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https://youtu.be/eOfEu1xJ24c (Eagle News) — Balitalakayan interviews Sergio Ortiz Luis Jr, the president of the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) who explained how an extension of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila would result in further losses for the Philippine economy. The ECQ is supposed to end on Aug. 20. Luis said that in the two weeks of ECQ, about P300 billion are expected to be lost in the economy. This would […]
Says ECQ extension not the only way to address COVID-19 rise, urges gov’t to look at response of other ASEAN nations (Eagle News) – The president of the Economic Confederation of the Philippines appealed to the Philippine government not to concentrate on lockdown as the only solution to the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. ECOP President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr., in an interview with NET25’s Balitalakayan, said that while they note that the move of […]
(Eagle News) — The Employer’s Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) vowed to help the Department of Labor and Employment in its campaign to end contractualization in the country. In fact, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said “we are now in possession of a proposed memorandum understanding submitted by ECOP.” “Pagka tatanggapin ang MOU na ito ay maaaring magkaroon ng paglalagda and this will result in the regularization of 300,000 contractual workers,” Bello said in a phone […]
