[In the news] Workers group hits PSA on ‘report’ -ManilaStandard.net

The Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino on Friday hit the Philippine Statistics Agency for its report that fewer Filipinos were jobless in April. “The PSA report is deceitful,” the group’s president Leody de Guzman said. He reacted to the latest PSA data that there were 42.2-million employed Filipinos as of April. The figure represented an employment…

Human Rights Online Philippines

June 8, 2019

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The Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino on Friday hit the Philippine Statistics Agency for its report that fewer Filipinos were jobless in April.

“The PSA report is deceitful,” the group’s president Leody de Guzman said.

He reacted to the latest PSA data that there were 42.2-million employed Filipinos as of April.

The figure represented an employment rate of 94.9 percent or an equivalent of 40.9-million Filipinos, PSA noted.

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