PH Navy says 23 ship crew of BRP Quezon (PS70) tested + for COVID19. One personnel who has symptoms was brought to the quarantine facility at Ninoy Aquino Stadium. 22 crew who are asymptomatic are at a naval base in Cavite. The 25 crew who tested – are on quarantine aboard PS70 pic.twitter.com/OEdgpTJEwK — Frances…

The Straits Times/Asia News Network, 30 Sep 2020 WASHINGTON — Poverty in East Asia and the Pacific could increase this year for the first time in 20 years as the coronavirus pandemic keeps people in poverty and creates a class of new poor, the World Bank said on Tuesday (Sept 29).

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October 1 is International Day of Older Persons. Stay safe! Wear mask. Wash hands. Physical distancing. Our senior persons deserve their non-home lives, too!

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By: Armand Galang, Karl R. Ocampo, Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Sep 2020 CABANATUAN CITY—Left with no choice, Donie Roberto, a farmer in Barangay Bitas here, has to sell his rice harvest at P15.50 a kilogram, just a little above production cost.

By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 29 Sep 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 29) — The Philippine economy will see a deeper slump this year as the COVID-19 crisis remains uncontained in the country, pushing more people into poverty, the World Bank said.

by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star ) – 29 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) is now hiring so-called learning support aides or LSAs to help in the delivery of the basic education-learning continuity program (BE-LCP) distance learning in public schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic “new normal.”

There are now 81 #COVID19 cases among personnel of EEI Corporation in Bauan, Batangas. The last batch, comprised of 6 employees, has been moved to an isolation facility.1 has died 292 more employees to undergo swab test ?Bauan LGU | via @Dennis_Datu pic.twitter.com/bQArXCHD27 — ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) September 29, 2020

by Chris Panganiban, Edwin Fernandez, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 29 Sep 2020 COTABATO CITY, Maguindanao Philippines —Health officials in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have ordered the shutdown of a government hospital in Bongao town, Tawi-­Tawi province, after 72 health-care providers, including eight doctors, contracted the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 29 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 1 1:06 p.m., Sept. 29) — Around 2 million Filipinos would slide back to poverty this year because of the pandemic, nearly erasing gains over the past 5 years and making a rebound to pre-pandemic growth a struggle for the Philippines.

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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.