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DTI clarifies rents are deferred, not waived during ECQ

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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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[ANALYSIS] Duterte’s coronavirus aid: Too little, too slow, too politicized

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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Fewer meetings, more toilet lids: What workplaces will look like after lockdowns

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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…

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PIDS study clearly defines who are real middle-class citizens in PH

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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.

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Allow sugar mills, plantations to operate, Bukidnon gov told

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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.”

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P50-B pay subsidy approved for middle-income workers

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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.

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Build, Build, Build rail projects get IATF greenlight to proceed despite lockdown: Tugade

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020

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.

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14 Apr 2020 – DOLE belies it is underreporting the number of workers affected by the community quarantine to contain COVID-19.

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020
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8 Apr 2020 – OFWs displaced by COVID-19 to get P10k from DOLE

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020
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1 Apr 2020 – DOLE bent on providing assistance to as many workers in the formal economy as we give to informal sector workers.

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020
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25 Mar 2020 – Local, overseas workers affected by COVID-19 assured of gov’t assistance

Published by rudy Date posted on April 15, 2020
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Crisis can spark transformation and renewal

Published by rudy Date posted on April 14, 2020

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7 Predictions for a post-coronavirus world

Published by rudy Date posted on April 14, 2020

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Very pleased to see these health and hygiene guidelines for informal food vendors and spaza shops out in the world. Many informal workers have been classified as essential workers and need health guidelines adapted to their workplaces and circumstances.

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on April 14, 2020

Very pleased to see these health and hygiene guidelines for informal food vendors and spaza shops out in the world. Many informal workers have been classified as essential workers and need health guidelines adapted to their workplaces and circumstances. https://t.co/Mc7YqlDE9N — Laura Alfers (@Laura_WIEGO) April 14, 2020

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Building resistance: a rights-based, holistic approach against Covid-19

Published by rudy Date posted on April 14, 2020

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AI is helping us combat the economic problem of human trafficking

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on April 14, 2020

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The coming mental health crisis as remote working surges

Published by rudy Date posted on April 13, 2020

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10 Apr 2020 – Two more frontliners die from COVID-19

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on April 11, 2020

  Mandaluyong hospital’s chief nurse passes away due to COVID-19 via Inquirer Mobile: http://inqm.news/axgn Ospital ng Paranaque’s Dr. Ephraim Neal Orteza succumbs to COVID-19 via Inquirer Mobile: http://inqm.news/axgs

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The new inequalities and people-to-people social protection

Published by rudy Date posted on April 3, 2020

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School, interrupted: 4 options for distance education to continue teaching during COVID-19

Published by rudy Date posted on April 1, 2020

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Could basic income protect livelihoods during the coronavirus crisis?

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on March 30, 2020

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29 March 2020 – Twelve Filipino doctors have died fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Philippine Medical Association said Sunday.

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on March 30, 2020

  29 March 2020 – Twelve Filipino doctors have died fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Philippine Medical Association said Sunday.

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14 ways to protect your mental health in the pandemic, according to Public Health England

Published by rudy Date posted on March 29, 2020

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Social protection responses to the Covid-19 crisis: Country responses in Asia and the Pacific (data as of 25 March 2020).

Published by rudy Date posted on March 25, 2020

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Green energy could drive Covid-19 recovery with $100tn boost

Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on March 20, 2020

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[ANALYSIS] Why Filipinos need to stay at home until June (or even longer)

Published by rudy Date posted on March 19, 2020

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Tax administrations and control of the digital economy

Published by rudy Date posted on January 31, 2020

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Published by NTUCPHL Date posted on January 25, 2020

Forty-six workers were killed, fourteen workers were injured and six missing in 33 serious workplace incidents in the Philippines in January-December 2019, an NTUC Philippines compilation of media reports show. Most of those killed were in Construction (nine) and in Mining (nine). Four workers died, eight were injured and three (corrected) were missing from the…

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26 Nov 2019 – Construction worker injured in Rizal Memorial Stadium accident

Published by rudy Date posted on November 27, 2019

Construction worker  injured in Rizal Memorial Stadium accident

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The ‘flexible’ gig economy is not such a great option for women after all

Published by rudy Date posted on November 19, 2019

Flexibility is difficult for many workers to take advantage of in practice. by Abigail Hunt, 19 Nov 2019 The gig economy – which sees Uber-style platforms link workers to the purchasers of their services – is growing globally. Policy players from the World Bank to the European Parliament have lauded platforms for their role in…

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July 2025

Nutrition Month
“Give us much more than P50 increase
for proper nutrition!”

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

Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

July


3 July – International Day of Cooperatives
3 Ju
ly – International Plastic Bag Free Day
 
5 July –
World Youth Skills Day 
7 July – Global Forgiveness Day
11 July – World Population Day 
17 July – World Day for
International Justice
28 July – World Nature Conservation Day
30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons 


Monthly Observances:

Schools Safety Month

Nutrition Month
National Disaster Consciousness Month

Weekly Observances:

Week 2: Cultural Communities Week
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise
Development Week
Week 3: National Science and
Technology Week
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation Week
July 1-7:
National Culture Consciousness Week
July 13-19:
Philippines Business Week
Week ending last Saturday of July:
Arbor Week

 

Daily Observances:

First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines

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