By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News, 5 Mar 2020 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will open over 10,000 free WiFi hotspots in the country before 2020 ends.

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By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 5 Mar 2020 The country’s unemployment rate posted a slight uptick in January. Nearly two-thirds of jobless Filipinos are males, the Philippine Statistics Authority says.

By Leony Garcia, Businessmirror, 5 Mar 2020 Some eight million tons of plastic wastes find their way into the oceans every year, of which almost two million tons are generated by the Philippines, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which has reported that the country is the third leading plastic polluter in the world, after…

by ABS-CBN News, 5 March 2020 MANILA – Globe Telecom has started recognizing the qualified dependents of same-sex legal couples in its employee base and will give them the same benefits as the dependents of other workers, the company said on Thursday.

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By: Karl R. Ocampo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Rosadilla Limbres has been planting rice for three decades in Bukidnon province, but she finds the last three years the hardest.

By Ma. Reina Leanne Tolentino, TMT, Manila Times, 4 Mar 2020 The decision to close its car factory in Santa Rosa, Laguna, has nothing to do with excise tax, according to Louie Soriano, Honda Cars Philippines Inc. (HCPI) spokesman.

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By: Ben O. de Vera, Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 March 2020 A COVID-19 outbreak that will extend for the entire year will cut gross domestic product (GDP) growth by up to 1 percentage point (ppt) this year, putting at risk the government’s 6.5-7.5 percent target, the country’s chief economist said Monday.

By Faye Almazan, Manila Times, 3 March 2020 Receipts from international visitors climbed to $9.31 billion in 2019, or 20.81-percent higher than the 2018 figure of $7.71 billion. According to the Department of Tourism (DoT), South Korea, which remains to be the country’s top source of foreign visitors, incurred the highest tourist spending at $2.614…

by Robie de Guzman, UNTV News, 2 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Eight suspected human trafficking victims were rescued by the authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said.

By Elijah Felice Rosales, Businessmirror, 2 Mar 2020 The garments industry is projecting exports to register flat growth this year, as firms struggle to alternative sources for raw materials outside of crisis-hit China.

By: Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon, 2 Mar 2020 TUGUEGARAO CITY –– Ten women, including a 16-year-old girl, were rescued from an alleged prostitution den in separate entrapment operations here over the weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said.

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By William B. Depasupil, Manila Times, 1 Mar 2020 THOUSANDS of workers in the airline, hotel and restaurant business and allied industries, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and seafarers or sea-based workers, stand to lose their jobs in the coming months amid growing coronavirus outbreaks, according to the country’s largest labor group.

by ABS-CBN News, 1 Mar 2020 Dahil sa hirap ng buhay, nahinto sa pag-aaral si Bernardo Miralles noong siya’y 15 taong gulang. Pero desidido pa rin siyang magka-diploma, kaya kahit may asawa at anak na, ipinagpatuloy ni Miralles, 37, ang pag-aaral. Kasalukuyan siya ngayong Grade 12 student.

Researchers find that the economies most likely to suffer would be those most dependent on Chinese tourism, including the Philippines by Agence France-Presse, 1 Mar 2020 MADRID, Spain – The deadly coronavirus epidemic will cost world tourism at least $22 billion owing to a drop in spending by Chinese tourists, the head of the World…

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Feb 2020 CITY OF MALOLOS –– Unions of four Bulacan manufacturing companies have allegedly been infiltrated by communist rebels through the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the police said during the February 27 launch of the Joint Industries for Peace Office (JIPCO) in the province.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 28 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Local farmers refuted the government’s claim that the rice tariffication law was the reason behind the significant drop in rice prices.

by Sunstar, 28 Feb 2020 WE URGE the new president of Toyota Motors Philippines (TMP), Hiro Okamoto, to understand the struggles of terminated workers and resolve their decades-long labor disputes.