by Agence France-Presse, 11 Mar 2021 Some 12 million women may have lost access to contraception due to pandemic health disruptions, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency said Thursday, warning that the poorest and most vulnerable were the hardest hit.

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by Sheila Crisostomo (The Philippine Star), 10 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Population (PopCom) yesterday renewed its call for the protection of Filipino women, especially during the pandemic.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 10 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Unemployment in the country rose to 8.7 percent in January, accounting for four million jobless Filipinos due to the pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

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By Peter Tabingo, 9 Mar 2021 ONE cannot squeeze blood out of a dry stone or water out of a parched land. With this pronouncement, the Commission on Audit denied a petition by a group of former rank-and-file workers demanding the payment of P461.55 million as compensation for their unjust dismissal from the Light Rail…

By Margret Fermin, 9 Mar 2021 In the Philippines, the unemployment rate in January 2021 remained the same as the October 2020 rate of 8.7 percent. This is the lowest since April 2020 but higher than the January 2020 rate of 5.3 percent.

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by Marje Pelayo, UNTV, 8 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has issued new guidelines on the proper ventilation of workplaces and public transportation to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19.

by Louise Maureen Simeon, Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 6 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Inflation quickened for the fifth straight month in February to a new two-year high of 4.7 percent as prices of meat and oil products continue to rise, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday.

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By Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 4 Mar 2021 Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday warned employers against firing workers who will refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 4 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Corruption, bureaucratic red tape, and preferential treatment of the powerful compounded increasing trade barriers to pull down the Philippines in the latest annual gauge of economic freedom.

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By: Vincent Cabreza, Inquirer Southern Luzon, 3 Mar 2021 BAGUIO CITY—Employees of business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, or call centers, have been isolated this week due to a possible coronavirus outbreak after workplace tests confirmed that many of the 118 infection cases recorded in Baguio on Wednesday (Mar. 3) came from these facilities.

by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 3 Mar 2021 If schools all around the world were just one big classroom, 168 million children would be marked “absent” in the class attendance due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Almost 9 in 10 Filipinos feel they have been negatively impacted by COVID-19, said LinkedIn study, citing job insecurity, reduced working hours and reduced pay. This led to a cautious economic outlook among Filipinos,with 3 in 4 believing economic situation in PH has worsened. pic.twitter.com/p69ryaRfup — Tina Arceo-Dumlao (@tinaarceodumlao) March 2, 2021

By Ruben Cruz Jr., Businessmirror, 2 Mar 2021 The lockdowns that were imposed across the country starting March 2020 or one year ago to contain the Covid-19 pandemic completely disrupted the country’s economy.

by Marlowe Hood (Philstar.com), 2 Mar 2021 PARIS, France — Nature apparently is not healing and carbon emissions that declined during lockdowns are increasing, threatening to put climate treaty targets for capping global warming out of reach, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.

By: Ben O. de Vera, INQPhilippine Daily Inquirer, 1 Mar 2021 Cash remittance flows to the Philippines would again buck the projected prolonged global downtrend this year and grow by as much as 7 percent to support a rebound in household spending, financial giant Morgan Stanley said.

March 8 International Women’s Day Continuing Solidarity with CTU Myanmar, trade unions around the world, for democracy in Myanmar, with the daily protests of people in Myanmar against the military coup and continuing oppression. #WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideos

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By Cai Ordinario, Businessmirror, 26 Feb 2021 Addressing taxation gaps in the digital economy may require the government to boost its digital infrastructure expansion nationwide, according to the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).