By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig, INQINQUIRER.net, 26 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez on Wednesday said they are targeting a lower percentage of closed businesses before the year ends.

by Prinz Magtulis (Philstar.com), 26 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 7:55 p.m., Nov. 26) — A highly contentious bill that rolls back some tax perks is on its way to enactment, bringing to close decades of grueling fight by government to recoup revenue losses which critics have consistently feared would only discourage much-needed foreign investments.

by Xave Gregorio (Philstar.com), 26 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives on Wednesday declared a climate emergency, calling climate change a “clear and present threat to the country’s national security and its efforts to reduce poverty.”

by Daxim L. Lucas, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines—So-called hot money investments in the Philippines yielded net inflows of $439 million in October after seven straight months of net outflows that started in March, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

18 Aug 2020 – Affiliates of NTUC Phl – NATOW, FFF, NUBE, Obrero Pilipino, PACIWU, PFL – formally report on issues, responses and initiatives against COVID-19.

November 30 is “Global day of action – Jobs, Rights, Safety,Accountability”! #Philippines Unionism is not terrorism! #NoToTerrorLawPH #HandsOffTradeUnionsPH Nov 25 to Dec 10 is 16 days of activism against gender-based violence! #RatifyC190 #StopGBV #OrangeThe World #16Days #GenerationEquality https://bit.ly/39aWa2g

“Those who are corrupt, lazy, incompetent in the government, be forewarned. You are now one text away,” sabi ni Presidential spokesperson Sec. Harry Roque tungkol sa paglulunsad ng SMS platform para sa 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center. pic.twitter.com/DpO5U7za4K — News5 (@News5PH) November 25, 2020

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by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 24 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that expands the prohibited acts of discrimination against women.

(Philstar.com), 24 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs said it repatriated another 10,326 Filipinos last week. “This brings the total number of repatriated Filipinos to 265,111 since February 2020,” a press release from the department reads.

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by ABS-CBN News, 23 Nov 2020 MANILA – The owner and contractors of the construction project at the Skyway Extension site in Muntinlupa are liable for the collapse of a steel girder last Saturday, an official of the labor department said Monday.

by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 23 Nov 2020 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Monday explained why there is a 5,000 cap on the deployment of healthcare workers.

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Government must do more & better for students and educators. But some of these “minimum demands” are simply impossible. pic.twitter.com/FiSNCTZxrG — Miguel R. Camus (@miguelrcamusINQ) November 23, 2020

by Prinz Magtulis (Philstar.com), 23 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A third set of budget stimulus measures dedicated to funding reconstruction from recent natural calamity appears off the table for the Duterte administration.

by Delfin T. Mallari Jr. @dtmallarijrINQ, 23 Nov 2020 LUCENA CITY — The municipal hall in the coastal town of General Luna in Quezon province has temporarily closed its doors Monday after some of its employees contracted the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

by Carla Gomez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 Nov 2020 BACOLOD CITY —- The Kabankalan City Hall in Negros Occidental was closed to people since Friday, Nov. 20, after at least 18 employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

by INQUIRER.net, 23 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Reports that the F00d and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted grants from foreign anti-tobacco groups have alarmed the International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO), an umbrella group of more than 35 national consumer associations.

by INQUIRER.net, 23 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Mass departures of foreigners due to the COVID-19 pandemic will continue until the end of the year and will have a major impact on the state of the country’s tourism, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Monday.

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star ) – 22 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) has trimmed its revenue and headcount projections until 2022 due to the pandemic.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 22 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has approved the new Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) which considers projects related to addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and investments in rural areas as activities entitled to incentives.

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 22 Nov 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Citing difficulties in attracting new students and ramping up enrollment, the 107-year-old College of the Holy Spirit of Manila (CHSM) will be ceasing operations after school year 2021-2022.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Nov 2020 The IT-BPM industry will hire fewer new workers and make less money than expected in the last years of the Duterte administration after the latest projections pulled down the already lowered forecast for 2022.

by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Nov 2020 The central bank’s view that the worst is over for the pandemic-ravaged local economy has been reinforced by the latest data about the movement of money in and out of Philippines during the third quarter.

by John Unson (Philstar.com), 21 Nov 2020 COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Bangsamoro government has released a P20,000 rehabilitation support each to parents of 180 children engaged in child labor as part of a campaign to address such malpractice.

by Vanne Elaine Terrazola, Manila Bulletin, 21 Nov 2020 Senator Joel Villanueva has called on the Department of Labor and Employment to immediately deploy labor inspectors at the ongoing Skyway Extension project in Muntinlupa City to determine if there were lapses in the safety protocols at the construction site.