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,...
SSS mobile app The number of Social Security System (SSS) members filing unemployment-insurance claims skyrocketed since the pandemic began in March last year, the government’s chief economic manager revealed. Finance Sec. Carlos Dominguez III Since the SSS unemployment insurance benefit (UIB)...
The number of adult Filipinos who remain jobless slightly increased to 13.5 million in June 2021, according to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). SWS.ORG In the latest figure, the adult joblessness rate according to their June 23 to June 26 surveys was at 27.6 percent...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, trumpeted the country’s “A-“ rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) and the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual press...
Unemployment rate in the country dropped from 7.7 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July, lowest jobless since the pandemic broke out last year, owing to easing movement restrictions, but the local labor force also weakened as people were worried of getting sick,Philippine Statistics Authority...
State-run Social Security System (SSS) has jacked up unemployment benefit disbursements in the first six months of the year after claims increased by more than fourfold. SSS Headquarters in Quezon City Aurora C. Ignacio, SSS president and chief executive officer said the pension fund's unemployment...
The upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) may lead to a rise in unemployment in the National Capital Region (NCR) at a time when employment numbers are already improving. A Philippine National Police (PNP) member mans a checkpoint at a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after it was...
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymun "LRay" Villafuerte on Saturday, July 17, welcomed the creation of the National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) Task Force that would pursue the implementation of a ₱24-billion wage subsidy program for private sector workers. Camaarines Sur 2nd District...
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/...
Students Unemployment rate in May eased to its second lowest level this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday, July 1. The number of jobless Filipinos dropped by 10 percent from 4.14 million in April to 3.73 million in May, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 7.7...
