The number of unemployed Filipinos increased in April.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the joblessness rate was recorded at 4.1%.
This translates to 2.06 million unemployed Filipinos.
The figure is higher than the 3.9% unemployment rate in March, which was equivalent to 1.93 million.
Meanwhile, underemployment, or those looking for extra income, work, or work hours, also increased. It was recorded at 14.6% in April, up from 13.4% in March.
The number of employed Filipinos for April 2025 reached 48.67 million which is slightly higher than the 48.35 million in April 2024.
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Abner is an award-winning journalist. He received the prestigious 2015 Titus Brandsma Award for Community Communication in the Philippines and participated in the 2016 International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) of the United States of America, sponsored by the US Embassy in the Philippines. Founder of WATCH NORTH COTABATO, a media-citizens’ transparency group. He worked as a correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and CNN Philippines. His experience in broadcasting includes anchoring for Brigada News FM in Kidapawan and General Santos City and Brigada News TV. He anchors Tira Brigada via 105.1 Brigada News FM Manila, Mondays-Saturdays.