LOOK: A week before the Oct. 5 school opening, @DepEd_PH says enrollment in both public and private schools has reached 24.66M or 88.80% of SY 2019-2020 enrollment | via @MB_InaHernando pic.twitter.com/pdawnuiCyC — Manila Bulletin News (@manilabulletin) September 28, 2020

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 28 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More companies may lay off workers as they shelve expansion plans for the fourth quarter and over the next 12 months as the economy took a downturn due to the implementation of mobility restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, according…

DepEd reports over 667-million modules have been printed and around 80% have been distributed. pic.twitter.com/DzQMca52VX — Marianne Enriquez (@mariannenriquez) September 28, 2020

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by Daphne Galvez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has reopened its COVID-19 emergency loan program to its members and pensioners.

by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Around 90,000 businesses, mostly micro small & medium enterprises (MSMEs), remain closed as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause chaos on the economy, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez told senators Monday.

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by Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 27 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than six months since the COVID-19 outbreak, provincial buses can finally enter Metro Manila. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) will open 12 provincial bus routes between Metro Manila and Central Luzon and Calabarzon starting Sept. 30.

by Julie S. Alipala, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 27 Sep 2020 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — The office of the Zamboanga City Special Economic Zone Authority and Freeport (Ecozone) has been on lockdown for almost a week now as its top official and several employees were on self-isolation there.

by Leslie Ann Aquino, Manila Bulletin, 27 Sep 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment on Sunday said Qatar’s new “non-discriminatory minimum wage” is beneficial to overseas Filipino workers.

by Krissy Aguilar, Inquirer, 27 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some 7.6 million Filipino households experienced involuntary hunger in the past three months, the highest hunger incidence since 2014, results of a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed Sunday.

by Jenniffer B. Austria, Manila Standard, 27 Sep 2020 STI Education Services Group Inc., which owns one of the largest networks of private schools in the Philippines, closed down seven schools and suspended the operations of five others on low enrollment turnout caused by the pandemic.

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by SunStar, 26 Sep 2020 THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) assured on Saturday, September 26, assistance for the over 4,000 workers displaced at the Mactan Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Cebu.

by Gerry Lee Gorit (The Philippine Star), 26 Sep 2020 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY , Philippines — An Australian and a Filipino alleged to be involved in online child sexual exploitation were arrested in Barangay Canitoan in this city on Thursday.

by Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star), 26 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Four minors believed to be victims of online sexual exploitation were rescued in Taguig City on Thursday.

by Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 26 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Some 24.5 million elementary and high school students have so far enrolled in public and private schools as classes are set to open under the “blended learning system” on Oct. 5 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said yesterday.

by Mariejo S. Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The situation in private schools seemed to be worse than Education Secretary Leonor Briones initially estimated in June as actual enrollment figures showed that less than half of learners have registered in those institutions this school year.

by Katrina Hallare, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 26 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Business groups are asking the government’s task force against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to exempt workers from the wearing of face shields in their workplaces, arguing that the protective gear affects productivity.

Fifty-five workers were killed, four injured or ill, in nine* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-August 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, three in  construction, one construction worker on the way to work,  one March medevac airplane incident, one June quarantine…

Another frontliner has fallen from Covid-19.Rest in peace, Nurse Joey E. Ner. Let us pray for the eternal repose of his soul and include his family and loved ones in our prayer ?????? Gepostet von United Frontliners PH am Freitag, 25. September 2020

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by Lawrence Agcaoili, Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 25 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines may post the biggest economic contraction in Asia-Pacific at almost 10 percent this year after imposing one of the world’s longest and strictest lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to S&P Global Ratings.