by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines may lose nearly $21 billion by 2030 if the services provided by nature collapse and if no smart policies will be implemented to protect the country’s biodiversity.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines–Government employees who worked from home amid the pandemic can reimburse P75-300 per month to cover their internet expenses, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.

#BantayCOVID19: 20 establisimyento at tanggapan sa Davao City, pansamantalang isasailalim sa lockdown dahil sa mataas na kaso ng COVID-19. | via John Ryan Calonia, Super Radyo Davao pic.twitter.com/buOOVAe5Cx — DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 2, 2021

(The Philippine Star), 3 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines continues to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, but failed to “convict any officials for complicity in trafficking crimes” and “did not vigorously investigate labor trafficking crimes,” the US State Department said in a report.

by INQUIRER.net, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to give all Filipinos free annual medical check-ups has been filed in the Senate.

By Ben O. de Vera, 2 Jul 2021 Bureaucratic red tape—those unnecessary paperwork, documents and procedures that take time—has prevented the government from spending billions of pesos to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Miguel R. Camus, 2 Jul 2021 Full internet connectivity, especially in unserved or underserved areas across the Philippines, would be realized no earlier than 2025, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has expanded its coverage of dialysis sessions from the previous 90 to 144 sessions for 2021.

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(Agence France-Presse), 2 Jul 2021 PARIS, France — A total of 130 countries have agreed a global tax reform ensuring that multinationals pay their fair share wherever they operate, the OECD said on Thursday, but some EU states refused to sign up.

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By: Karl R. Ocampo – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic hindered a lot of Filipinos from accessing food, which ultimately pushed the country’s average hunger rate in 2020 to reach an all-time high of 21.2 percent, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS)…

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com) – 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The proportion of Filipinos who were either jobless or out of business dropped in May, as a rollback of pandemic restrictions allowed some people to get their jobs back and secure longer working hours.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies and business groups have signed an agreement to create one million jobs this year to help the economy bounce back from the impact of the pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The continued easing of mobility restrictions helped Filipinos regain some lost jobs in May, with the rollout of more COVID-19 vaccines expected to further aid in overall employment recovery in the country.

by Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), 2 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) in full session has ruled that the right of access to information on a public official’s statement of assets, liability and net worth (SALN) is “not an absolute vested right.”

by Miguel R. Camus, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2 Jul 2021 Full internet connectivity, especially in unserved or underserved areas across the Philippines, would be realized no earlier than 2025, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

DAILY SNAPSHOT: Total Cases crossed 4.93 million at 7:00 pm with over 46,000 New Cases reported across Southeast Asia since our last update. pic.twitter.com/3rT4W5MSrX — The ASEAN Post (@theaseanpost) July 1, 2021

By Marlon Ramos, 1 Jul 2021 Calls to decriminalize libel in the country may have received a boost by way of a landmark Supreme Court ruling that cleared broadcast media personality Raffy Tulfo, who was earlier sued and convicted for what he wrote about 22 years ago as a tabloid columnist.

by DJ Yap, Julie Aurelio and Maricar Cinco, 1 Jul 2021 The Bayanihan 2 law lapsed on Wednesday with P18.4 billion in allocations remaining unspent, leaving a number of critical pandemic response programs unfunded, including P6.6 billion for laboratory testing service and hiring of health workers, P4.6 billion for digital learning resources and student subsidies,…

By Jerome Aning, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Jul 2021 More than 15 months after Metro Manila was placed on lockdown on March 12 last year, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has decided to add some color to the burgeoning quarantine alphabet soup.

by Ben O. de Vera, 1 Jul 2021 About 1.5 million members of the Social Security System (SSS) stopped paying contributions last year due to the harder times wrought by the pandemic.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2 expired yesterday with about P9 billion in funds meant for pandemic response programs left unutilized.

By: Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — One in every four Grade 5 students does not have the reading and mathematics skills for Grade 2 or 3, and four in every five 15-year-old students do not understand basic mathematical concepts such as fractions and decimals that should be…

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by Genalyn Kabiling, Manila Bulletin, 29 Jun 2021 The government is stepping up efforts to prevent teenage pregnancy, including ensuring access to sexual education and reproduction health services.