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.

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by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star), 29 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — An Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) study on the impact of income to happiness provided further proof of poor but happy Filipinos.

by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 29 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — With almost half of patients now avoiding going to hospitals for fear of COVID, a former president of the Philippine Medical Association (PMA) has underscored the need for hospitals to adopt digital innovation to reach out to their patients.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed an executive order directing the government to prepare a strategy to effect a workforce recovery.

by Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star), 28 Jun 2021 “No fake news. No troll army. No cuss words or vulgarity. No rape jokes. No one had to explain what he actually meant.

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by Elijah Felice Rosales (The Philippine Star), 28 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — With just days to go before the expiration of the Bayanihan 1 pandemic aid law, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the release of P9.02 billion to the Department of Health (DOH) to cover the special risk allowance or…

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 28 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is recommending the extension of the work-from-home authorization given to information technology business process management (IT-BPM) firms beyond September this year.

BY RECTO MERCENE, Businesssmirror, 28 Jun 2021 THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) repatriated at the weekend 22 survivors of trafficking in persons (TIP) and illegal recruitment scams, following a lengthy stay in Syria.

(The Philippine Star), 27 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) has urged government to ensure that the implementation of the 12 percent VAT on indirect exports do not become another burden for exporters and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 27 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed anew the Philippines and three more countries on a gray, list, or those under increased monitoring after failing to address strategic deficiencies to counter money laundering as well as…

by Mary Ann LL. Reyes (The Philippine Star), 26 Jun 2021 Just recently, the Supreme Court put to an end the long-standing debate on whether the so-called holistic test can still be used by courts in determining whether or not trademark infringement has been committed.

by Elijah Felice Rosales (The Philippine Star), 26 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will no longer accept applications for VAT exemption from exporters for the purchase of goods and services as part of the lifting of fiscal incentives under the new tax law.

By Mariejo S. Ramos, 26 Jun 2021 Civil society organizations criticized the government for insisting on extending or creating another Bayanihan law when they could not even agree on how to use taxpayers’ monies that have already been allotted for pandemic recovery efforts.