by Catherine Talavera (The Philippine Star), 30 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Vacancy in the Metro Manila office market is seen to post its highest level since the global financial crisis by the end of the year, driven by Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) vacating spaces and business process outsourcing (BPO) firms rationalizing their office…

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by Gaea Katreena Cabico (Philstar.com), 29 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Seven in 10 Filipinos expressed concern they will be affected by the impacts of climate change despite having low level of awareness on the issue, a study of Harvard University’s humanitarian research center suggested.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star), 29 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Earnings of state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) plummeted in the first nine months as its income from gaming operations suffered following the temporary suspension of casino operations due to the pandemic.

by Daxim L. Lucas, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Short-term investments left the country’s financial markets at a faster rate in September, aggravating the the total tally of foreign portfolio funds that have been repatriated by fund managers since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

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by Ramon Royandoyan (Philstar.com), 28 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Operations of two mining firms were disrupted by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 28 Oct 2020 Workers test positive for COVID-19 MANILA, Philippines — Philex Mining Corp. and Apex Mining Co. Inc. have suspended operations in their mine sites after some employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 28 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The shift by businesses in the Philippines to digital transactions may be permanent as the country continued to impose varying degrees of containment measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, according to a survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

by Ding Cervantes (The Philippine Star), 28 Oct 2020 CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, Philippines — A youth group is challenging the Department of Education (DepED) to “prove its claims that suicides should not be linked to distance or modular learning” amid the COVID-19 pandemic, after the group monitored at least 17 suicide incidents among students so…

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by Alexandria Dennise San Juan, Manila Bulletin, 27 Oct 2020 The Department of Labor and Employments (DOLE) has teamed up with ride-hailing company Grab Philippines through its Free Bisiklete (FreeBis) initiative to provide livelihood opportunities to displaced Filipino workers as delivery partners within the firm’s platforms.

by ABS-CBN News, 27 Oct 2020 MAYNILA – Maituturing na psychological violence laban sa kababaihan ang pagkakaroon ng kabit ng mister, ayon sa ruling na kinatigan ng Supreme Court.

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by Crispian Balmer, Reuters, 27 Oct 2020 ROME – European governments moved on Tuesday to set new curbs in motion to try to rein in a fast-growing surge of coronavirus infections and provide economic balm to help businesses survive the pandemic.

by Prinz Magtulis (Philstar.com), 27 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Duterte administration will no longer accept proposals to construct new coal power plants, a dramatic shift in energy policy that counts on declining costs of renewables to attract clean power investments.

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by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez (The Freeman), 26 Oct 2020 The answer is no, as a general rule, especially for women workers. There are exceptions though that are applicable to men and I shall explain them below. Women cannot be dismissed due to marriage or for getting pregnant. Both the law and public policy, as…

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by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 26 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The projected two percent decline in remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have minimal impact on the economy, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 26 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Economic output in emerging Asia hit worst by COVID-19 like the Philippines is expected to remain up to 15 percent below pre-pandemic level in the near term, according to the macroeconomy research firm Capital Economics.

PHILEX MINING CORP$PX – 2-day suspension of ops – COVID outbreak at Pascale site– PX will close for at least two days to implement “measures to minimize risk of transmission”– 1,000 emps and family exposed– Early testing @ 9.5% positive rate — Merkado Barkada (@MerkadoBarkada) October 26, 2020

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 26 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The deployment of Filipino construction workers abroad is going full blast, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 26 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than 14,000 employees of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport stand to lose their jobs amid the proposed rehabilitation of the NAIA.