Tag: Economy
Filipinos worry about quality of life as number of Covid-19 cases...
An SWS survey shows that 36 percent of adult Filipinos believe their quality of life will worsen in the next 12 months
Philippine Evangelicals launch project for jeepney drivers
The Philippine Relief and Development Services Inc. launched this week the “Bless our Tsuper” project to extend help to jeepney drivers
Millions of adult Filipinos lose jobs due to coronavirus pandemic —...
The survey said that 45.5 percent of the country’s adult population have become jobless, half of whom lost their jobs during the pandemic
Jeepney drivers sa Metro Manila, gagawing miyembro ng Caritas coop
Higit sa 1,700 na mga jeepney driver ang tatanggap ng tulong mula sa Caritas Manila.
Pope names six women to Vatican financial oversight body
Previously all-male Council for the Economy consists of 15 posts, now the seven-member lay portion consists of six women and one man
Faith-based group distributes bicycles to poor front-liners in Mindanao
The “transportation support program” is the NGOs' answer to the government’s prohibition of “back-riding” on motorcycles.
Green groups claim revenue from mining not enough to save Philippine...
Activists hit government claims that revenues from mining and other destructive extractions would help the Philippine economy recover
In a red Dutch house, by the banks of Marikina River,...
Thousands of jeepney drivers lost their source of living after the government prevented them from going back to the streets
Al Jazeera report prompts further gov’t attacks on migrants in Malaysia
Documentary on immigration raids during lockdown opens up a wider debate on xenophobia and an impending employment crisis in the country
Future uncertain as Cambodian economy reels from ‘mother of all shocks’
Shape and pace of economic recovery largely depends on the course of the coronavirus, World Bank warns