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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) expects the number of jobless Filipinos will not return to its pre-pandemic level next year as the domestic labor market situation is seen to remain “very difficult.” Based on the Updated Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2017-2022 released...

The number of jobless Filipinos dropped in October as businesses resumed their operations amid easing movement restrictions, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced today. The country’s unemployment rate in October this year was estimated at 8.7 percent, equivalent to 3.8 million...

FAITH ON THE GROUND Noel R., 33, a construction worker who lost his job, on Plaza Miranda imploring the Black Nazarene’s mercy.  (Ali Vicoy) Your employer? No, he’s disappeared. Malacañang ? A senator, your congressman? Your mayor and barangay captain? No—he can’t even get a bus ride...