by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 22 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The government is seeking a higher budget of P152 billion next year to roll out convergence programs on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.

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by Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), 22 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an additional 150 million children into a multidimensional poverty that is deprived of education, health, housing, nutrition and sanitation, a new United Nations study revealed.

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by Ben O. de Vera, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 21 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The government’s tax collection from the overseas gambling business is falling as operators close shop and their mostly Chinese workers are fleeing the new coronavirus in the Philippines, the country worst hit by the COVID-19 pathogen in Southeast Asia.

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by Merlina Hernando-Malipot, Manila Bulletin, 21 Sep 2020 Recognizing the risks and dangers children face as the education system shifts into distance learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday announced that a supplemental policy will be issued to strengthen its Child Protection Policy (CPP).

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by Adam J. Ang, BusinessWorld, 20 Sep 2020 NUCLEAR ENERGY could be helping power the grid by 2027 at the earliest, according to the Department of Energy (DoE).

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by Madonna T. Virola, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Sep 2020 CITY OF CALAPAN — Twenty-one employees of the municipal government of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to the local government in a report on Saturday evening.

by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 20 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has directed banks and other financial institutions to immediately comply with the provisions of a new law including the 60-day reprieve on loan payments amid the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 pandemic.

Happy to share my latest column @voxeu with my colleague Hannah Liepmann on the need to combine #ALMPs with #socialprotection to improve workers’ perspectives. https://t.co/hhId3uJEQA pic.twitter.com/4MkOxUSq64 — Verónica Escudero (@VeEscudero_) September 19, 2020

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by: Northbound Philippines News Online, 18 Sep 2020 MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has deployed around 5,000 inspectors to ensure workplaces’ compliance with occupational health and safety standards for Filipino workers.

by Krissy Aguilar, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 18 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the state of calamity placed over the entire Philippines for one more year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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by Edu Punay (The Philippine Star), 18 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — With the recent signing of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, the private education sector is hopeful that it will finally receive the much-needed economic assistance from the government.

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News, 18 Sep 2020 The European Parliament has urged the Philippine government to drop charges against Rappler chief Maria Ressa and renew the franchise of the shuttered broadcast network ABS-CBN.

By Samuel Medenilla, Businessmirror, 17 Sep 2020 The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is targeting to provide emergency employment to a new batch of 700,000 displaced informal sector workers under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, or Bayanihan 2.

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A Filipino family of five’s economic standing based on their monthly income. Data was presented to the Senate finance committee by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). | via @sherieanntorres pic.twitter.com/jpm4XXZWmu — ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) September 17, 2020

by Elfren S. Cruz (The Philippine Star), 17 Sep 2020 The pandemic has radically changed the way office work is done. There was a time when work from home (WFH) sounded like an impossible practice. Now with the rule that only 50 percent of employees can report to the office at any one time, companies…

by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 17 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The social and economic impacts of the pandemic have triggered mental health concerns among Filipinos, according to a psychologist at the University of the Philippines.

by Pia Lee Brago (The Philippine Star), 17 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 pandemic is worsening the incidence of online sexual abuse and exploitation in the Philippines, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund.

by Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News, 17 Sep 2020 MANILA – At least 40 children aged between 10 and 14-years-old give birth in the Philippines every year, an official from the Population Commission (POPCOM) said, Thursday.

by INQUIRER.net, 17 Sep 2020 MANILA — The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development (CEED) said Thursday the country’s dependence on coal power has actually driven power prices higher, as seen in the recent spike in electricity prices.