Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Wednesday said the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) tally of 7.3-million jobless Filipinos in April 2020, a record high, was not “actual nor factual,” and the current number of unemployed Filipinos stood...
Lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 pandemic bloated the ranks of the unemployed, with official statistics pegging the jobless rate in April 2020 at a record 17.7 percent, equivalent to 7.3 million people out of work. All regions reported double-digit jobless rates as...
