by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines—The proposed Financial Consumer Protection Act now pending in Congress will help protect Filipinos from unfair collection practices employed by credit card firms like threats and harassment, the central bank said on Monday (Sept. 6).

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6 Sept 2021 – A platform shopper’s tale They could barely meet their needs. The woman manages the household, with their three children. The man was the ‘provider’, she said, a freelance ‘visual artist ‘making do with contracts for restoration of paintings. No SSS, no other benefits, nothing. Then came Covid-19 of immeasurable pain and…

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by Elijah Felice Rosales – The Philippine Star, 5 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released an additional P888.12 million to cover another round of special risk allowances (SRA) for health workers.

by Helen Flores – The Philippine Star, 5 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Amid investigations into the reported mishandling of COVID-19 funds, the Duterte administration has formed the National Anti-Corruption Coordinating Council (NACC) to hasten the detection of irregularities in all levels of government.

by Victor Martin – The Philippine Star, 4 Sep 2021 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya , Philippines – Four workers were buried alive in a landslide in Barangay Tiblac in Ambaguio town yesterday.

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Statement of the HPAAC. 🇵🇭❤️👨‍⚕️🔥🌈My heart bleeds for our healthcare workers , our frontliners ! READ : pic.twitter.com/nS3XNYzRyz — Tony Leachon MD (@DrTonyLeachon) September 3, 2021

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by Marc Jayson Cayabyab, Neil Jayson Servallos – The Philippine Star, 3 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several offices at the Pasig city hall have been placed on lockdown after employees tested positive for COVID-19, Mayor Vico Sotto announced yesterday.

by Sheila Crisostomo – The Philippine Star, 3 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Out of the more than 48,000 companies inspected, around 4,700 firms reported they have employees who got infected with COVID-19 as of July, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).

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by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez – The Freeman, 2 Sep 2021 Your employees are not your property. You cannot manipulate them nor exploit their lack of courage and leverage. Your workers are not your slaves. Slavery had been abolished before the arrival of the Americans at the turn of the last century. You cannot treat…

by Rey Gamboa – The Philippine Star, 2 Sep 2021 The business mood has now become so dire, with the economy dragging its feet through another period of tight quarantines. The scant optimism felt during the second quarter of the year as the government announced the end of the recession with double-digit growth figures has…

by John Unson – The Philippine Star, 2 Sep 2021 COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Thirteen women who were promised employment with high salary abroad were rescued in a raid on a house in Barangay Mother Bagua in this city on Tuesday.

by Estanislao C. Albano, Jr. casigayan@yahoo.com, The Philippine Star, 2 Sep 2021 True to its laughable pretense that there are no non-readers in high school despite strong evidence to the contrary, the Department of Education (DepEd) never refers to the need to identify and belatedly teach reading laggards to read in its preparations for the…

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By: Doris Dumlao-Abadilla, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — As office vacancy rates hit record highs amid recurring lockdowns due to spiraling COVID-19 cases, Metro Manila’s landlords — previously less accommodating to office tenants compared to shopping mall occupiers — have been forced to offer unprecedented rental concessions to make their corporate…

by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), 1 Sep 2021 Well, this is my field of work, handling HR and labor cases in such top conglomerates and multinationals as San Miguel Corp., Pepsi-Cola, and Petron for no less than 25 years, and as Department of Labor and Employment and National Labor Relations Commission official for…

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 1 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Three in every five poor Filipinos said their income fell this year as the pandemic drags on and continues to impact the most vulnerable sector of society.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 1 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Economic recovery for the Philippines will continue to be tough, with its return to pre-crisis levels seen only by late 2023, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

by Bella Perez-Rubio, 1 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Women and girls bear the brunt of pandemics and disasters, a situation that a bill filed this week at the Senate hopes to address.

By Jenina P. Ibañez, Reporter, 31 Aug 2021 RETAILERS are asking for expedited vaccine deliveries as the industry is running out of cash reserves after three major lockdowns since March 2020.

by Louise Maureen Simeon – The Philippine Star, 31 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government plans to review existing policies and regulations surrounding the country’s housing industry to sustain gains and improve the sector.

by The Philippine Star, 31 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Social Security System (SSS) reminds all employers, registered and unregistered, to be compliant with their legal obligations to their employees, regardless of employment status, to avoid penalty and imprisonment under the provisions of Republic Act 11199 or the Social Security Act of 2018.