philippine news

Protect women — CHR

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights of women.

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Jobless rate eases to 7.4% in July

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

Despite the prevailing economic slump, the number of unemployed Filipinos dropped compared to the past years, the latest National Statistics Office (NSO) survey showed yesterday.

Results of the NSO Labor Force Survey revealed that the Philippines’ … Read the rest

RP unemployment rate rises to 8%, says NSO

Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

Unemployment rose to 8.0 percent in April from 7.4 percent in January as economic growth began to slow down amid soaring food and energy prices, the National Statistics Office said in its quarterly employment report yesterday.… Read the rest

Number of jobless nearly 3 million

Darwin G. Amojelar
Manila Times

Nearly three million Filipinos, led by college graduates, were out of jobs as of April on a slumping domestic economy during the first three months of 2008, the government reported on Tuesday.

The economy, as … Read the rest

Jobless rate rose to 8% in April as growth eased

Lawrence Agcaoili
Manila Standard

UNEMPLOYMENT in the Philippines rose to 8.0 percent in April—adding 200,000 more people to the ranks of the jobless—as economic growth started to ease amid soaring food and energy prices, the government said Tuesday.

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