by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 17 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Filipino senior citizens are forced to dip into their own savings to shoulder rising health costs that come with age, highlighting the insufficiency of public health resources that have come under intense scrutiny amid the pandemic and corruption allegations.
by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 16 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Slower declines in economic output can be expected in the second and third quarters of the year leading to a full-year contraction of eight percent, according to a former head of the National Economic and Development Authority.
by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 16 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) yesterday issued guidelines for additional protocols in the workplace, which include designating an occupational safety and health (OSH) committee and officer and providing temporary isolation facilities for symptomatic employees.
by The Straits Times/Asia News Network, 16 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — By 1 pm, dietitian Violah Koh, 39, has already received her fifth package of the day: two plants, pots and some garden soil.
By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS,GMA News, 16 Aug 2020 Adult joblessness in the Philippines rose to a record-high of 45.5% in July with half of the unemployed saying they lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, a recent poll of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) revealed.
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by Manila Standard, 16 Aug 2020 The number of overseas Filipino workers seeking assistance due to the effects of the COVID pandemic surged to more than 600,000, the labor department reported on Sunday.
By BusinessMirror, 16 Aug 2020 The mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant provides a massive background to science journalists’ photo op during their tour of the facility a few years back. The interest in nuclear power program is in high gear once again with government experts throwing their support for it after Malacañang gave a go…
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by Robertzon Ramirez (The Philippine Star), 15 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld its previous ruling allowing Mary Jane Veloso, the overseas Filipino worker on death row in Indonesia, to testify against her alleged illegal recruiters.
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The Civil Service Commission releases an update on the number of government employees, who were infected with Covid-19 as of 1:30 pm. @BusinessMirror pic.twitter.com/fhipqHDgRP — Samuel Medenilla (@sam_medenilla) August 14, 2020
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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 14 Aug 2020 CALABARZON, Philippines — The transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 in workplaces has been blamed for the increase in cases in Calabarzon.
by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 14 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — One in every three Filipino micro-entrepreneurs started a business during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey conducted by web-hosting company GoDaddy showed.
by Gabriel Pabico Lalu, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 14 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Seventy-nine percent or four in five Filipinos have claimed that their lives worsened in the last 12 months, a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey released Thursday has shown.
by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), 14 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Microcredit extended by GCash amounted to P2 billion in the first half, double the amount from the same period last year as the fintech compacontinues to provide more Filipinos access to alternative credit facility.
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By Yen Makabenta, Manila Times, 13 Aug 2020 First word THE Philippine response to the coronavirus pandemic would not be so jumpy and erratic if our decision-makers and implementers were more cognizant of the difference between data and information.
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by Philstar.com, 13 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Although the House transportation panel officially endorses the return of motorcycle taxi services, further plans on increasing the number of public utility jeepneys still depend largely on the eventual lifting of quarantine restrictions set by the government.
by Dale G. Israel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 13 Aug 2020 CEBU CITY —- A hotel and business process outsourcing firm (BPO) here were placed on lockdown after allegedly violating some quarantine protocols that led to the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands #Distancing #TakePicturesVideosturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
June 6: Migrant Workers Day
June 19: Filipino Youth Day
June 25: Day of the Filipino Seafarer
