by ABS-CBN News, 8 Jun 2021 May ilang mga kawani ng Bureau of Internal Revenue sa Davao City ang nagpositibo sa COVID-19 kaya sinuspinde mula ang ilang transaksiyon sa nasabing tanggapan. DAVAO CITY – Pansamantalang suspendido simula ngayong Martes ang ilang transaksyon na isinasagawa sa tanggapan ng Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Region 19 matapos…

By: Nestor Corrales, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 8 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) should rescind its new regulation raising the income tax on private schools by 150 percent and prevent more private education institutions from closing down, according to House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez.

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 8 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sees economic recovery, and more Filipinos going back to work, following the rollout of vaccines for essential workers.

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by Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 8 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senators are likely going to push for the second extension of Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act until the end of the year, instead of passing another emergency spending bill as about half of the funding for the…

By Priam Nepomuceno, 7 Jun 2021 MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) has already signed a “term sheet” with cash-strapped shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC-Phil) for the use of its facility in Subic, Zambales.

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At least 403 employees of a call center in Davao City test positive for COVID-19 — Karlos Manlupig (@kmanlupigINQ) June 7, 2021

By Angelica Y. Yang, Reporter, 7 Jun 2021 THE Philippines needs to shift to flexible power plants and renewables, according to some experts, after rotating “brownouts” hit parts of Luzon last week.

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by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 7 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez supports the amendment of a section of the Tax Code pertaining to tax treatment of proprietary educational institutions.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 7 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government should build up on better labor market programs as the pandemic would have longer scarring effects on the country’s labor force even in a post-COVID era, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 7 Jun 2021 Highest in 12 years MANILA, Philippines — The non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of Philippine banks accelerated for the fourth straight month as bad debts continued to soar amid the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country.

by Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), 7 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Some of the 303 members of the Badjao tribe who were rescued in Manila last Friday may have been meant by a human trafficking syndicate to work as laborers, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) said yesterday.

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by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 7 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines (Updated 8:40 a.m., June 8)— Public health advocates have been calling on the Philippine government to help push for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 technologies to provide poor countries easier access to vaccines and medical products to combat the pandemic.

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MANILA – A total of 61 members of Anakpawis, a sectoral front organization of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), severed ties with the communist group and voluntarily surrendered to the government.

by Bambang Susantono, Sania Nishtar (The Philippine Star), 6 Jun 2021 Even before the pandemic, women in Asia and the Pacific were already at clear disadvantage in the labor market. Their jobs were often low-skilled and low-paid. They worked the longest hours in the world due to the combination of both paid and unpaid work.

by Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), 6 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government will have the budget to finance the grant of hazard pay to all government workers and health care workers in the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Department of Budget and Management said yesterday.

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by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 4 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A House ad hoc committee has approved a bill seeking to reform the pension system for military and other uniformed personnel (MUP).

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 4 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to grant mental wellness leave to workers has been filed in the House of Representatives.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 4 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A bill seeking to double the monthly social pension of about three million indigent senior citizens from P500 to P1,000 was approved recently by the House of Representatives.

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 3 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Inequality in the Philippines has increased substantially as the country is seen lagging in Asia-Pacific in terms of recovery, according to Moody’s Analytics.

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