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It's time to talk about government plans to fund its employment recovery program in 2021. Join us in the third episode of #BudgetWatch webinar as we discuss the labor and employment budget. https://www.rappler.com/moveph/budget-watch-webinar-funding-philippines-employment-recovery-2021
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Zy-za Suzara of iLEAD presents unemployment numbers amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Looking at unemployment numbers is not sufficient because it hides the suffering of other Filipinos, like the underemployed.
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Suzara says according to PSA data, biggest job losses tallied in services, followed by industry, and agriculture.
OFWs also suffered due to the pandemic.
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OFWs also suffered due to the pandemic.
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Suzara points social services take up the most fiscal space in the proposed 2021 budget.
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Suzara: Even if the social services budget takes up the fiscal space, it's growing marginally.
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Suzara points out concerns that should be addressed amid the pandemic like global and domestic recession, widening fiscal deficit, increased unemployment and OFW deployment among other things.
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Zorayda Amelia "Mel" Alonzo of the Alliance of Women Advancing Action and Reform: As important as appropriating funds for various programs is its disbursements, kailanagn pag-isipan kung paano gagastahin yung inilaan na pondo.
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Alonzo: People cannot wait, they are hungry, jobless, and for you to go through a bureaucratic process, napakahirap. Kahit maglagay ka ng pananalapi, kung hindi maganda ang implementation, hindi makakarating sa tao.
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Alonzo says gov't should focus on helping MSMEs: Yung tulong sa kanila ay dapat matched sa kanilang kakayahan. Yung tulong sa kanila ay parating loans.
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Alonzo says according to PSA data, there are 9 million jobs, 63% of which are in MSMEs.
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