By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQINQUIRER.net, 29 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is calling on the government to certify the bill providing a 14-day paid pandemic leave to workers as urgent, citing the reimposition of enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila and four provinces amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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by Ric Sapnu (The Philippine Star), 29 Mar 2021 IBA, Zambales, Philippines — A doctor at the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital (PRMMH) in this town yesterday died of COVID, the provincial health office said.

by Franco Luna (Philstar.com), 29 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — On the first day of the second enhanced community quarantine, it took all of three hours for editor and commuter Carl Lamiel to get from his home in San Mateo to his workplace in Mandaluyong.

The resource persons from ILO, BWSC/DOLE, PMAP (from recording) and NTUC Phl made presentations on the hughlights of ILO Convention 190, and the accompanying Recommendation 206, the implications on enterprises, what employers are doing to ‘continuously ensure safe and gender-responsive work environment’, what trade unions have been doing on gender-based violence (GBV) and violence and…

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By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com), 26 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A surge in demand from people ditching expensive condominiums for bigger spaces away from suffocating city lockdowns pushed up home prices in the last quarter of 2020, and the ascent is likely to be sustained by the shift in buyers’ preference.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 26 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Failure to control a renewed spike in coronavirus infections has dampened World Bank’s growth prospects for the Philippines, with the economy seen regaining less ground this year due to delays in mass vaccinations and underspending.

LOOK: Latest Pulse Asia Survey shows that 6 in 10 Filipinos don't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19. @rapplerdotcom pic.twitter.com/Vi0LgXimVc — Bonz Magsambol (@bnzmagsambol) March 26, 2021

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The @WorldBank today cuts its 2021 economic growth forecast for the Philippines to 5.5% from the 5.9% it last tipped during its December review. But it raised its growth projection for 2022 to 6.3% from 6% previously. @cnnphilippines — Lois Calderon (@Lois_Calderon) March 26, 2021

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By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Two women arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in December 2019 for offering minors for sexual services were convicted for human trafficking by a Laguna court.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines posted the second highest growth in online shopping site visits in Southeast Asia last year amid the pandemic, according to price aggregator iPrice Group.

by Rudy Santos (The Philippine Star), 25 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said yesterday it has launched an investigation into allegations that some of its officers were involved in the trafficking of 44 women to work in Syria.

by Nanchanok Wongsamuth/Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 Mar 2021 BANGKOK — The world’s top canned tuna firms are making “glacial progress” combating modern slavery in their supply chains, an advocacy group said on Tuesday, warning that the coronavirus pandemic had left fishers in Asia-Pacific more vulnerable to exploitation.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 23 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — South Korea-based Green Climate Fund (GCF) has earmarked $300 million (P14.57 billion) to support Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) green recovery program in Southeast Asia, with the Philippines among the top priorities.

By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 23 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Tuesday that it found 668 business establishments to have “deficiencies” in complying with health standards being imposed for workplaces to prevent the COVID-19 spread.

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By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 22 Mar 2021 PNP checkpoint along the boundary of Cainta, Rizal and Pasig City on day one of the ‘bubble’ Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 22) — Lockdowns cannot be the only solution to the worsening COVID-19 outbreak, private sector leaders said on day one of what authorities call…

By CAI ORDINARIO, Businessmirror, 22 Mar 2021 THE President’s economic team may have miscalculated the situation when they recommended loosening mobility restriction in their bid to boost the economy, according to economists.