The Philippine Star - June 09, 2020

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June 09, 2020

MGCQ Or GCQ In MM? Further Review Needed

Metro Manila has “even” chances of being downgraded to the most lenient modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) or remaining under general community quarantine (GCQ), Malacañang said yesterday.

3 mins

Record High Unemployment

With businesses shuttered and jobs and livelihoods in limbo due to quarantine measures undertaken to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, a spike in unemployment and underemployment was inevitable. Still, the figures were dismaying. In April, the first full month of the COVID-19 quarantine, unemployment soared to 17.7 percent from 5.1 percent in the same period last year, while underemployment jumped from 13.4 percent to 18.9.

1 min

BI Office In Intramuros Closed After Employee Gets Virus

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) shut down yesterday its main office in Intramuros, Manila for disinfection after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID-19.

1 min

Man Of Steel: Better Than You Remembered

Hollywood director Zack Snyder recently hosted a watch party of Man of Steel, the film that launched the DC Extended Universe.

2 mins

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