Activity 5: Beyond Printed Letters

Directions: Now that you are familiar with the features of an academic text and the different text
structures, it is time for you to look for an article or write-up from a newspaper, magazine, or
even on the internet (legitimate source) discussing any current events. Identify the unique
features of the article taken. Find out if its features conform to an academic text.
Note: Please attach your article below the table.

Title/Writer Unemployment in PH soars to 10.2% due to

pandemic: DOLE/ Jonathan Cellona, ABS-
CBN News/File

Discipline (Natural Science, Social Science. Social Science

Mathematics, Humanities)

Beginning More than 420,000 Filipinos lost their jobs in

2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic affected the
economy and forced businesses to close,
according to the Department of Labor and
Employment.

This brought the country’s unemployment rate

to 10.2 percent in 2020, based on the latest
Labor Force Survey of the Philippine
Statistics Authority, DOLE Assistant
Secretary Dominique Tutay said during the
Laging Handa briefing Friday.

More than half of Filipino adults had

emotional problems as they lost their jobs or
sources of income because of the COVID-19
pandemic, a survey released on Thursday
showed. 

The survey organization said that 58 percent

of Filipinos lost either their job or source of
income because of the pandemic, while 51
percent experienced emotional problems
such as extreme sadness, and 55 percent
became closer to their family members. 

Ending The Labor Department has been allocated a

total of P28.8 billion to assist affected
workers, with a total of 3.4 million OFWs and
in the informal and formal sectors benefiting
from the DOLE’s CAMP, TUPAD and AKAP
 programs, according to the official.

Tutay said that the country has initiated a 3-

year national employment recovery plan that
will focus on 4 key areas: restarting of
economic activities, restoration of business
confidence, upgrading of the workforce, and
facilitation to labor market access of job
seekers.

Purpose To let us know the impact of the pandemic on

Filipino workers in their jobs. The number of
people who lost their jobs due to the
pandemic has increased.So in the article also
shows the government's action to help the
people in this problem.

Audience Filipino workers

Language English and Tagalog

Is the article an example of an academic text? Yes, because the article is written by
How do you say so? professionals or expert. This article is
considered academic text because the
language is very formal and there's a legit
information that will give knowledge to us,
and most importantly there is the references
written on it.

ARTICLE

Unemployment in PH soars to 10.2% due to pandemic: DOLE

Posted at Jan 09 2021 03:34 AM | Updated as of Jan 09 2021 05:37 AM

MANILA - More than 420,000 Filipinos lost their jobs in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic
affected the economy and forced businesses to close, according to the Department of Labor
and Employment.

This brought the country’s unemployment rate to 10.2 percent in 2020, based on the latest
Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority, DOLE Assistant Secretary Dominique
Tutay said during the Laging Handa briefing Friday.

More than half of Filipino adults had emotional problems as they lost their jobs or sources of
income because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey released on Thursday showed.
The survey organization said that 58 percent of Filipinos lost either their job or source of income
because of the pandemic, while 51 percent experienced emotional problems such as extreme
sadness, and 55 percent became closer to their family members.

“Doon po sa monitoring naman ng Department of Labor and Employment ng job displacement,

mahigit 420,000 po ang permanently nawalan ng trabaho, at meron din pong 4.5 million workers
affected by flexible work arrangement at temporary closure,” Tutay said.

The Labor Department has been allocated a total of P28.8 billion to assist affected workers, with
a total of 3.4 million OFWs and in the informal and formal sectors benefiting from the DOLE’s
CAMP, TUPAD and AKAP programs, according to the official.

Tutay said that the country has initiated a 3-year national employment recovery plan that will
focus on 4 key areas: restarting of economic activities, restoration of business confidence,
upgrading of the workforce, and facilitation to labor market access of job seekers.

“Inaasahan natin na maganda ang magiging outlook natin for 2021. Hindi man ito babalik doon
sa pre-COVID pandemic situation, but at least malaki ang opportunity na makabangon na talaga
ang ating ekonomiya at manggagawa. Naka-focus sa businesses at mga manggagawa ang
tinatawag na National Employment Recovery Strategy,” she explained.

Tutay said that for 2021, jobs in the sectors of health, construction, business process
outsourcing (BPO), and the government will continue to be in demand.

“So 'yong pangangailangan po sa mga nurses, medical technologies, medical practitioners at

saka sa mga pharmacists, iyan po ay nakikita po natin sa iba’t ibang job fairs na may mga
bakante po na inu-offer," she said.

The country's "Build, Build, Build" infrastructure program is also seen to help stave off
unemployment this year, among other sectors.

“And then, of course, the very resilient sector is the Business Process Outsourcing. So iyong
information technology, customer service representatives, programmers, encoders at saka po
iyong mga app and game developers, iyan po ay in-demand. And asahan din po natin iyong
mga offerings po na job vacancies or job positions po sa gobyerno po,” she explained.