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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is considering allowing companies and businesses “distressed” by the COVID-19 pandemic to defer paying their workers’ 13th month bonus. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday that they are considering various options to find the balance between the well-being …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines’ COVID-19 count is now 331,869 after 2,363 new infections were recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday. The latest DOH data also showed the country’s death toll now at 6,069 after 144 new deaths were recorded. Meanwhile, 697 additional recoveries were reported, bringing …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 8) – The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 2,363 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, as the national count reached 331,869 and the death toll surpassed the 6,000 mark. The DOH said that of the nation’s count, 51,482 or 15 percent are active cases …

[ad_1] Devotees and churchgoers attend mass while practicing physical distancing around the cathedral in Quiapo, Manila, on September 18, 2020. Authorities have begun enforcing stricter rules to ensure compliance as devotees continue attending church despite restrictions under General Community Quarantine. Jonathan Cellona, ​​ABS-CBN News MANILA – Most Filipinos consider it …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Eight out of 10 Filipinos have a “positive opinion” on the Duterte administration’s COVID-19 response, a Pulse Asia poll showed on Thursday. According to Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan Survey from September 2020, 84% of Filipinos approve of the government’s work to control the spread of …

[ad_1] The Department of Finance (DOF) has asked the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to adopt a six-point action plan aimed at enabling the regional bloc to better respond to the new challenges posed by the pandemic. Secretary of Finance Carlos G. Domínguez III (Bloomberg file photo) During the …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, on Sept. 28, 2020. REUTERS / Jonathan Drake SALT LAKE CITY – President Donald Trump’s battle with COVID-19, his age and the age of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden …

[ad_1] LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James returned to his hotel suite after Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday morning. At 6:30 a.m., he was already tweeting images to announce to his 47.6 million followers that he was wide awake. When the season …

[ad_1] The last time President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. debated each other, the nation was left grappling with Trump’s attack on electoral integrity, his refusal to outright condemn white supremacists, and bitter exchanges of a kind that it is rarely seen in American presidential politics. That was last …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The decision by President Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies in the House of Representatives to take an early break guarantees a renewed national budget by 2021, a blow to the government’s fiscal capacity to counter the staggering economic impact of the COVID. -19 pandemic, Senate …