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...
In less than two days of visits made by Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao to barangay and local government units in Caraga region, over 50,000 individuals have aired hopes of benefitting from the senator’s anti-poverty master plan that guarantees sufficient aid, jobs and homes as he bids for...
There are nearly 178,000 vacant posts in the government bureaucracy that should be filled up to help address the country’s unemployment and underemployment problems. Unemployment Cartoons Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor said government agencies with unfilled positions should start...
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,...
Editorial Unemployment in the Philippines in September was at its highest since January 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported last week, just before the government announced the easing of restrictions to Alert Level 2 in Metro Manila. The number of unemployed persons rose from...
Presidential aspirants in the May 2022 elections were urged to provide concrete solutions to address unemployment in the country amid the ongoing pandemic. Jeepney drivers wearing face masks queue up to receive food packs from a concerned citizen on a road in Manila on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AFP...
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...
Senatorial aspirant and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno on Thursday, November 4, sounded the alarm on the rising unemployment rate in the country, saying that ramping up vaccination will allow people to return to work. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The prolonged community quarantine restrictions took a heavier toll on workers as the number of jobless Filipinos surpassed the four million mark in September, raising the country’s unemployment rate to its highest level since last January. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, October 16, urged the government to come up with emergency employment programs in the Philippines to address joblessness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson (Senate of the Philippines) In a radio interview, Lacson said making...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) At...
Unemployment worsened after the government reimposed the strictest form of lockdown in August, leading to an increase of around 810,00 in the number of jobless Filipinos in the country, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Based on the latest Labor Force Survey released on Thursday,...
