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The unemployment rate went up by a significant margin from March to April, but the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said this was expected due to recent circumstances connected to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The government has been “diligent” in providing financial aid to Filipinos hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte declared Wednesday after learning the “ayuda” distribution is almost complete.

The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) is urging all Filipino filmmakers to participate in its filmmaking competition, which focuses on video content projects in the time of the pandemic.

Physicians from Negros Oriental are urging the national government to place the province under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the high number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases.

San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Thursday that the city has completed its distribution of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) cash assistance from the national government to help those who were adversely affected by the ECQ and Modified ECQ (MECQ) in Metro Manila.

The government has distributed “billions” of assistance to the poor to help them cope with the pandemic, President Duterte said in rejecting criticisms the government was doing nothing to provide aid during the pandemic.

As the deadline set by the national government for the distribution of financial aid looms, the Parañaque City government said it will complete it before the end of this week.

As far as the leader of a group of supermarket owners in the country is concerned, the recent reimposition of stricter community quarantine measures felt like both a “death sentence” and a “lifeline” to the retail industry.

More needs to be done to generate jobs and reduce hunger among Filipinos, Malacañang admitted Friday after a survey showed many families had little or nothing to eat during the coronavirus pandemic.

Metro Manila's intensive care unit (ICU) utilization rate has decreased to 71 percent following the reimposition of a stricter quarantine measure, according to Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III.

An epidemiologist said Monday, April 26, that the National Capital Region (NCR) is not yet ready to revert back to general community quarantine (GCQ) status.

The return of ECQ has prompted Sir Wil Online Challenge to revive the virtual pageant that started it all – Queen of bECQi.

Employers have expressed relief following the decision of the government Sunday to relax a bit or the 2-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and neighboring provinces even as they urged the government never to implement the ECQ again unless it is the last resort.

A former Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) housemate slammed Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. for lack of details on quarantine status in Metro Manila and other places.

Given the re-enforced enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) measure in the NCR plus bubble, state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has moved by two weeks or until April 23 this year the submission of tenders for the privatization of the 650-megawatt Malaya thermal power plant.

The extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila and nearly provinces will push more than 100,000 additional Filipinos into poverty as these stringent lockdowns are seen take a heavier toll on the economy, jobs and household income.

Despite stifled demand because of the re-imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the so-called NCR plus bubble, prices in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) have been hitting record-spikes in recent trading days because of the combined impact of simultaneous power plant outages and the gas restriction at the Malampaya field.

The local stock market is seen to continue falling as COVID-19 cases in the Philippines remain on the uptrend while investors see the CREATE Law as not enough to help listed firms hurdle their pandemic-related problems.