THE unemployment rate in the country rose to 8.8 percent in February, which translated to more jobless Filipinos, according to the latest economic bulletin released by the Department of Finance (DoF) on Sunday.

Preliminary figures it provided showed that the February rate — higher than the 8.7 percent rate in January — was equivalent to 4.18 million out-of-work individuals, expanding from the 3.95 million in a month earlier.

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