by Neil Arwin Mercado, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Several lawmakers have asked the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to reconsider its move to bar senior citizens living in areas placed on either enhanced or general community quarantine from leaving their homes.
by Consuelo Marquez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The local government of Pasig will enforce the use of “Permit to Leave Premises” (PLP) whenever residents need to go out of their homes to do essential activities starting Thursday, April 30, and until the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) ends.
by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Senior citizens on Facebook have launched a group dedicated to proving that not all of them are vulnerable to COVID-19, as the government’s lockdown regulations have barred the elderly from leaving their homes.
by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Apr 2020 The head of the country’s biggest employers’ group on Wednesday (April 29) warned that senior citizens could lose their jobs permanently under terms being imposed by the government for the reopening of businesses.
by Daphne Galvez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 1,500 healthcare professionals in the country have been confirmed to have the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), of which 232 were able to recover while 32 succumbed to the disease.
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By DOF, 28 Apr 2020 MAKATI CITY, April 28 — The government has thus far spent around P258 billion, or 73 percent of the P352 billion it has released for its coronavirus response programs, on emergency subsidies and other forms of assistance to poor and low-income households, displaced workers and other vulnerable groups reeling from…
#Informalworkers are keeping their communities fed, informed & more sanitary during the COVID-19 crisis. But they lack adequate protection & this puts them at additional risk. NEW OHS Guidelines aim to help workers protect themselves: https://t.co/udPr5RpDqf #SafeDay pic.twitter.com/I7WaX8VRw9 — WIEGO (@WIEGOGLOBAL) April 28, 2020
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Mahigit 2 milyong manggagawa nawalan ng trabaho dahil sa COVID-19 pandemic https://t.co/bcR374NhDE — RadyoInquirer990AM (@dzIQ990) April 27, 2020
24 doctors, 6 nurses have already died during the Covid-19 crisis while in the line of duty
Wait. Bakit hindi nahagip ng red box ang "Lack of help/response from the gov't"? ECONOMIC "WORRY-POINT" DIN YUN UY. ? https://t.co/bAgpTBM5qt — JC Punongbayan (@jcpunongbayan) April 27, 2020
by Darryl John Esguerra, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte submitted to Congress on Monday his fifth weekly report on his use of additional powers granted to him to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis.
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By Elallyn de Vera-Ruiz, Manila Bulletin, 26 Apr 2020 As the country confronts the challenges of a “new normal,” the Climate Change Commission (CCC) said the government is now more bent on planning programs and activities that will protect the lives and livelihoods of Filipinos from the impact of climate change.
by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ top monetary manager expects the local economy the enter a recession over the next six months before recovering in the fourth quarter, and entering an upward growth trajectory by next year.
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By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 24 Apr 2020 With global demand and supply constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, the government economic team has slashed the country’s external trade growth targets even as it expects domestic inflation to settle within a slightly lower range this year.
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