CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Northern Mindanao has registered the highest labor force participation rate (LFPR) in the country, accounting for 69.8 percent in 2021. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data released Friday said Region 10's LFPR last year translated to 2.410 million individuals who were 15 years old and over and were employed or ended unemployed by the end of the year. Central Luzon (Region 3) registered the lowest LFPR at 59 percent. Region 10's LFPR in 2021 is higher by 3.5 percentage points than the 2020 annual estimate of 66.3 percent. Making up the region are five provinces (Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental, and Misamis Oriental) and nine cities (Cagayan de Oro, El Salvador, Gingoog, Malaybalay, Valencia, Oroquieta, Ozamiz, Tangub, and Iligan). Bukidnon province posted the highest LFPR among provinces and highly urbanized cities (HUCs) nationwide at 78.3 percent or 808,000 individuals. The employment rate in the region also increased to
ASSISTANCE. Personnel of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Iloilo Field Office led by its head Melisa S. Navarra (3rd from left) talks with officers of the Manampunay Farmers Association on the sustainability of their proposed Rice and Farm Inputs Retailing Project following the turnover of their fund on Feb. 17, 2022. DOLE Information Officer John Mandario on Thursday (May 19, 2022), said monitoring of the progress of their funded projects is ongoing.(Photo courtesy of DOLE-6) ILOILO CITY - Sixteen barangays in Iloilo that have been cleared from the influence of communist insurgents are recipients of over PHP2 million in aid under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Program (DILEEP) this 2022. Information officer John Mandario, in an interview on Thursday, said DOLE is one of the members of the Poverty Reduction Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) of the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC
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