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https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/03/21/2342043/ai-boon-or-bane

https://www.philstar.com/opinion/2024/02/08/2331728/philippines-must-prepare-ai-economic-revolution

BY CAI ORDINARIO, Businessmirror, 7 Dec 2021 OVER two million women rejoined the labor force in October but not all of them may have found decent jobs, according to the latest data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), which reported higher underemployment on Tuesday.

by Louella Desiderio – The Philippine Star, 15 Sep 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The pilot implementation of the COVID-19 alert level system in Metro Manila starting tomorrow is expected to generate P180 million a week in revenue and bring back about 200,000 jobs in restaurants and personal care service establishments, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said…

by Alexandria Dennise San Juan, 8 Sep 2021 Sustained government efforts to ease quarantine restrictions and the continuous vaccination drives are expected to retain the improvements in the country’s workforce amid the health crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said.

by Miguel Louis Galang – Philstar.com, 27 Aug 2021 Alex, 28, works a day job as an interior designer for an architectural firm. In between, she moonlights as a mural artist, having painted for various establishments like malls and restaurants.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 14 Aug 2021 Philippine job displacement worst in ASEAN MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should work doubletime in bringing back jobs to avoid long-term scars from the pandemic, especially as the country recorded the largest working-hour losses in Southeast Asia.

by Cielito F. Habito, 13 Jul 2021 Believe it or not, we have more than recovered the number of jobs killed by the pandemic last year. We now have over two million jobs more than there were before the pandemic flattened our economy. The May 2021 Labor Force Survey (LFS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority…

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by Louella Desiderio (The Philippine Star), 1 Jul 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Government agencies and business groups have signed an agreement to create one million jobs this year to help the economy bounce back from the impact of the pandemic.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has signed an executive order directing the government to prepare a strategy to effect a workforce recovery.

by Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star), 7 Jun 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government should build up on better labor market programs as the pandemic would have longer scarring effects on the country’s labor force even in a post-COVID era, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

by Czeriza Valencia (The Philippine Star), 17 May 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Even as more sections of the economy adapt to a more challenging environment, gains in employment cannot be sustained with the repeated imposition of strict lockdowns, according to the Department of Finance (DOF).

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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 30 Mar 2021 MANILA, Philippines — To help stop the spread of COVID-19 in communities, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is deploying displaced informal workers as contact tracers.

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 4 Feb 2021 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 10:28 p.m., Feb. 4)— The Philippines is facing a long-lasting economic effect of the pandemic that would require the Duterte administration to devote its last years in office for repair

by Beatrice M. Laforga, BusinessWorld, 3 Feb 2021 DEPARTMENTS under the National Government may have to reduce their workforce when some projects will be devolved to local government units (LGUs) starting next year, the Budget chief said

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by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), 11 Jan 2021 MANILA, Philippines — A labor group fears a “worse” unemployment situation in the country this year, unless the government enforces the necessary intervention measures.

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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 Romina Cabrera (The Philippine Star), 23 Aug 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) hopes to start its mass hiring of 50,000 contact tracers by next month.

by Mariel Alison L. Aguinaldo, Businessmirror, 18 Jun 2020 THE Labor department chief expects the country’s labor market, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, to recover in one to two years.

by Cecille Suerte Felipe (The Philippine Star), 7 June 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Bong Go has urged the labor and trade departments to collaborate with other government agencies to work on strategies and measures that could mitigate the adverse effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the livelihood and employment of affected…

By Kris Crismundo, PNA, 5 Jun 2020 MANILA – The country’s chief economist remains optimistic about the prospects of economy and employment despite the setbacks brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

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