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.

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by The Philippine Star, 20 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Presidential adviser for entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion and Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade are exploring the possibility of having the country’s public utility bus drivers vaccinated, as part of plans to deploy buses for fully vaccinated passengers in the National Capital Region (NCR).

by Delon Porcalla – The Philippine Star, 20 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A series of circulars issued by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) complicated the process for reimbursement claims since last year, resulting in the piling up of unpaid hospital claims amounting to P86 billion, which House leaders said could cause the collapse…

by Philstar.com, 20 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The chairman of the Senate’s basic education panel will launch an inquiry into the Department of Education’s readiness for a prolonged distance learning scenario ahead of the opening of School Year 2021-2022.

NO DISPUTE OVER RISK ALLOWANCE By HANA BORDEY, GMA News, 20 Aug 2021 St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) Employees Association leader Jao Clumia corrected Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday after the latter accused him of issuing a false statement on the release of the special risk allowances for the hospital’s healthcare workers.

by Edu Punay – The Philippine Star, 20 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Two House leaders have objected to a bill allowing absolute divorce in the country.

by Doris Dumlao-Abadilla INQ There are more and more companies that talk about gender diversity, equality and inclusion these days, but not enough are warming up to nontraditional relationships and family structures when it comes to the provision of benefits to their workers.

By JAMIL SANTOS, GMA News, 19 Aug 2021 The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on Thursday reported that a total of 654,546 overseas Filipino workers have already returned home amid the global threat of the Delta coronavirus variant.

By CNN Philippines Staff, 18 Aug 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 18) — The public should use surgical mask for the time being due to the rising COVID-19 cases, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.

by Danessa Rivera – The Philippine Star, 19 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued guidelines for the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) to allow electricity end-users to contribute to the country’s push to grow renewable energy (RE) capacity and usage.

by Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star, 19 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — One in every two adult Filipinos believes that the COVID-19 vaccination rollout in the Philippines is slow, a survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.

by ABS-CBN News, 19 Aug 2021 MANILA – The Philippines’ largest business group appealed to the country’s pandemic management task force to stop resorting to lockdowns to check the spread of COVID-19.

by Marc Jayson Cayabyab, The Philippine Star, 18 Aug 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A security guard died in a fire that hit a warehouse and reached third alarm in Valenzuela before dawn yesterday.

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President Duterte’s economic managers have lowered the country’s economic growth targets, taking into account the impact of the mobility restrictions imposed in different parts of the country meant to prevent the spread of COVID19.