Philippine unemployment jumps to 5.3% in July as weather disturbances trigger job losses in the agriculture sector ...

The unemployment rate in July climbed to its highest level in almost three years due to the series of typhoons that hit the country.

The Philippines' unemployment and underemployment rates climbed in July from June as typhoons and floods affected large parts of the country. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the jobless rate ...

Intense downpours that swamped farms and paralyzed roads pushed the Philippines’ jobless rate in July to a pandemic-era high, laying bare the local labor market’s ...

The local stock market slipped yesterday on news of higher Philippine unemployment rate in July. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index inched down by 0.04 percent or 2.62 points to end at ...