People wearing face masks as protection against the Covid-19 ride a train as the country's capital region eases coronavirus restrictions, in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila. - Reuters
MANILA, March 20 (Xinhua): The unemployment rate dipped to 6.4 percent in January in the Philippines with around 2.93 million Filipinos were out of work, according to a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) survey report that has been released to the media
PSA head Dennis Mapa told a virtual press conference that the rate recorded in January is the lowest since April 2020 after the Covid-19 outbreak.
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