Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has welcomed the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) results wherein the country posted its second lowest unemployment rate in the time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (File photo/...
The rate of joblessness in the country has slightly decreased amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the latest survey of Social Weather Stations (SWS). The SWS said 25.8 percent of the country’s adult labor force remains unemployed, which is 1.5 percent lower than the...
The compliance with minimum public health standards against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has decreased in the Visayas and Mindanao, according to a latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a nationwide poll conducted from April 28 to May...
A huge portion of Filipinos have indicated that they continue to observe minimum public health standards amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Photo from SWS In a nationwide poll conducted from April 28 to May 2, the SWS asked...
Majority of Philippine companies are not in a rush to mandate COVID-19 vaccination among employees, citing employers’ concerns about the safety of the vaccines as one of the major reasons for it. A Mercer survey conducted in February 2021 revealed that Philippine employers are not rushing to make...
The unemployment rate went up by a significant margin from March to April, but the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said this was expected due to recent circumstances connected to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN) "The labor department had...
The rate of jobless Filipinos rose last April due to reimposition of strict quarantine measures along with the increasing working-age population joining the local labor force, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, June 8. The country’s unemployment rate jumped to 8.7...
Metro Manila residents prefer to re-elect their incumbent mayors in the coming 2022 elections, a recent survey showed. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, QC Mayor Joy Belmonte, and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (MANILA BULLETIN) An independent and non-commissioned survey conducted by the RP-Mission...
Archdiocese of Manila Apostolic Administrator Bishop Broderick Pabillo, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines– Episcopal Commission on the Laity, has lauded the result of the recently conducted Veritas Truth survey which showed that “97 percent of Filipino Catholics...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte received the highest approval rating among Metro Manila mayors anew in a recent survey. The independent, non-commissioned survey conducted by RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc.(RPMDinc) showed that Belmonte obtained an approval rating of 89 percent. MANILA...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The proportion of Filipinos who fear the "worst is yet to come" in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis has increased in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results released on Thursday, June 3. Of the 1,200 adult respondents surveyed on...
Majority of Filipino Catholics believes the Holy Eucharist is the real body and blood of Christ, and not just symbolical. Radio Veritas This was the result of the Veritas Truth Survey conducted by Church-run Radio Veritas. When asked, "Do you believe that the Holy Eucharist is the actual body and...
