By Marlon Ramos, 13 Jul 2021 Remember Bonita Baran? Baran, the housemaid who became the face of modern-day slavery after she accused her employers in 2012 of maltreating her, has attained her quest for justice as the Supreme Court affirmed the life term meted out on the couple who had physically abused her until she…

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 13 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expects the number of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that have closed due to the coronavirus pandemic to go down in the coming months, provided there would be no shift to stricter quarantine restrictions.

by Cielito F. Habito, 13 Jul 2021 Believe it or not, we have more than recovered the number of jobs killed by the pandemic last year. We now have over two million jobs more than there were before the pandemic flattened our economy. The May 2021 Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority…

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By Ferdinand Patinio, 12 Jul 2021 MANILA – The government has repatriated over 600,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic since May 2020.

By Dona Z. Pazzibugan, 12 Jul 2021 Beginning October, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will consider the ads of political candidates in social media to be part of the candidates’ campaign expenses for the May 9, 2022, elections and will be regulated as such.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 12 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Update 1, July 13, 2021 9:23 a.m.) — The Philippines’ hard-earned credit rating that the Duterte administration tried to protect by limiting pandemic spending is now at risk of being downgraded, as the health crisis is seen leaving deep economic scars.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 11 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The crime volume in the country during the administration of President Duterte dropped by at least 64 percent compared to his predecessor, the late president Benigno Aquino III, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced yesterday.

By Kathleen de Villa and Arianne Suarez, 11 Jul 2021 (First of a series) With a year left in his term, President Duterte is set to deliver his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on July 26. In his first Sona in 2016, a 90-minute speech that was warmly received as it…

by Inquirer Research INQ, 11 Jul 2021 Filipino families who rated themselves as “borderline poor” and “borderline food-poor” doubled in Metro Manila, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey that was conducted weeks after the capital regions and nearby provinces were placed under the strictest community quarantine status to contain a surge in…

by Randy David, https://inqm.news/dsgc, 11 Jul 2021 The below-average test scores of most Filipino students in Mathematics and Science that have been reported in various international assessments are all ultimately attributable to a reading comprehension problem. Our students simply can’t grasp the meaning of what they’re reading, or relate this to what they know, even…

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by Ben O. de Vera, 10 Jul 2021 The state planning agency National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) expects a steady easing of food prices up to the end of this year given enough supply of rice, chicken, fish and, boosted by the influx of pork imports, meat.

by Danessa Rivera (The Philippine Star), 10 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy sees electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for 10 percent of the total registered vehicles in the country by 2040.

by Karl R. Ocampo, 10 Jul 2021 Despite several attempts to revive the Philippine agriculture industry, a World Bank report showed that the local farm sector had remained the laggard in Asia due largely to misdirected policies.

PDP-Laban panel expels Cusi, 2 others By Kaithreen Cruz, 9 Jul 2021 MAYOR Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domangoso and Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao topped social media’s most influential list of potential candidates for president and vice president in the 2022 elections, according to a study.

German carmaker Opel said Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the most ambitious greening targets in the accelerating shift to electric vehicles. German carmaker Opel said Thursday that it would stop producing cars with internal combustion engines in Europe by 2028, one of the…

Given recent interest on PH education, let me share the results of PIDS' research on the 4th Graduate Tracer Survey (GTS), which collected data on college experience – skills learned and quality of instruction – and how it relates to employability, citizenship, satisfaction. ?1/ — James Miraflor ? (@futilityfunc) July 9, 2021

by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 9 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 5:31 p.m.) — The Climate Change Commission is replacing its panel of climate experts in a move it says is meant to improve regional and sectoral representation in the body.

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 9 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Banks’ bad loans climbed for the fifth straight month in May to hit the highest level in almost 13 years as the country continues to struggle amid the resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

(Philstar.com), 8 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Update 1, July 9, 2021 8:39 a.m.) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants online casinos to return in a bid to raise more funds for the cash-strapped government’s pandemic response.

By Nestor Corrales, 9 Jul 2021 The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) spent only less than half of the P3.3 billion in funds for online learning that it received last year under the Bayanihan 2 law, a report from the Commission on Audit (COA) showed.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 9 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s manufacturing output posted a massive rebound in May largely due to low base effects, supported by the easing of quarantine restrictions which saw most industry groups recording significant gains.

By Ben O. de Vera, 9 Jul 2021 The World Bank (WB) has taken down from its website a synthesis report on its three latest global assessments showing the poor state of the Philippine education system following mounting pressure from the government for the multilateral lender to issue a public apology.

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The mastermind of a human trafficking group operating in Zamboanga has been arrested based on the formal complaints made by some of the victims who had been duped to work as undocumented maids in Syria. The Philippine Embassy in Damascus said the rescued women made their complaints before they were repatriated. Paksatul Anding, who also…

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