LEGAZPI CITY, Albay, Philippines— With more than a million new jobs created in the agriculture and industry sectors last year, the country’s employment rate rose by 4 percent.
The Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES) said that subsequently, the unemployment rate dropped by .8 percent, from 8 percent in April 2010 to 7.2 percent in April this year.
The employment growth translated to 1.4 million new jobs, or from 35.4 million to 36.8 million, while the unemployment rate went down by 228,000 jobs, or from 3 million in April last year to 2.8 million in April 2011.
BLES reported that the labor market regained momentum in April 2011 as employment grew.
The government sector accounted for 302,000 jobs out of the total 1.4 million new jobs created, according to the BLES report. Mar S. Arguelles, Inquirer Southern Luzon
June 2025
Philippine Environment Month!
“Action for Nature, for the Future!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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Monthly Observances:
1 Jun – World Day of Parents
5 Jun – World Environment Day
7 Jun – World Food Safety Day
8 Jun – World Oceans Day
12 Jun – World Day Against
Child Labour
15 Jun – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16 Jun – International Day of Family Remittances
17 Jun – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 Jun – World Refugee Day
25 Jun – Day of the Seafarer
27 Jun – Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Daily Observances:
First Saturday of July:
International Cooperative Day
in the Philippines
