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By Joann Villanueva May 15, 2020 MANILA — Philippine monetary officials further reduced their growth projection for inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) this year to two percent due to the impact of the global pandemic.
ANGELES, Pampanga — A 34-year-old female was arrested while three children were rescued from online sexual exploitation Thursday, May 14, in this city in Central Luzon.
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by Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines–The Duterte administration will attempt to reverse the continuing migration of the rural population to Metro Manila in a bid to decongest the nation’s capital, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the Philippines.
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#BREAKING #Alert NEW report on Coronavirus Effects: Depression, anxiety ~ Alcohol use, Violence, up ~ Young and Old, Rich and Poor ~ No country spared ~ In children, reports from around the world: Violence, loneliness, difficulty concentrating ~ https://t.co/8uOxWJv5Pa pic.twitter.com/vzvfnN1vQU — Pamela Falk (@PamelaFalk) May 14, 2020
By: Maricar Cinco – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — About 40,000 workers are expected to report back to factories and assembly lines in Cavite province once businesses reopen after nearly two months of suspended operations due to the lockdown imposed by the national government to contain the spread of the…
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by Associated Press, 14 May 2020 UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the world economy by 3.2% this year, the sharpest contraction since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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by Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News, 14 May 2020 MAYNILA — Isang nanay ang inaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) matapos umanong ibugaw ang dalagita niyang anak at pamangkin sa online sex show.
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By: Karl R. Ocampo – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 May 2020 Despite moves by the Department of Agriculture to increase the country’s local production of palay, global projections showed that the Philippines is still on its way to become the biggest importer of the grain this year and the next.
by Ma. Angelica Garcia/BAP, GMA News, 13 May 2020 Some teachers point out that conducting classes online would be difficult in places that do not have internet connection, adequate power supply, and up-to-date learning devices, according to Marisol Abdurahman’s 24 Oras report on Wednesday.
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by Maricar Cinco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 May 2020 SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — Local officials are scrambling to find the real score in the coronavirus infection to justify the national government’s recommendation on whether to extend or ease quarantine protocols.
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By Jovee Marie de la Cruz, Businessmirror, 13 May 2020 THE government is pushing for a measure that would immediately reduce corporate income tax (CIT) from 30 percent to 25 percent, but this would be at the expense of at least P259.4 billion in expected revenue loss until 2022.
By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s economic managers have projected gross domestic product (GDP) to contract year-on-year during all four quarters of 2020 to bring full-year contraction to 2-3.4 percent.
By YASHIKA F. TORIB, 13 May 2020 The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) anticipates a slowdown in the deployment of seafarers, even if the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is lifted, due to global shipping downturn.
by Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), 13 May 2020 Too frequent are erroneous remarks in media that SSS and GSIS pensioners should not receive “ayuda” anymore. Those stem from the mistaken belief that pensions are aid from the government. They are not.
by Michael Punongbayan (The Philippine Star), 13 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Service Commission (CSC) yesterday urged the heads of government agencies from national offices down to local government units (LGUs) to consider “sleep at work” arrangements for state workers.