A POLICEMAN secures the living room of a house in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental where a jobless man was stabbed dead by his cousin early Monday morning, July 4. (Photo courtesy of Talisay City Police Station) BACOLOD CITY – A 52-year-old hog raiser allegedly stabbed his...
The country's unemployment fell to 5.7 percent in April, nearing the 5.3 percent pre-COVID level, on continued reopening of the domestic economy, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The April performance was also a significant improvement from 8.7 percent a year ago and...
Unemployment rate fell to a new record-low since the start of the pandemic as the majority of the country shifted to the least stringent alert level beginning March, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Data from the PSA showed on Friday, May 6, that the country’s jobless rate...
Despite having fewer jobless Filipinos in February this year compared to the same period in 2021, Malacañang said that more needs to be done to allow everyone to return to work amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (File Photo) Communications Secretary Martin Andanar made this statement after the...
The country’s unemployment rate steadied at 6.4 percent in February, translating to 3.13 million jobless Filipinos following the further easing of mobility and quarantine restrictions, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). The PSA’s preliminary February 2022 Labor Force Survey...
Unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since the start of the pandemic despite stricter quarantine restrictions amid Omicron surge in January, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Friday, March 18. The number of jobless Filipinos stood at 2.93 million in the first month...
The number of jobless Filipinos slightly inched up in the final month of last year, largely due to a larger labor force participation, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the December 2021 Labor Force Survey released on Thursday, Feb. 10, the PSA said that unemployed...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Tuesday, Jan. 25 illegal drugs are only taken by those who have nothing to do and those who are jobless. In DZRH's Presidential Job Interview, Marcos Jr. said he did not take illegal drugs when he was young and using it did not fit his...
Less stringent quarantine restrictions dragged down the country’s unemployment rate in November to its best level since the pandemic began, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The number of jobless Filipinos stood at 3.16 million in November based on the latest PSA Labor Force...
The number of jobless Filipinos fell last October, boosted by the continued easing of quarantine restrictions, the government’s economic managers said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 7.4 percent in October...
Nearly 70,000 members of the Social Security System (SSS) have been laid off from their jobs, and received unemployment benefits from the pension fund in the first three quarters of the year. In a statement, Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said on Thursday, Nov. 18,...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) believes that the increase in the number of unemployed Filipinos in September was only a "temporary setback" towards a continued and sustained recovery of the labor market. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the latest Philippine Statistics...
