Unemployed Filipinos rise slightly to 2.59M in June

MANILA, Philippines — Unemployed Filipinos inched up to 2.59 million in June from 2.50 million in May, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Thursday. This translated to an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent, slightly higher than the 4.8 percent recorded in May. READ: Dole commits to provide more jobs of better ‘quality’ Meanwhile, the number