by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 27 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine economy will have to wait until late next year to see a return to its pre-crisis levels as the pandemic continues to put a drag on the country’s much-needed rebound.

by Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, 27 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Amid the rising number of COVID-19 patients, St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig is reportedly struggling in attending to patients after some of its health care workers have resigned.

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab – The Philippine Star, 27 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — At least 100 medical personnel of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) have been infected with COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, but most of them showed mild symptoms of the disease.

by Alexis Romero, Romina Cabrera – The Philippine Star, 27 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang wants the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to explain why the health department thinks that the StaySafe application had very limited effect on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts.

by Louise Maureen Simeon, The Philippine Star, 27 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Economic losses due to lockdown measures in Metro Manila and nearby provinces have gone down to P74 billion per week and may decline further to as low as P8 billion if restrictions are fully relaxed.

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By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 26 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) fis acing manpower problems following the resignation of a number of health workers, a facility official said Thursday.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 26 Aug 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 26) — Prolonged school closures result in complex problems, including “heightened risk of drop out, child labor and child marriage,” the United Nations Children’s Fund Philippines said.

By Ben O. de Vera, 25 Aug 2021 The Philippines suffered from one of the biggest hikes in joblessness in the Asia-Pacific region last year, and many Filipinos continued to bewail lack of income amid prolonged COVID-19 quarantine, two multilateral lenders said.

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By TED CORDERO, GMA News, 25 Aug 2021 The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said Wednesday it has ordered the immediate takedown of four online lending apps in a bid to protect the data privacy rights of borrowers. In a statement, the NPC said it issued four separate orders directing Wefund Lending Corporation, Joywin Lending Investor…

By Ma. Elma Ilagan–Ame, 25 Aug 2021, Manila Times IN 2021, the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) issued two memorandum circulars (MCs) that impacts cooperatives’ financial, performance and social audits, and the way they are related to each other.

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by Reuters, 24 Aug 2021 TOKYO — Asia’s robust economic recovery from last year’s coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in COVID-19 cases sees shops empty again and factories close, dimming prospects for corporate profit growth after a blockbuster half year.

by Reuters, 24 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus pandemic may have pushed as many as 80 million people in developing Asia into extreme poverty last year, threatening to derail progress on global goals to tackle poverty and hunger by 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday.

by Evelyn Macairan – The Philippine Star, 24 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Hospicio de San Jose in San Miguel, Manila is asking for cash and food donations after the charitable institution recorded over 100 cases of COVID-19.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 24 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila tumbled eight notches in a global safe cities index as its ranking slid in almost all indicators, especially on personal and health security.

by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), 23 Aug 2021 The next president has seven major, major problems to tackle. Seven calvaries where he or she can be crucified; first, the health crisis; second, economic devastation; third, social ills; fourth, national security threats; fifth, unabated corruption; sixth, the peoples’ diminishing trust in the government; and…

by Neil Jayson Servallos – The Philippine Star, 23 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board’s offices in Metro Manila will not be accepting transactions during the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the LTFRB announced over the weekend.

by Mayen Jaymalin – The Philippine Star, 23 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has adopted stricter rules on the nomination, withdrawal and substitution of party-list nominees in an apparent bid to prevent another controversy similar to that of Duterte Youth.

by Sheila Crisostomo – The Philippine Star, 22 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The biggest hospitals and physicians organizations in the country are disengaging from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) over its circular suspending payments to hospitals and health care providers (HCPs) whose claims are under investigation.

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by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 21 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government and the private sector will take into consideration other data such as infection spikes and vaccination pace in crafting economic outlooks as these factors determine how the country will recover from the impact of the pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 21 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is not likely to see a strong performance in the second half, which will dampen its already reduced growth targets, as virus concerns remain a drag on recovery.

by Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star, 21 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Various groups will launch this weekend their respective campaigns to urge Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president next year.