Unemployment

Although some 10.4 million of them were jobless in the third quarter of 2014, Filipinos are now more optimistic of work available in the next 12 months, a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations showed.

The lack of analytical skills is making several college graduates difficult to employ, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (Ecop) said. At the Tapatan sa Aristocrat forum on jobless growth on Monday, Ecop Assistant Treasurer Lucy Tarriela said this stems from the “copy-paste” frame of mind of many young Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines – Unemployed Filipinos increased by 300,000 in the second quarter of this year even as optimism on job availability fell by 10 points in the same period, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its recent survey.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s jobless rate eased to 7 percent in April 2014, down from the 7.6 percent posted the same period last year, the Philippine Statistical Authority (PSA) announced on Tuesday.

The number of jobless Filipinos dropped by 600,000 in the first quarter of this year, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in its latest report. The country’s unemployment rate fell to 25.7 percent – equivalent to an estimated 11.5 million adult Filipinos – in March 2014 from 27.5 percent or about 12.1 million last December.

Around 11.5 million adult Filipinos were without work in the first quarter of 2014, according to a new survey by pollster Social Weather Stations.

JOBLESSNESS dipped in the first quarter, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said in a new report, but optimism on the availability of work worsened slightly. Results of a March 27-30 survey set the joblessness rate at 25.7%, equivalent to an estimated 11.5 million adult Filipinos. This was down 1.8 points from the 27.5% (est. 12.1…

MANILA – Following media reports saying that the Philippines has the highest unemployment rate in ASEAN, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz on Monday said the numbers used were incomparable.

A LABOR group gave President Benigno Aquino III a “poor rating” for allegedly failing to address the country’s high unemployment rate.

MANILA, Philippines—Labor groups on Thursday expressed “extreme disappointment” with the four-year-old Aquino administration over its lack of concern for workers and its failure to protect jobs, raise wages and reduce power rates.

THE GOVERNMENT celebrated Labor Day yesterday with President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s visit to semiconductor plants in Laguna, and nationwide job fairs fielded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE).

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has the highest unemployment rate among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to a report of the International Labor Organization (ILO) published in 2014.

THE Philippines marks Labor Day today as millions of Filipinos struggle to survive because the Aquino government has failed to create enough jobs to lower the unemployment rate, former senator Ernesto Herrera, the president of the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), said.

In the next few weeks, more than half a million more Filipinos will be looking for jobs that will hopefully pay back for their years of sweat of having to go through school and for their parents’ hard-earned money spent on tuition fees and living expenses.

Around 700,000 college graduates will enter the labor force starting next week, thus raising the spectre of more and more people going jobless, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of jobless Filipinos grew in January compared to a year ago despite the country’s strong economic performance.

MANILA – The Philippines should create more investment opportunities in agriculture, tourism, manufacturing and mining to escape the curse of jobless economic growth, experts and businessmen said Wednesday.

The 7.2-percent GDP rise in 2013 is meaningless to most Filipinos. Government leaders know it, but can’t bring themselves to change it. In money terms, the economy gained P12 trillion in services and goods last year. Divided by the 100 million Filipinos, that’s P120,000 per capita income for every man, woman and child. Meaning, P10,000…

NEDA chief Arsenio Balisacan answers questions during a media briefing at Malacañang yesterday. WILLY PEREZ MANILA, Philippines – High unemployment and poverty incidence will remain a big challenge for the government in the next 10 years or so even amid steady growth – largely because of decades of squandered opportunities, the government’s chief economist said…

“P-Noy must listen to other voices, not only to his close advisers,” says the activist Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC). FDC issued a press release in response to the rise in joblessness among Filipino adults.

MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino ordered his Cabinet Tuesday to “intensify programs on job creation and social protection” amid the ballooning 12.1 million unemployed Filipinos.

CABINET PRESSED TO EXPLAIN MANILA, Philippines—Baffled by the high unemployment rate, President Aquino on Tuesday quizzed the Cabinet on its “action plan for poverty reduction” as the benefits of a strong economy were eluding the country’s middle class and poor. Aquino presided over a rare full Cabinet meeting that included Vice President Jejomar Binay in…

There are more jobless Filipinos as of the last quarter of last year according to a survey done by the Social Weather Station. Interestingly enough, although there are more who lost their jobs, more are optimistic that they can get better jobs this year.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of jobless Filipinos went up by 2.5 million in the last quarter of 2013, according to the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

Some 12.1 million Filipinos were jobless at the end of 2013, as unemployment rose to 27.5 percent in the last quarter of the year, according to a Social Weather Stations poll.

Malacanang on Monday said it is not surprised with the increase in unemployment shown in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. Based on the latest SWS survey, the unemployment rate increased to 27.5 percent in December 2013 compared to 21.7 percent in September 2013. It was also the highest rate of unemployement for 2013.

There is a pressing need for a road map towards improving the lag in agriculture and manufacturing to address a stubbornly high unemployment rate. Analysts interviewed by GMA News Online said a strong output alone – which grew by 7.4 percent in the first three quarters of 2013, the fastest phase in Southeast Asia –…

UNEMPLOYMENT likely worsened this year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said in Friday, with strong economic growth apparently not having led to more job opportunities.

MANILA, Philippines – The unemployment rate slightly slipped to 6.5% in October to 2.6 million jobless people, from 2.76 million a year ago.

Recently, the World Bank undertook an assessment of the unemployment problems plaguing the Philippine economy. This analysis makes comprehensive use of Philippine labor data, notably those produced by the NSO (National Statistics Office). I will use this more recent analysis to explain the unemployment problem as an introduction to next week’s discussion of labor policy…