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Unicef’s call: Ensure kids’ learning recovery
WITH the opening of classes today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) called for immediate and collective actions for the learning recovery of the Filipino youth, especially those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
DOE grants relief to West Philippine Sea oil-gas explorer
THE Department of Energy (DOE) has granted force majeure to the work commitments of Palawan55 Exploration and Production Corporation under service contract (SC) 55 due to operational and financial risks cited by the subsidiary of ACE Enexor (ENEX).
BSP data reveals jobs outlook in next 12 mos less desirable
WITH the confidence of businesses waning, the jobs outlook has become less desirable in the next 12 months, latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) shows.
The power of short breaks, movement and other practices on improving mental health – 4 essential reads
Our new enemy is complacency
Children are bombarded with violence in the news – here’s how to help them cope
30 years needed to revert to pre-Covid debt level
Airbnb posts $55-million 4Q profit, revenue above 2019
Omicron unravels travel industry’s plans for a comeback
After months in lockdown, a weary world is ready to dance
A new momentum in transforming agri-food systems in the march to end hunger
This year’s World Food Day finds us at a critical moment. The Covid-19 pandemic remains a global challenge, causing untold losses and hardship. The impacts of the climate crisis are all around us. Crops have gone up in flames. Homes have been washed away. Lives and livelihoods have been thrown into turmoil due to conflict and other humanitarian emergencies. Global food security challenges have not been this severe for years.
UNICEF: Battered by pandemic, kids need mental health help
Investment in residential construction a ‘win-win-win’
EVERY $1 million worth of investment in housing construction creates 165 jobs in the Philippines, according to a study commissioned by Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter.
Residential property prices down in Q2–BSP
Outsourcing sector goes against strong pandemic current with resilience
Mormon vaccine push ratchets up, dividing faith’s members
Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
How tablets got their groove back
Gig apps for a pandemic economy: Part time, no commitment
Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths
Gatchalian to lead inquiry on school opening as COA flags gaps in distance learning funds
Do the COVID-19 vaccines affect my chances of pregnancy?
Lockdowns push DBCC to cut growth target
THE government’s economic team decided to forgo its 6- to 7-percent growth target for the Philippine economy this year following the reimposition of lockdowns to curb the spread of the more contagious Covid-19 Delta variant.
Will gyms go the way of arcades and movie rental stores?
Quarantine and hair loss
THERE’S a hit tweet that shows the image of a hand holding many strands of hair that had fallen. The tweet reads: Me every time I touch my hair.
ICTSI net income up 73% in H1
Port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) saw its net income attributable to equity holders surging by more than 70 percent in the first half, thanks to higher operating income.