ward of Philippine Heart Center died Mar 20. (@gmanews) (https://twitter.com/jpsoriano/status/1373228802566881282?s=03)
A call center company doctor in Baguio City died due to COVID-19 complications, Mar 9. (Rappler)
Health workers’ data, especially when it comes to deaths, are reported relatively late, due to validation said DOH.
Of the 15,531 cases reported in Mar 22, 82 have died and 15,034 have recovered. https://news.abs-cbn.com/amp/spotlight/03/25/21/healthcare-workers-with-covid-19-more-than-double-in-last-2-weeks-amid-surge?__twitter_impression=true&s=03
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
