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September is a busy month in the Philippines. Health, Safety and Sanitation Month National Clean-up Month Civil Service Month Social Security Month Rule of Law Month National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5 to Oct 5) All celebrations highlighting the needs for the pandemic curse.
Today during his appearance before the #GallopInquiry @pasi_sahlberg suggested five ways to improve NSW schools and the work of teachers. pic.twitter.com/RCSJVd0G0X — Teachers Federation (@TeachersFed) September 2, 2020
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Bilang ng mga nawalan ng trabaho sa bansa mula Enero hanggang Agosto 2020, umabot na sa mahigit 180,000 ayon sa DOLE. | via @JohnsonManabat pic.twitter.com/viuAvj252l — DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) September 2, 2020
by AFP Relaxnews, 2 Sep 2020 At a time when over 860,000 people worldwide have succumbed to COVID-19, a new study conducted by the Pew Research Center has investigated how national populations in 14 countries feel about their government’s management of the health crisis.
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September 8 is International Literacy Day. Stay safe! Wear mask. Wash hands. Physical distancing. Craft better learning opportunities for all!
Fifty-one workers were killed, four injured or ill, in seven* serious work incidents in the Philippines in January-July 2020, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. One incident in agriculture, another in a mill warehouse, one in a construction area, one construction worker on the way to work, one March medevac airplane incident, one…
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By Joann Villanueva, 1 Sep 2020 MANILA – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has stopped accepting emergency loan applications vis-à-vis the pandemic but has lined up three other loans programs that will address the needs of its members.
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by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 1 September 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Gender inequality is still rampant in the country, even in the farm sector as male farmer workers were paid more last year than their female counterparts.
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@shailagarde Aug 30 Breakdown of COVID-19 cases and deaths among healthcare workers as of August 29: (1/2) Nurses: 2,401 (6 deaths) Doctors: 1,433 (26 deaths) Nursing Assistant: 484 Medical Technologist: 304 Midwife: 144 Radiologic Technologist: 138 Pharmacist: 68 Respiratory Therapist: 57 (2/2) Admin staff: 557 (4 deaths) Utility: 208 (1 death) Barangay Health Worker: 133…
by Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star), 29 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Insurance Commission (IC) has instructed all regulated entities selling various insurance products not to discriminate against persons with disabilities (PWDs).
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2020 Environmental Performance Index Top 10 Countries 1. Denmark ??2. Luxembourg ??3. Switzerland ??4. UK ??5. France ??6. Austria ??7. Finland ??8. Sweden ??9. Norway ??10. Germany ?? Source: @YaleEnviro & @ciesin pic.twitter.com/TtlmMCP0YI — Informal Economy (@EconomyInformal) August 28, 2020
by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 28 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic are getting financial aid from the government to pay part of the tuition of their children.
by INQUIRER.net, 28 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The House joint committees on Trade and Industry and Health approved a substitute bill regulating the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs).
by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 28 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A total of 6,735 healthcare workers in the Philippines have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) the Department of Health’s (DOH) said in its latest data released on Friday.
by Agence France-Presse, 28 Aug 2020 Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread school closures, at least one-third of students affected around the world lack access to virtual education, according to a United Nations (U.N.) study released Wednesday.
by ABS-CBN News, 28 Aug 2020 MANILA – Fearing COVID-19, Loran Vingson orders daily essentials online. As shops find more ways to reach consumers during the coronavirus pandemic, more new job descriptions rise including personal shoppers and community grocer services.
by Carla Gomez, Philippine Inquirer, 27 Aug 2020 BACOLOD CITY —- A 51-year-old male nurse who tested positive for the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) died in a hospital here on Tuesday night.
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