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In a statement signed by 13 business groups on Monday (March 21), they said that among those most adversely affected by the predominant WFH set-up in the past two years were the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) which retained just a fraction of the 5.38 million jobs nationwide across all segments in 2020.

With the vaccination rate in Metro Manila now at 70.4 percent and nationwide at 57.1 percent and with new COVID cases at a very low levels, the group welcomed the relaxation of mobility curbs in the country.

“We now look forward to heightened business activity which will benefit the entire nation and spur its return to economic wellness. The path to recovery, we aver, begins with the presence in the business and commercial centers of our country’s workers,” said the groups.

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