Unemployment

AT least 2.8 million Filipinos, or 7 percent of the population 15 years old and over, were unemployed in 2011, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said in its Labor Force Survey on Wednesday.

There are about 700,000 more men than women who are unemployed, Bureau of Labor and Employment statistics (BLES) showed. “The 2011 Employment Situation” noted that “more than three out of every five unemployed were men.”

MANILA, Philippines – Men are more likely to be unemployed than women in the Philippines and Thailand, according to a recent report by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

MANILA, Philippines—The number of Filipinos without jobs settled at 2.814 million in 2011 when the labor force breached the 40-million mark, according to the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics (BLES).

CEBU, Philippines – Central Visayas has one of the highest numbers of jobseekers through Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) nationwide from January to September this year.

The bloodbath at the Philippine stock market continues. After a spectacular fall last Friday, local stocks plummeted further Monday, giving up 165 points, or 4.2%, to end up at 3,721 The optimists who, a few months ago, were predicting that the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) will hit 5,000 by yearend are now disheartened.

THE number of jobless Filipinos rose slightly in July because of slow economic growth and the Aquino administration’s failure to provide more employment opportunities.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.1 percent in July from the seven percent recorded in the same period last year due to the lack of gainful job opportunities, latest data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed.

Employment rates in the Philippines grew by 4 percent year-on-year as the country’s labor market regains momentum in April 2011, but not in the case of region VI.

MANILA — Few things scare Philippine grandmother Maria Luisa Bernardo, who has dodged fires and fought off demolition crews in a tough Manila slum for more than half her life.

THE PALACE on Thursday welcomed improved year-on-year employment statistics, particularly a decrease in unemployment, based on the 2011 Labor Force Survey conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

MANILA, Philippines – Favorable weather and improved economic conditions pulled down the number of jobless people nationwide, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday.

THE COUNTRY’S unemployment rate slid to 7.2% in April from 8.0% a year earlier and 7.4% in the previous quarter, data from the National Statistics Office showed. A total of 2.9 million jobless Filipinos were recorded out of the 39.7 million-strong labor force in April.

PNoy Aquino administration’s first year MANILA: Unemployment, a major problem promised to be solved by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III when he assumed office last June, has worsened in the first year of his administration, posing a tough challenge for him.

A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showing that the unemployment rate under the Aquino administration has increased to 27.2 percent was branded “statistically insignificant” by the Palace, insinuating that it departed from the official National Statistics Office (NSO) formula that shows far lesser number of jobless Filipinos.

MANILA, Philippines – The number of unemployed Filipinos rose by 1.4 million to 11.3 million in March from 9.9 million in November last year, according to the latest survey by polling firm Social Weather Stations (SWS).

The army of the unemployed continues to grow under the Aquino administration as the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showed 27.2 percent of the labor force were jobless in March or more than one in four Filipinos who are able to work.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) should start preparing for the rise in the number of unemployed because of developments around the world, Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. said yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines –  More Filipinos are jobless this year. Results of the National Statistics Office’s (NSO) Labor Force Survey yesterday showed that the number of unemployed people in the country totaled to 2.91 million in January this year from 2.82 million in the same period last year. Overall unemployment rate stands at 7.4 percent this…

THERE are no jobs available for more than 160,000 registered nurses in the country, a Department of Health official said on Wednesday.

THE number of jobless Filipinos slightly fell last year amid the Philippines’ record economic expansion.

JOBLESSNESS would remain high this year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said on Monday, as global unemployment continues to rise, since the start of the global financial crisis. In a statement, the ILO said that its annual employment trends survey showed that high levels of unemployment and growing discouragement in developed countries, as well as…

OPEN NOTEBOOK ADDRESSING mounting employment is seen as the key component of the budget that was expected to be signed into law this week. That at least is the reading of the political climate amidst which the proposed P1.645 trillion General Appropriations Act that Malacañang will sign into law says Rep. Elpidio Barzaga of Cavite…

MANILA, Philippines – The International Labor Organization (ILO) yesterday warned governments that millions of unemployed workers in 35 countries, including the Philippines, are at greater risk of suffering from psychological disorder resulting from difficulty in finding immediate employment.

BERKELEY — We hear from surprisingly many quarters these days that governments in Europe and North America, and their central banks, should give up on the expansionary policies they have pursued to try to create jobs. The high unemployment currently afflicting the North Atlantic, critics of government stimulus maintain, is not cyclical but “structural,” and…

THE number of jobless Filipinos fell at its fastest pace in nearly two years with the economy growing nearly 8 percent. The National Statistics Office (NSO) on Wednesday said that unemployment went down to 6.9 percent as of July, the lowest since October 2008. A year ago the unemployment rate was 7.6 percent.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported yesterday that the number of jobless Filipinos had declined by 200,000 as the country recovers from the effects of the global financial crisis.

GENEVA — Youth unemployment hit a record 81 million youngsters worldwide last year with the economic crisis, potentially breeding a “lost generation,” the International Labor Organization (ILO) said yesterday.

GENEVA, Switzerland—Youth unemployment hit a record 81 million youngsters worldwide last year with the economic crisis, potentially breeding a “lost generation,” the International Labor Organization said on Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines – Believing they will never find employment, at least a million jobless Filipinos have quit looking for work.