Tag: work

What’s allowed and what’s not under an ECQ, Modified ECQ, and GCQ: Palace gives more details

  (Eagle News) – From enhanced community quarantine to a general community quarantine, the Philippines is following strict protocols for transition involving gradual phasing of allowed activities under the so-called “new normal.” Under the phasing or transitioning, there are four stages of community quarantine. From the extreme phase which is the enhanced community quarantine where there are lockdown protocols for high-COVID areas to a modified ECQ when cases start to decrease, to a General Community […]

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Work in LTO units in GCQ areas to resume tomorrow, May 13

(Eagle News) — Work in Land Transportation Office units located in general community quarantine areas will resume tomorrow, May 13. The LTO said the wearing of face masks and physical and social distancing rules shall be followed at all times. Transactions with people below 21 years old and 60 years old and above, and pregnant women shall, however, only be allowed once the community quarantine is lifted. The LTO said this was consistent with Executive […]

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Palace says religious and work gatherings still banned nationwide as part of quarantine protocols

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that religious and work gatherings are still prohibited under the general community quarantine that took effect today, Friday, May 1, until May 15. This was after the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) recalling its earlier announcement that it was allowing religious and work gatherings as long as there is a strict physical distancing of at least two meters between those attending such events. […]

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World markets slump as recession fears eclipse stimulus

by Roland JACKSON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Global stock and oil markets plunged Wednesday, as vast stimulus measures failed to offset heightened concerns that the worsening coronavirus outbreak will tip the world into a deep downturn, dealers said. In European stock market trading, Frankfurt, London, and Paris tanked around five percent in morning deals, after similar dizzying losses across Asia. Before the market open in Paris, French regulators banned for one-month short-selling, or the […]

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Work in House of Representatives suspended from March 16 to April 12

Skeletal force allowed to work from home (Eagle News)–Work in the House of Representatives is suspended from  March 16 to April 12. A memo to employees said Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano’s decision to adopt “a work schedule parallel to the one to be implemented by the Executive Department as announced by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on 12 March 2020” was made “with the health and safety of the employees” in mind. “The Office of the […]

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Work in DILG, Napolcom suspended on Friday, March 13

(Eagle News)–Work in the Department of the Interior and Local Government and in the National Police Commission is suspended on Friday, March 13. An advisory said this was for the disinfection of  buildings as a preventive measure against the 2019 coronavirus disease. The Philippines has so far recorded 52 cases, with five deaths. President Rodrigo Duterte has imposed a temporary ban on domestic air and domestic sea, and land travel to and from Metro Manila. […]

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Work in House of Representatives suspended tomorrow, Jan. 13

(Eagle News)-Work in the House of Representatives is suspended tomorrow, Jan. 13. An advisory from the House said the  special meeting set by the Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs to discuss the repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers in Iraq and other countries and the case of OFW Jeanelyn Villavende is also postponed. It will instead be reset to a later date. The Engineering Department and Security Bureau will maintain a skeletal force, however. “Let’s pray for […]

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‘Burn-out’ is an ‘occupational phenomenon’ not disease: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that “burn-out” remains an “occupational phenomenon” that could lead someone to seek care but it is not considered a medical condition. The clarification came a day after the WHO mistakenly said it had listed burn-out in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD) for the first time. The World Health Assembly, WHO’s main annual meeting which wraps up on Tuesday, approved at the weekend the […]

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Zambales suspends gov’t work, classes on Tuesday, April 23

(Eagle News)–The Zambales government has suspended all government work and classes in the province following a 6.1-magnitude quake. An advisory from Governor Amor Deloso said the suspension was to  “give way to the inspection of all structures in the Province of Zambales..” “However, those offices whose functions involve the delivery of basic and health services, preparedness/response to disasters and calamaties, and/or the performance of other vital services shall continue with their operations and render the […]

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Facebook taps user data to defend workers from threat

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Facebook gathers intelligence from its platform to identify people who threaten the firm or its workers, the social network said Thursday in response to media reports of the security tactic. CNBC reported that it interviewed more than a dozen former Facebook security employees, some of whom questioned the ethics of what was portrayed as an unclearly defined practice at the leading social network. Facebook spokesman Anthony Harrison told AFP […]

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Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF

PARIS, France (AFP) — Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday. The sharp increase could also see a net gain in “new roles” for humans, who will have to revamp skills to keep pace with the “seismic shift” in how we work with machines and computer programmes, the forum estimated. “By 2025 more than half of all […]

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Classes, work suspended in Santiago City, Isabela

(Eagle News) – -The Santiago City government in Isabela has suspended government and private work on Friday, Sept. 14, as “Ompong” threatens parts of the country. Classes were also suspended in the city, Memorandum Order 2018-42 signed by Mayor Joseph Salvador Tan  said. The suspension applies to all levels, in both public and private schools. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” is set to make landfall over northern Luzon early Saturday. […]

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