By Jenina P. Ibañez, BusinessWorld, 2 Jun 2020 BUSINESS GROUPS and exporters are asking Congress to consider a longer transition period from the current tax incentives system and to accelerate the corporate income tax cut, in an effort to restore fiscal certainty to investors amid the pandemic.

By Eimor Santos, CNN Philippines, 2 Jun 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 2) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) wants to subsidize employers to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on job security.

By Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 2 Jun 2020 Only very few complaints have been received by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regarding how companies comply with health protocols.

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Workers were forced to walk or to hitch rides on trucks or, if they were lucky, in cars due to a lack of public transportation. Many were stranded. By: Jodee A. Agoncillo, Krixia Subingsubing, Meg Adonis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 Jun 2020 MANILA, Philippines — They were raring to go back to work on Monday…

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By Lorenz S. Marasigan, Businessmirror, 1 June 2020 WITHOUT assisting public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers, the government risks a transport paralysis, which could lead to an economic recession, a coalition of transport advocates warned.

By Jovee Marie de la Cruz, Businessmirror, 1 June 2020 THE Philippine economy could contract to as deep as 9.6 percent in the second quarter of the year with the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the House Ways and Means panel chairman said at the weekend.

By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, 1 Jun 2020 THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) has approved 26 fresh projects that will bring in over P13 billion in new capital and generate nearly 20,000 jobs, as investors take their next steps now that quarantine restrictions nationwide are eased.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Jun 2020 More than half of German companies are holding back their investments in the Philippines because they find the economy too restrictive, data showed.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 31 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by Filipinos abroad to their loved ones in the Philippines is seen to further contract this year as more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are displaced due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19, according to the Bangko…

by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 31 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of transport sector workers and advocates on Saturday expressed concern over the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases’ decision to limit the number of buses and jeepneys available when Metro Manila shifts to the more relaxed general community…

By Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 31 May 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Sunday (May 31) that there are nearly 100,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded around the world, the majority of whom are in the Middle East.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A recent survey found out that around 41 percent of Metro Manila residents relied heavily on external monetary assistance while only 33 percent used their own salaries during the COVID-19 lockdown period.

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by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 30 May 2020 The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) has warned against experimenting on new tax breaks in the middle of the pandemic, but the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the updated tax reform bill was exactly what businesses need now.

By Samuel P. Medenilla, Businessmirror, 29 May 2020 Recruitment and manning agencies are now compelled to shoulder the board and lodging expenses of returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who lost their jobs en masse amid the raging novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.

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by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seems to be taking its toll not just on the physical health of Filipinos but also on their mental health.

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 300 small private hospitals are in danger of closing down due to the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic and the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to release insurance claims, the Private Hospitals Association of…

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 29 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers will work on 11 structural reforms over the next 12 months to support the so-called new normal of economic activity amid the prevailing coronavirus pandemic.

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By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu, INQINQUIRER.net, 28 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Women’s health remains an important issue despite all of the advances that the country has made to improve gender equality, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said on Thursday.

by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 28 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A Pampanga court sentenced an American child sex offender to life imprisonment over human trafficking charges.

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