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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 4 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has extended over P22 million in loans to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) under a facility that seeks to help them start their own businesses.
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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 3 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses all over the globe have become more optimistic as COVID-19 vaccines are rapidly deployed, but many remain cautious with the virus proving to be unpredictable.
by Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), 3 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday terminated the search and rescue operations for the seven crewmembers of the LCT Cebu Great Ocean that ran aground during the onslaught of Typhoon Bising in Surigao del Norte last month.
ITUC AP General Secretary Shoya Yoshida stressed a new social contract for inclusive and income-led growth free from tyranny and inequaity for a principled recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. NTUC PHL President Rodolfo M. Capoquian, in his remarks, led solidarity calls (1) for workers killed and injured in workplace accidents, as well as departed trade…
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MANILA – Senior officials of the United States and Philippine governments conducted on April 29, 2021 the final high-level dialogue to mark accomplishments and outline next steps after the conclusion of the four-year US – Philippines Child Protection Compact (CPC) Partnership.
By Julie M. Aurelio, 2 May 2021 A House official has filed a bill to fix the pension system for military and other uniformed personnel (MUP) as it faces an “imminent existential threat” because its current funding will be “unsustainable” if no reforms were made soon.
by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Private sector workers in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) may receive a wage subsidy of P8,000 each for three months as part of the government’s eight-point agenda for employment recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Sheila Crisostomo, Rhodina Villanueva, Emmanuel Tupas, Ralph Edwin Villanueva (The Philippine Star), 2 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Workers from various organizations and unions staged simultaneous Labor Day protests yesterday to demand protection against the COVID-19 pandemic and aid amid the recession.
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By: Krissy Aguilar, INQINQUIRER.net, 1 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Saturday said they will hold accountable those who subject health workers to discrimination, intimidation and even red-tagging despite their crucial role in the COVID-19 response.
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by Dona Z. Pazzibugan, 1 May 2021 “Jessica,” a saleswoman in a Metro Manila mall, was jobless for most of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. She and her husband are contractual workers who earn minimum wage. The initial hard lockdown put them, along with millions of others, out of work.
By Filane Mikee Cervantes, 30 Apr 2021 MANILA – A bill creating a sustainable fiscal framework for the separation, retirement, and pension benefits of the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) was filed at the House of Representatives on Thursday.
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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 30 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Japanese firm Leading Co. Ltd. plans to invest in wiring harness manufacturing operations in the Philippines, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.
by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 30 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Developing economies in Asia-Pacific, including the Philippines, need to strive harder to address inequality as decades worth of gains in reducing poverty have been pushed back due to the pandemic.
by Roy Mabasa, 29 Apr 2021 The four-year partnership between the United States and the Philippines to combat online sexual exploitation and child labor trafficking has resulted in the arrests of 97 perpetrators and successful identification of 312 victims, a joint US and Philippines report said Thursday, April 29.
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(Philstar.com), 29 Apr 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A nationwide survey has suggested that distance learning is negatively affecting the physical and mental wellbeing of more than a majority of public school teachers who were its respondents.
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by Raymund Catindig (The Philippine Star), 28 Apr 2021 TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Twenty-five employees of the Kalinga Provincial Hospital in Tabuk City, who had received the first dose of their COVID-19 vaccine, were found infected with the virus on Monday.
July 2025
Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
July
3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 July – International Plastic Bag Free Day
5 July – World Youth Skills Day
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day
17 July – World Day for International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Monthly Observances:
Schools Safety Month
Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
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