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31-PERCENT JUMP FROM 2014-2016 FIGURE By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 16 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — As many as 59 million Filipinos consider themselves food insecure between 2017 and 2019, a 31-percent jump from the 44.9-million figure between 2014 and 2016, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 16 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Late enrollees may still be accepted in public schools across the country even after the start of classes on Aug. 24, the Department of Education (DepEd) said yesterday.

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By: Christine O. Avendaño, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While the Philippines has improved its capability to test for the new coronavirus, as well as expand its treatment capacity, its contact tracing and suppressing of the spread of COVID-19 is “a little weak,’’ according to a World Health Organization (WHO) official.

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State security forces will be going house-to-house in search of COVID-19 patients with no or mild symptoms who are under home quarantine and transfer them to isolation facilities managed by the government, Interior and Local Secretary Eduardo Año said. | @manueltupas pic.twitter.com/FVmxB5bs45 — The Philippine Star (@PhilippineStar) July 14, 2020

by Jenina P. Ibañez, BusinessWorld, 14 Jul 2020 BUSINESS process outsourcing (BPO) workers are seeking a halt to the practice of placing employees on “floating” status, which they said compromises job security.

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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 14) – Multi-sectoral group Sanlakas filed before the Supreme Court on Monday the eighth petition assailing the controversial Republic Act No. 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.

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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Jul 2020 About eight million Filipinos would go jobless as the pandemic rages and while the Philippine economy reels from the most stringent lockdown in the region, slow disease containment and an influx of returning migrant workers, according to Malaysian financial giant Maybank.

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com), 13 Jul 2020 Data from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released Monday showed BOI-approved pledges by foreign businessmen sagged 73% in the first six months of the year to P18.6 billion, lower than P68.9 billion registered in the same period in 2019.

Here's a statement of more than 500 journalists, editors and media workers from various news agencies on the denial of the ABS-CBN franchise and its impact on the country's media landscape. Full list of signatories: https://t.co/xQaiJJyXnP pic.twitter.com/AU6UWN6XHu — Mads Miraflor (@madmiraflor) July 13, 2020

By: Cathy Cañares Yamsuan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Victim-blaming in rape cases is so ingrained in Filipino culture that survivors who press charges face more hurdles under questioning by a prosecutor tasked to assess evidence or a judge presiding at a trial.

WHERE 300 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE By: Christia Marie Ramos, INQINQUIRER.net, 13 Jul 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to conduct an inspection at a construction site in Taguig City, where over 300 workers reportedly tested positive for the new coronavirus.