by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 6 Oct 2020 Headline inflation eased to a four-month low of 2.3 percent year-on-year in September but the lack of public transportation, especially in Metro Manila, pushed transport costs to a 22-month high, hurting poor households the most.

October – many observances in the Philippines. National Statistics Month Cooperatives Month National Quality and Productivity Improvement Month National Indigenous Peoples Month Weekly Observances: Oct 17-23: National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty Week 1: Elderly Filipino Week Week 2: – National Health Education Week – Local Government Week – National Mental Health Week Last Week:…

October 5 is World Day of Teachers. Stay safe! Wear mask. Wash hands. Physical distancing. Unions teach the world about inequality and injustice!

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By CNN Philippines Staff, 5 Oct 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 5) — Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Monday claimed government’s win over the COVID-19 pandemic as over 22 million students from public schools return to school — sans face-to-face classes — despite the outcry of teachers and parents facing multiple challenges.

Here are the recommendations of the World Bank to ramp up digital transformation in the Philippines. | @bworldph pic.twitter.com/5sxxWCoDJT — Bea Laforga (@BeaLaforga) October 5, 2020

by Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Oct 2020 CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija, Philippines — At least 200 patients and staff members of the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City have been infected with the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the local interagency task force said on Saturday.

By Ian Nicolas Cigaral(Philstar.com), 5 Oct 2020 According to World Bank, digital technologies has, indeed, allowed people and the government to cope with strict social distancing measures, but limited telco facilities which, in turn, results to poor internet connection and coverage are showing the “digital divide” in the country. MANILA, Philippines — Regulatory impediments are…

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 5 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — For the first time in the country’s history, 22 million public elementary and high school students begin today their classes for a new academic year without stepping out of their houses.

by Christian Deiparine (Philstar.com), 5 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Higher Education on Monday said colleges and universities should consider the situation of its students and faculty members in giving out requirements, with many still adapting to changes brought by the coronavirus pandemic.

by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 5 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s adult unemployment rate has slightly eased down from record-high 45.5 percent recorded in July 2020, but still remains very high according to a latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.

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by Nazvi Careem, South China Morning Post, 4 Oct 2020 Cristina Ramos, in her role as AFC match commissioner, was inspecting identity documents of the Philippines men’s football team before their friendly against visitors Malaysia in February, 2012.

By Ben Kritz, Manila Times, 4 Oct 2020 Promoting nuclear power anywhere in the world at this point makes about as much sense as promoting zeppelins as a practical transportation option, and nowhere more so than in the Philippines. Reality and common sense, however, have never been much of an impediment to this country’s “nuclear…

by Eva Visperas (The Philippine Star), 4 Oct 2020 STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan – This town has recorded an unprecedented single-day surge in the number of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID cases.

by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 3 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Businesses in the service sector and wholesale and retail trade can now operate at full capacity, while restaurants and fast food outlets may seat beyond 50 percent capacity in general community quarantine (GCQ) areas, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said yesterday.

by Elizabeth Marcelo (The Philippine Star), 3 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — An executive of a Valenzuela footwear factory where 74 people – mostly workers – were trapped and killed in a fire in May 2015 has been acquitted of criminal charges, along with three officials of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).

By: Ronnel W. Domingo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Oct 2020 The Philippine franchising sector is seen shrinking by 70,000 outlets to 130,000 by the end of 2020 from a peak of 200,000 stores at the end of 2019 due to the onslaught of the coronavirus.

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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Oct 2020 As many as 3 million more Filipinos will either be jobless or fall into poverty this year due to the health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Bank.

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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 2 Oct 2020 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Friday, Oct. 2, said some countries have started easing restrictions, which were imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on foreign workers.

We are happy to share with you all an advocacy brief by @ITPCglobal, @SalamanderTrust and partners on Women, HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights before COVID-19. The advocacy brief can be assessed here https://t.co/qGw4oXtcVJ pic.twitter.com/4stKtKM0L6 — GBV Prevention Net (@GBVnet) October 2, 2020

by Reuters, 2 Oct 2020 MANILA—In the middle of a coronavirus lockdown in the Philippine capital, Grace Lagaday was struggling to breastfeed her newborn without milk storage bottles and nursing pads.

Authority of the Freeport of Bataan Administrator Emmanuel Pineda said their 87 locators, which have 20,000 workers, were able to resume their operations. Prior to the pandemic, he said 97 locators with 46,000 workers were operating in their ecozone. @BusinessMirror pic.twitter.com/TyCYVVD6ae — Samuel Medenilla (@sam_medenilla) October 1, 2020

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by Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 1 Oct 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said that the return of long-haul provincial bus operations coming to and from Metro Manila is still not guaranteed as most provinces remain hesitant to open their borders amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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