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AUSTRALIAN Volunteers have returned to the Philippines to work with local communities in Manila and Camarines Sur. Their comeback is the first in-country deployment since March 2020, when the program shifted to remote volunteering because of the pandemic. The Australian Embassy’s deputy head of mission Dr. Moya Collett welcomed the…
endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 29) — The National Capital Region’s economy nosedived to a record low in 2020 as it took a beating amid the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters throughout the year. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday a 10.1% contraction for the region last year, the worst ever recorded since the agency began its regional series in 2000. This is a sharper decline than the 9.6% full-year shrinkage the overall national economy logged for that year. The capital region’s anemic economic performance in 2020 was caused by the prolonged q...