by Sheila Crisostomo, Mayen Jaymalin, Evelyn Macairan, Delon Porcalla, Paolo Romero, Ding Cervantes, Artemio Dumlao, Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star, 5 May 2020) MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has suspended the increase in premium contributions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) amid the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Katrina Hallare, INQINQUIRER.net, 5 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested two people allegedly involved in human trafficking in an entrapment operation in Fairview, Quezon City.
By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 May 2020 The Philippines will not use taxpayers’ money to bail out entities distressed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has created a challenging operating environment feared to bankrupt a throng of businesses across the globe.
By: April Lee-Tan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 May 2020 The peso has always been vulnerable to past crises. During the Asian Financial Crisis in the late ‘90s, the peso depreciated to 56 from around 26 against the dollar. During the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it weakened by around 14 percent.
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.@UNFPA estimates a 6 month lockdown will mean 47 million women w.o. contraception, 7 million unintended pregnancies, 31 million new cases of gender-based violence. Over 10 yrs, that means 13 million more child marriages & 2 million more cases of female genital mutilation. — Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) May 4, 2020
By Ma. Teresa Montemayor, 4 May 2020 MANILA – The testing capacity of laboratories for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has reached the 5,000-mark, a health official said Monday.
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by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star) with Mayen Jaymalin, Paolo Romero, 4 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. yesterday hit the increase in the contribution of premium payments of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth).
by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 04 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — While the government has allowed Philippine offshore gaming operators to reopen after classifying them as business process outsourcing firms, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) clarified that POGOs are not considered or counted as BPOs.
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By: Leila B. Salaverria, Melvin Gascon, Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Saturday said he would move to resume the blue ribbon committee inquiry into the Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO) as more questions were raised on the reopening of online gambling…
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By Eugene Y. Adiong, Manila Times, 2 May 2020 BACOLOD CITY: A four-year-old girl was found by police after raiding a house that allegedly serves as a cybersex den in Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday.
by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — With some factories expected to resume soon, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday released guidelines on how to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the workplace.
by Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Over a hundred cases of attacks and discrimination against healthcare workers have been recorded by the police since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the country.
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READ: The Department of Labor and Employment issues its joint guidelines with the Department of Trade and Industry for workplaces during the #COVID19 crisis (1/2) | @sam_medenilla pic.twitter.com/jS5Nx7LEJm — BusinessMirror (@BusinessMirror) May 1, 2020
By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 1 May 2020 Policemen guard the 112-bed We Heal As One center at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, which will serve as quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients. THE Philippine economy may lose around P1.1 trillion due to the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, according to…
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by Neil Arwin Mercado, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than half of the country’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country had to stop their operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Friday.
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July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
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
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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