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Asian factories recovering but face supply issues

Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Nov 01 03:30 PM

Asia's factory activity stepped up a gear in October but rising input costs, material shortages and slowing Chinese growth cloud the outlook. Read more »

SE Asia manufacturing hit by vax woes, Delta variant

Orathai Sriring and Liz Lee, Reuters
Posted at Aug 04 01:28 PM

Fresh outbreaks of the Delta coronavirus variant in Southeast Asia have crippled its factory sector, threatening the $3 trillion region's recovery. Read more »

China factory activity slows slightly on new COVID-19 wave

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 10:48 AM

Factory activity in China slowed slightly in January, official data showed Sunday, as the country rushed to stamp out a recent coronavirus wave in northern China. Read more »

92 pct of workplaces followed COVID-19 protocols last year: DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 02:22 PM

Around 92 percent of workplaces followed protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Labor and Employment said on Friday.    Read more »

Factories bounce back from COVID-19 hit, tighter controls cloud outlook

Jonathan Cable and Leika Kihara, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 07:17 PM

Manufacturers across Europe ended 2020 on a high while Asian factory activity expanded moderately thanks to robust demand in regional giant China, surveys showed, but the prospect of tougher coronavirus curbs clouded the outlook for the recovery.   Read more »

Holidays in a Pandemic? Here’s What Happened in 1918

Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 27 04:59 PM

That pandemic, like the coronavirus today, seemed to roll across the United States in waves. Read more »

China's stunning export comeback has factories scrambling for workers

Gabriel Crossley and Stella Qiu, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 10:14 AM

China's manufacturing recovery, fuelled in part by demand from COVID-constrained consumers abroad, has soared past expectations this year, so much so that factories are now struggling to fill a shortage of blue-collar workers to clear mounting orders. Read more »

Pandemic seen rolling back conditions in Asia garment factories

Matt Blomberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Updated as of Oct 22 03:55 AM

PHNOM PENH - The pandemic risks triggering a race to the bottom that could push tens of millions of Asian garment workers into greater hazard on the factory floor, with women hardest hit, the International Labor Organization said on Wednesday. Read more »

Trump’s tariffs? Coronavirus? China’s exports are surging anyway

Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 01 07:04 AM

China is showing its export machine cannot be stopped — not by the coronavirus and not by the Trump administration. Its resilience lies not only in the country’s low-cost, skilled labor and efficient infrastructure but also in a state-controlled banking system that has been offering small and large businesses extra loans to cope with the pandemic.   Read more »

Philippines should build own vaccine factories, says lawmaker

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 10:03 AM

Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said the Philippines should put up its own vaccine factories to keep the country safe from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and other vaccine-preventable diseases. Read more »

Valenzuela feels the pinch, seeks additional COVID-19 funds during modified lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 09:05 AM

The city of Valenzuela is appealing to the national government for additional funds, its mayor said as cities in the metro were placed under a modified lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

China's factories hum back to life minus consumers

Keith Bradsher, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 29 07:54 AM

An unemployed young college graduate has stopped buying new sneakers. A clothing store clerk gave up his gym membership. An events planner, his pay cut by four-fifths, now moonlights as a takeout delivery driver — and can no longer afford to eat out. Read more »

Ayala’s electronics unit ready to move supply chains from China to PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 31 11:09 PM

The economic prospects for China are looking dim amid the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. Read more »