Unemployed Filipinos reached 4.25 million in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the preliminary results of the September Labor Force Survey (LFS), the number of unemployed Filipinos increased by 370,000 in September from August 2021. The unemployment rate also increased to 8.9 percent in September from…
Unemployed Filipinos reached 4.25 million in September, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the preliminary results of the September Labor Force Survey (LFS), the number of unemployed Filipinos increased by 370,000 in September from August 2021. The unemployment rate also increased to 8.9 percent in September from…
The number of unemployed Filipinos rose to its highest level since the beginning of the year in September amid strict quarantine restrictions during the month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday.
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday that the unemployment rate in September slightly increased to 8.9 percent from 8.1 percent in August. Labor force participation also declined to 63.3 percent from 63.6 percent in the same period. The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said these numbers led to an employment loss of 642,000. "These results were expected as many parts of the country remained under stringent and blanket quarantines for most of the survey period. In particular, the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) was extended in the National Capital Region (NCR) up to September 15," Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA director general Karl Kendrick Chua said. Aside from the extended MECQ in September, weather disturbances particularly Typhoon Jolina affected some 30,000 hectares of agricultural land in regions of Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol, Western Visayas, Central Visayas, and Eas
PREPOSITIONED. Boxes of food packs are stored at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte. The DSWD on Tuesday (Nov. 2, 2021) said it has prepositioned 10,444 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response, especially during typhoon season.(Photo courtesy of DSWD) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepositioned 10,444 family food packs in Eastern Visayas for faster response especially during typhoon season. Abelardo Bibat, DSWD Eastern Visayas regional information officer, said on Tuesday they have prepositioned goods in strategic locations in anticipation of more requests for assistance from local government units after disasters. Of the 10,444 food packs, some 6,481 are at the DSWD regional resource operations section warehouse in Palo, Leyte; 3,665 in Northern Samar; 200 in Eastern Samar; and 98 in Biliran. "Storing food packs in different strategic location