The number of unemployed Filipinos went up by 200,000 in January, a survey made by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed.

In a briefing, National Statistician Claire Dennis Mapa said that based on the results of the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS), four million joined the ranks of the unemployed, compared to 2.4 million in the same period last year.

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