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PROGRAM TITLE: THE NEWS RUSH

TRT: 5 MINUTES
ANCHOR: MARIA TAMBUNTING, DANINA LIM
PRODUCTION: LIVE ON TAPE

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ANCHORS: BROADCASTING LIVE ACROSS THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, FROM DE LA SALLE

COLLEGE OF SAINT BENILDE, MANILA, THIS IS 97.1 THE NEWS RUSH. NOW
BRINGS YOU YOUR DOSE OF…
ANCHOR 2: INVADING
ANCHOR 1: SPONTANEOUS
ANCHOR S: AND INFLUENTIAL NEWS
ANCHOR 1: GOOD MORNING! THIS MARIA LUISA, YOUR GUIDE TO THE WORLD OF NEWS
THAT MATTERS
ANCHOR 2: AND THIS IS NINA LIM, BRINGING YOU THE HOTTEST SCOOPS THAT SHOOK THE
WORLD TODAY
ANCHORS: FOR THE HEADLINES
ANCHOR 1: NURSES’ GROUP BEMOANS STAFFING SHORTAGE IN HOSPITALS AMID SURGE IN
COVID-19 CASES
ANCHOR 2: TEACHERS, STUDENTS FACE ‘BIGGEST CHALLENGE’ OVER LACK OF GADGETS TO
COPE WITH ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM
ANCHOR 1: 60 MILLION FILIPINOS SUFFER JOB LOSS DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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ANCHOR 1: UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG ADULT FILIPINOS HAS REACHED A RECORD HIGH AS
THE PHILIPPINES CONTINUES TO BATTLE A GROWING NUMBER OF
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS. TO GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAIL OF THIS NEWS,
HERE’S NINA LIM
ANCHOR 2: ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENT POLLSTER SOCIAL WEATHER STATIONS,
UNEMPLOYED FILIPINOS INCREASED FROM AN ESTIMATED 7.9 MILLION IN
DECEMBER 2019 TO 27.3 MILLION IN JULY 2020. THE SURVEY EXPLAINED THAT
45.5 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY’S ADULT POPULATION HAVE BACOME JOBLESS,
HALF OF WHOM LOST THEIR JOBS DURING PANDEMIC.
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ANCHOR 2: MEANWHILE, GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN HARRY ROQUE SAID THAT THERE IS
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AND SUGGESTED TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY TO
RESURFACE THE FILIPINOS’ JOBS AMIDST LOCKDOWN. THIS IS NINA LIM,
REPORTING.
ANCHOR 2: AT LEAST 60 MILLION FILIPINOS CONTINUE LOOKING FOR JOBS TO COPE WITH
GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS. FOR MORE OF THIS NEWS, HERE’S MARIA LUISA.
ANCHOR 1: LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATE ROSE FROM 68.7 PERCENT TO 86.4
PERCENT. AN ESTIMATED 60 MILLION FILIPINO ADULTS CONTINUE SEEKING FOR
JOBS IN JULY 2020 COMPARED TO 45.5 MILLION FILIPINOS IN DECEMBER 2019.
JOBLESS WERE DEFINED AS THOSE WHO VOLUNTARILY LEFT THEIR OLD JOBS,
ARE SEEKING JOBS FOR THE FIRST TIME, OR LOST THEIR JOBS DUE TO ECONOMIC
CIRCUMSTANCE BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. // MEANWHILE, THE SWS STATED
THAT 1 OUT OF 5 OR 21 PERCENT OF ADULT FILIPINOS LOST THEIR LIVELIHOOD
DURING THE TIME OF PANDEMIC.
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ANCHOR 1: AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2020, THE PHILIPPINES’ TOTAL COVID-19 CASELOAD
BREACHED THE 256,804 MARK, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE PANDEMIC HAS CAUSED A DOMINO EFFECT TO THE COUNTRY’S ECONOMY
SUCH AS THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF OFFICES, FACTORIES, MARKETS, AND
SHOPPING MALLS, DISPLACING THOUSANDS OF WORKERS SINCE MARCH. THIS IS
MARIA LUISA, REPORTING. BACK TO YOU NINA.
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