THE number of unemployed Filipinos slightly went up in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.

In a virtual briefing on Thursday, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said that based on the preliminary results of the latest Labor Force Survey, the number of out-of-work individuals was estimated at 3.27 million from 3.16 million in November 2021.

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