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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.

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.

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by Genalyn Kabiling, Manila Bulletin, 14 Sep 2020 A one-time 60-day grace period for paying loans, including credit card payments, will be allowed under the Bayanihan 2 law to ease the burden of the public amid the coronavirus pandemic.

by Associated Press, 11 Sep 2020 GENEVA — The United Nations independent expert on poverty is warning that the worst impacts from the coronavirus pandemic on poverty are yet to come, and that measures taken by governments to protect people so far have been insufficient.

by Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star), 10 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and nearby provinces lost an estimated P1.5 trillion in sales for every month that these areas were on lockdown, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).

by (Philstar.com) – 10 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Almost a fifth of Filipinos may not have access to face masks amid the coronavirus-induced quarantines, new data from an international finance comparison platform suggests.

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By Ferdinand Patinio, 4 Sep 2020 MANILA – Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani Jr. on Friday expressed hope that the government would allow more faithful to attend Masses in churches.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 4 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines— The number of Filipinos without jobs fell in July from a record high in April following the easing of community quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

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by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Sep 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has seen a 4,000-percent increase in the number of registered online businesses during the six-month lockdown enforced by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

By: Ben O. de Vera – Reporter, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 3 Sep 2020 Millions of Filipinos have turned to becoming their own bosses in business ventures as some jobs returned in July, easing unemployment to 10 percent as lockdowns eased.

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.

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 Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 21 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) will look into the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) study that said nearly three million Filipinos may have been infected with coronavirus disease.

by Roy Stephen C. Canivel, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The country’s largest business group said the government does not seem to have a sound plan to save the economy from a downward spiral, as it appealed for a seat at the table during COVID-19 policy discussions.

by Christia Marie Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 20 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — After a total of five bicameral panel meetings, 40 hours of deliberations and “hundreds of messages in group chats, dozens of phone calls and Zoom video conference discussions,” Congress finally came out with the final version of the proposed Bayanihan to Recover…

By Ma. Cristina Arayata, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 Aug 2020 MANILA – A coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine will likely be available in the Philippines by the second quarter of 2021, and clinical trials will start in the country by the fourth quarter of 2020, an official from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)…

By: Bong Lozada – Reporter, 19 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines—Senator Joel Villanueva encouraged employers to send their workers for COVID-19 testing as the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has “sufficient funds” to shoulder the costs.

by Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat, Manila Bulletin, 19 Aug 2020 More than 18 million workers in the Philippines are affected by the dual destructive impact of digitalization and COVID-19 disruption, according to a study by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

by Philstar.com, 19 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — After placing Metro Manila and nearby provinces under a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ), Malacañang has announced several “transition protocols” to be implemented in the capital region starting Wednesday.

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By Melissa Luz Lopez, CNN Philippines, 18 Aug 2020 Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 18) — Up to a million Filipino youth are at risk of going jobless this year due to the pandemic if lockdown rules stretch on, a joint report of the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organization said.

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by (Philstar.com), 17 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — As it gears towards the opening of classes on October, the Department of Education on Monday announced a number of benefits to be made available to public school teachers in the coming months.