The rate of joblessness in the country has slightly decreased amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS). The SWS said 25.8 percent of the country’s adult labor force remains unemployed, which is 1.5 percent lower than the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, June 15 urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate Manila Electric Co.'s (Meralco) recent announcement of a power rate hike for June saying it “defies logic” even under the regime of deregulation. Hontiveros said the ERC must provide a...
The National Capital Region (NCR) Plus might shift to an "ordinary" general community quarantine (GCQ) by mid-June amid the improving health situation, Malacañang declared Thursday. A health worker gives a coronavirus shot to an essential worker while Las Piñas Vice Mayor April Aguilar...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday filed a bill proposing free coronavirus (COVID-19) test for jobseekers to address the growing unemployment rate in the country due to the pandemic. Angara noted jobseekers are now having a hard time complying with the requirements issued by potential employers who...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Assistant Secretary Dominique Rubia-Tutay gave some advice to jobless Filipinos on Wednesday, June 9 amid the increase in unemployment rate in the country. (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "Ang nakakalungkot po, may mga nakikita po ako at nakakasalamuha na...
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. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) "The labor department had...
Senators on Tuesday, May 25, called on government to ramp up its efforts in inoculating Filipinos against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A senior citizen is inoculated with AstraZeneca's COVID -19 vaccine in Paranaque City on April 5, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senator Risa...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) was elated over the increase in the vaccine confidence level of the Filipinos for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) based on the Social Weather Station (SWS) survey. From only 32 percent last year, DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said...
Malacañang welcomed the easing of the country's unemployment rate in March this year to 7.1 percent the lowest since the country went into lockdown in March last year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement...
Is Metro Manila's critical hospital care capacity out of the danger level? Health Secretary Francisco Duque inspects a temporary health facility at Eva Macapagal Terminal in Manila on April 26, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) Based on the latest computation of Malacañang, the critical care...
As the country's cases of infections continued to soar, the government is aiming to increase the number of hospital beds to provide care to patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and National Policy Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and...
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...
