
Unemployment rises to 4.1% in April
The unemployment rate in April slightly rose to 4.1 percent from 4 percent in the same month last year, with the largest decrease in manufacturing workers, the…
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The unemployment rate in April slightly rose to 4.1 percent from 4 percent in the same month last year, with the largest decrease in manufacturing workers, the…
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The cities of Mandaue and Cebu are among the top-performing highly urbanized cities (HUCs) in the Philippines in terms of basic literacy, based on the 2024…
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Zapopan, Mexico — With her followers watching on TikTok, Mexican beauty influencer Valeria Marquez revealed her fears of being…
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Consumer prices in China slumped in April for the third straight month, official data showed Saturday, as Beijing attempts to revive an economy stymied by…
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The country’s economic growth slowed to 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 5.9 percent in the same period last year, the Philippine Statistics…
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The unemployment rate slightly worsened to 3.9 percent from 3.8 percent in March from a month ago due to reduction in the workforce in construction, and…
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The Department of Agriculture (DA) expressed confidence that continued improvements in weather conditions, along with intensified interventions such as new…
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The Philippines maintained a steady employment rate of 96.1 percent in March 2025, mirroring the figure recorded in the same month last year, according to the…
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CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that despite the 6.5 percent growth rate in 2024, a decline on natural…
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The continued slowdown of headline inflation to 1.4 percent in April can be attributed to various strategic approaches being undertaken by the government,…
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Employees who work on a regular holiday that falls on their rest day are entitled to an additional 30 percent of their basic wage of 200 percent
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Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said this measure should keep pig growers profitable while the government strives to prevent a supply shortage…
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Moderate gains for non-oil imports in February probably resulted from cautious business sentiment, especially among respondents in the manufacturing sector
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The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) attributes the growing number of functionally illiterate graduates to the practice of…
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San Juan has been officially declared the first drug-cleared city in Metro Manila, according to the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing.
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Nearly 19 million junior and senior high school graduates in 2024 are unable to read or comprehend a simple story, according to data presented during the…
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Nearly 18.96 million Filipino junior and senior high school completers cannot read and understand a simple story in 2024, according to the Philippine…
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Fitch Ratings also sees minimal impact of Trump tariffs on the Philippine economy as exports represented only 12 percent last year, lower than Thailand’s 65…
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