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Philippine senators have approved on final reading a bill that seeks to "rightsize" the government bureaucracy, a measure labor advocates and groups have criticized citing concerns over the employment of state workers.The Senate resumed its session Monday (June 2) and unanimously ...

There are jobless jobless Filipinos now, according to the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA). The current rates are apparently the lowest since 2005, based on the latest labor survey.Out of 52 million professionals in the labor force, the unemployment numbers were said ...

There are 4.2 million jobless Filipinos as of February 2021, an increase of about 234,000 compared to the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday (March 30). That puts the unemployment rate at 8.8 percent for February, ...