By: Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Mar 2021 BACOLOD CITY—A union leader here reminded employers they should conduct a survey to find out if their workers were willing to get injected with coronavirus vaccines.
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by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News, 19 Mar 2021 Security personnel keep the gates closed at the Department of Education (DepEd) headquarters in Pasig City on Friday. The entire central office has been locked down from March 18 to 24 as a precaution on the spread of the COVID-19 virus, following reported cases in its offices.
By CNN Philippines Staff, 19 Mar 2021 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 19)— A majority of Filipinos believed it is “dangerous” to print or broadcast things critical of the administration, according to a recent survey.
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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 19 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More Filipinos are now using digital commerce platforms and cashless payments due to the pandemic, according to the latest survey conducted by Visa.
by Christina Mendez (The Philippine Star), 19 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The health worker who died days after getting vaccinated might have already been infected with COVID-19 at the time he got the vaccine from Sinovac, a medical expert said yesterday.
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Department of justice padre faura locked down 17 employees positive — Puretuts EnP (@puretuts) March 18, 2021
LOOK: Department of Social Welfare and Development Central Office to go on lockdown for 3 days, starting tomorrow until Sunday, for disinfection after COVID-19 cases among personnel. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/Whg2CTBEzf — Pia Ranada (@piaranada) March 18, 2021
by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 18 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — More government offices have been put under lockdown as COVID-19 cases among employees spike, with authorities using the closure to implement necessary sanitation and disinfection procedures.
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by Jarius Bondoc (The Philippine Star), 17 Mar 2021 Diverse groups agree: the 2022 presidential election is make or break. No room for mistake. A wrong choice can disintegrate the Republic. National survival compels the groups to converge.
by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 16 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ return to pre-pandemic level is likely to come 3 months earlier next year, but growth that would make that happen will do little to salvage the country from being Asia Pacific’s laggard.
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by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), 15 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Some 1.4 million unintended pregnancies have been recorded due to the disruption in contraception services since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared a year ago, according to the United Nations’ sexual and reproductive health agency.
(Agence France-Presse), 16 Mar 2021 Andrix Serrano studies alone inside a Manila slum shack he shares with his street-sweeper grandmother. Like many in his fourth-grade class, he has no internet for his shuttered school’s online lessons.
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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, 16 Mar 2021 While it managed to provide opportunities for students amid a school year filled with challenges due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country, the Department of Education (DepEd) maintained that the conduct of physical classes is still necessary for the overall growth of learners.
(Philstar.com), 16 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A workers group slammed Tuesday the adjustment of a uniform curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. across Metro Manila, calling it a burden to all workers in the capital region amid the pronounced shortage in mass transportation.
by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 16 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A coalition of healthcare professionals called on private firms and local government units to implement measures such as staggered working hours and coordinated contact tracing as the country deals with another spike in COVID-19 cases.
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