6 Apr 2020 – FARMERS URGE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT TO REGULATE IMPORTS AMID PLANT, PLANT, PLANT PROGRAM
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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 16 Apr 2020 September school opening opposed MANILA, Philippines — Various private school organizations are against the proposal to open classes in September, warning the government that many of their members are on the verge of closure after operations were suspended due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
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by ABS-CBN News, 16 Apr 2020 About 9.7 million senior citizens will get 6 months of their pension in advance this April to help them cope with the coronavirus pandemic that prompted a lockdown of the entire Luzon and several regions, a lawmaker said Thursday.
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by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star), 16 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. are offering postpaid subscribers a six-month installment bills payment to help ease the financial burden of their customers during the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19 outbreak.
by Edith Regalado (The Philippine Star ), 16 Apr 2020 DAVAO, Philippines — Two employees of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao City have died of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“Right there, in our own backyards.” It’s a common phrase in anti-trafficking awareness campaigns meant to convey the hidden nature of the crime and the fact that anyone can be victimized by traffickers. Technically, it’s true. Anyone can become a victim of sex and labor trafficking. But it’s also more complicated than that. In reality,…
3 Apr 2020 – BPO sector seen to help temper downturn
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By CNN Philippines Staff, 15 Apr 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 15) — Power distribution utilities will no longer charge households whose monthly electricity use fall below 50 kilowatts per hour for the March and April billing periods, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases announced on Wednesday.
By Kris Crismundo, 15 Apr 2020 MANILA – Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has clarified to tenants of both residential and commercial spaces that rental fees and charges are deferred but not waived, during the enhanced community quarantine.
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by Agence France-Presse, 15 Apr 2020 WASHINGTON — Around the world countries are hitting their coronavirus peaks and starting to grapple with questions about when and how to reopen their economies. But those people fortunate enough to have not lost their jobs should be prepared for a “new normal” when they finally go back to…
by Christia Marie Ramos, 15 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — More than a month after the entire Luzon was placed under lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Rodrigo Duterte approved a P50-billion wage subsidy for middle-income workers.
by Ian Biong, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) appealed to Bukidnon Governor Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. to lift his orders shutting down sugar mills and plantations in the province because “such restrictive policy would only result in artificial shortage and thus price spikes.”
by Julie M. Aurelio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 15 Apr 2020 MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte approved a P50.8-billion wage subsidy program for workers at micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Monday after he expressed reservations about a Senate proposal to include more than 5 million families in the government’s social amelioration program.
by ABS-CBN News, 15 Apr 2020 The MRT-7 Quezon Memorial Circle Station under construction. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File MANILA – Construction will resume for the government’s flagship railway projects despite lockdowns in the country to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Wednesday.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
“Safety and health at work every day!”
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 #TakePicturesVideos
Monthly Observances:
March – Women’s Role in History Month
April – Month of Planet Earth
Weekly Observances:
Last Week of March: Protection and Gender Fair Treatment of the Girl Child Week
Last Week of April – World Immunization Week
Daily Observances:
Mar 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transallantic Slave Trade
Mar 27– Earth Hour
Apr 21 – Civil Service Day
Apr 22 – World Earth Day
Apr 28 – World Day for Safety and Health at Work
