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by Richmond Mercurio – The Philippine Star, 28 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has activated a supplemental infrastructure that will serve as a redundancy and protection loop connecting to international gateway access through Singapore.

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by ABS-CBN News, 27 Sep 2021 MANILA—The Makabayan coalition on Monday endorsed the senatorial bids of Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares and Kilusang Mayo Uno chair Bong Labog and unveiled their party-list nominees for the 2022 elections.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 27 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — By liberalizing certain economic sectors, the Philippines stands to boost its chance of joining a major trans-Pacific trade deal that can significantly aid the country in its much-needed recovery from the pandemic.

by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 27 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The year-long slump in the prices of condominium units dampened the national housing prices for the second straight quarter amid weak demand caused by the impact of the pandemic.

by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 27 Spep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are turning to investments as the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) sees cash remittances growing at a faster rate of six percent this year with the gradual reopening of host countries from the impact of…

BY SAMUEL P. MEDENILLA, Businessmirror, 27 Sep 2021 LARGE companies have shed the most workers this year, according to a new report of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

BY TYRONE JASPER C. PIAD, Manila Times, 27 Sep 2021 THE proposed Alliance for Industrial Peace and Program (AIPP) retains the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) jurisdiction over labor dispute settlement, the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) clarified.

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By VIRGIL LOPEZ,GMA News, 27 Sep 2021 An organization of nurses on Monday opposed the proposal of the Department of Health (DOH) to provide a “singular allowance” for healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 crisis.

by Fadriquela | TFC News, 27 Sep 2021 MANILA – Pitong Pilipino na biktima ng human trafficking sa Syria ang nakauwi na sa Pilipinas noong September 18, 2021 sa tulong ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ang Office of the Undersecretary of Migrant Worker’s Affairs (DFA-OUMWA) ang nagsagawa ng repatriation sa mga biktimang Pilipino.

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 26 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The European Union has emphasized the successful implementation of the Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+), along with respect for human and labor rights, as a priority in its trade relations with the Philippines.

by Gaea Katreena Cabico – Philstar.com, 25 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Communities and movements in Asia who are bearing the brunt of a warming planet called on world leaders to act more forcefully against climate change by scaling up efforts to fully decarbonize by 2050 and delivering on climate finance obligations.

by Lawrence Agcaoili – The Philippine Star, 25 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses turned pessimistic in the third quarter after three consecutive quarters of optimistic sentiment while the outlook of Filipino consumers remained bleak in the third quarter amid the resurgence of COVID infections.

by Richmond Mercurio – The Philippine Star, 25 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Despite restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said its infrastructure projects have generated nearly 1.5 million jobs.

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by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 24 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is doubling efforts to finish the ratification process within the year for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, which is seen to provide benefits in terms of greater market access and higher economic growth for the country.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 24 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should boost its social protection programs, especially for vulnerable groups, to ensure that the country’s labor force can bounce back from the pandemic and address worsening inequality and poverty.

by Danessa Rivera – The Philippine Star, 24 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for the rollout of a massive electric vehicle (EV) project and the establishment of a comprehensive EV road mapping project to transition toward a low-carbon energy, efficient transportation system.

by Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star, 24 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The satisfaction rating of President Duterte reached an all-time high of 84 percent in November 2020, but dropped to 75 percent in the May and June 2021 polls of Social Weather Stations (SWS).

by Jarius Bondoc – The Philippine Star, 24 Sep 2021 Presidential Chinese pal Michael Yang’s Pharmally Inc. sold to the government surgical masks 54-percent costlier than base price. It also supplied P550 million worth of COVID-19 test kits that expired shortly after delivery. The two findings by senators Tuesday controverted President Rodrigo Duterte’s repeated defense…

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 23 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More business groups have expressed opposition to keeping transportation, telecommunication and power generation as public utilities as the country needs to attract more foreign investments at this time.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 23 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has retained its 2021 economic growth outlook for the Philippines at 4.5 percent, but warned of continued downside risks from more transmissible COVID variants that may lead to fresh spikes in cases and lockdown measures.

by Cecille Suerte Felipe, Paolo Romero – The Philippine Star, 23 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Senate has approved on second reading a bill raising the age of sexual consent to 16 years old to help prevent statutory rape.