
Philippines Reports 2.66 Million Unemployed in February 2026
The Philippine Statistics Authority announced that 2.66 million Filipinos were jobless in February 2026, highlighting the country's unemployment figures.
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The Philippine Statistics Authority announced that 2.66 million Filipinos were jobless in February 2026, highlighting the country's unemployment figures.

A House panel has requested the Philippine Statistics Authority to verify records of individuals who allegedly received confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education, as corruption allegations continue to fuel public distrust in VP Sara Duterte.

MANILA, Philippines – Several irregularities were found regarding mining tycoon Joseph Sy’s Filipino citizenship, the Philippine Statistics Authority revealed before the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights on Monday. The PSA first confirmed irregularities in the late registration of Sy’s birth certificate in the 2025 hearings regarding the businessman’s citizenship. This time around, PSA

A new survey by the Philippine Statistics Authority reveals that the national fertility rate in the Philippines has dropped to a record low of 1.7, falling below the population replacement level.

Bohol province registered the lowest inflation rate among provinces and highly urbanized cities in Central Visayas in February 2026, even as price pressures increased across the region, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines recorded 701,884 deaths in 2024, or an average of 1,918 a day, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority, with nearly half occurring outside health…

Philippine senators questioned the government's conflicting data on national onion production during an agriculture panel hearing, as the Philippine Statistics Authority reported a surplus while other data suggested otherwise.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine labor market weakened at the start of the year and is likely to remain under pressure amid the Middle East crisis, after the number of jobless Filipinos rose to 2.96 million, its highest level since 2022, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. Unemployment in the country soared to 5.8 percent