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11 Apr 2025 – Creation of jobs still top issue for voters – SWS

Published by rudy Date posted on April 12, 2025

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7 Mar 2025 – Jobless rate rises to 4.3%, highest in six months

Published by rudy Date posted on March 8, 2025
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12 Jan 2025 – 68% of PH workers need to upskill, says WEF study

Published by rudy Date posted on January 16, 2025
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22 Dec 2024 – Group hits ‘glaring anomalies in 2025 budget’

Published by rudy Date posted on December 23, 2024
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21 Dec 2024 – Civil society hits PhilHealth’s ‘do nothing’ budget

Published by rudy Date posted on December 22, 2024
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11 Nov 2024 – Inflation still most urgent concern of Pinoys – OCTA

Published by rudy Date posted on November 12, 2024
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7 Nov 2024 – Philippines’ GDP growth slows to 5.2% in Q3

Published by rudy Date posted on November 8, 2024
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8 Oct 2024 – Unemployment rate slides to 4%; employment rate now at 96%

Published by rudy Date posted on October 9, 2024
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30 Sept 2024 – 7 in 10 Pinoys take extra jobs, survey shows

Published by rudy Date posted on September 30, 2024
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16 Sept 2024 – OFW deployment up 9.8% in 2023

Published by rudy Date posted on September 21, 2024
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19 Aug 2024 – Senators question PhilHealth funding

Published by rudy Date posted on August 22, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/08/19/2378952/senators-question-philhealth-funding

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2 Aug 2024 – Buti pa sila: DBM: 4-part pay hike for gov’t workers to start in 2025

Published by rudy Date posted on August 2, 2024

DBM: 4-part pay hike for gov’t workers to start in 2025

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22 Jul 2024 – 17.5 million Filipinos can’t afford basic needs — PSA

Published by rudy Date posted on July 23, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/22/2372075/175-million-filipinos-cant-afford-basic-needs-psa

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20 Jul 2024 – Senator questions legality of PhilHealth fund transfer

Published by rudy Date posted on July 22, 2024

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/07/20/2371586/senator-questions-legality-philhealth-fund-transfer

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12 Jul 2024 – More Filipinos disappointed with government’s inflation response

Published by rudy Date posted on July 12, 2024
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3 Jul 2024 – Senate leaders slam P35 wage hike in NCR

Published by rudy Date posted on July 5, 2024

https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/07/03/news/national/senate-leaders-slam-p35-wage-hike-in-ncr/1954758

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19 Jun 2024 – The Philippine Economy Is the Least Competitive in Southeast Asia, Report Says Across the Asia-Pacific region, the country ranks second to the lowest.

Published by rudy Date posted on June 21, 2024
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15 jun 2024 – Philippines still among worst countries for workers

Published by rudy Date posted on June 16, 2024
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28 May 2024 – Analysts trim down inflation expectations

Published by rudy Date posted on May 29, 2024
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8 May 2024 – Jobless Filipinos hit 2 million in March 2024 — PSA

Published by rudy Date posted on May 10, 2024
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2 May 2024 – Hunger highest since 2021 – SWS poll

Published by rudy Date posted on May 4, 2024
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26 Apr 2024 – Marcos extends service of government contractual workers

Published by rudy Date posted on April 30, 2024
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16 Apr 2023 – The Nationally Determined Contribution: Looking back at the Philippines’s climate promise

Published by rudy Date posted on March 13, 2024
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11 Mar 2024 – Philippine investment inflows declined in 2023 — BSP data

Published by rudy Date posted on March 12, 2024
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Feb 22, 2024 – ‘Wage hike needs to be staggered

Published by rudy Date posted on February 24, 2024
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Jan 31, 2024 – PH’s full-year 2023 GDP growth strongest among major Asian economies

Published by rudy Date posted on February 3, 2024

31/01/24 Department of Finance PH’s full-year 2023 GDP growth strongest among major Asian economies The Philippines finished strong in 2023 with a full-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 5.6 percent, outpacing major economies in Asia, such as China (5.2 percent), Vietnam (5.0 percent), and Malaysia (3.8 percent) based on the latest available data.…

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9 Jan 2023 – Jobless rate further shrinks to 3.6% — PSA

Published by rudy Date posted on January 10, 2024
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13 Dec 2023 – Government gets lowest points in fighting inflation – survey

Published by rudy Date posted on December 13, 2023
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12 Dec 2023 – Senate concurs with ILO [C190] ratification

Published by rudy Date posted on December 12, 2023
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10 Dec 2023 – Income inequality: The debate continues

Published by rudy Date posted on December 12, 2023
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April 2025

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

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

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

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