News Roundup 25 March 2020
Mar 25, 2020 • 1 min Read
Philippines logs 84 new COVID-19 cases, national total now at 636 | PHILSTAR.COM – The confirmed new coronavirus infections in the Philippines soared toward 636 Wednesday afternoon as President Rodrigo Duterte approved a bill granting him additional powers to address the escalating health crisis in the country. There are now 636 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country after health authorities detected 84 new cases.
Double-digit unemployment rate feared due to COVID-19 crisis INQUIRER.NET – The country’s unemployment rate might shoot up should a recession occur due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the country’s chief economist said Wednesday. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) chief Ernesto Pernia said the unemployment rate might return to a double-digit figure following the COVID-19 outbreak from its “historical low” of 5.1 percent.
Payroll managers exempted from quarantine on March 26-27 | Manila Bulletin – Payroll managers will be allowed to travel to their respective companies on March 26 and March 27 to process the salaries of employees, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases announced.
Declare ceasefire, Joma urges NDF | The Manila Times – Exiled communist leader Jose Maria “Joma” Sison has called on the National Democratic Front of the Philippines’ (NDFP) to declare a truce amid the coronavirus pandemic and in answer to the appeal for ceasefire by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
