Workers sew clothes at a tailor shop in Quiapo, Manila. The Philippine Statistics Authority said its preliminary Labor Force Survey data showed the country’s unemployment rate in March was estimated at 5.8 percent, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic began. PHOTO BY JOHN RYAN BALDEMOR
Workers sew clothes at a tailor shop in Quiapo, Manila. The Philippine Statistics Authority said its preliminary Labor Force Survey data showed the country’s unemployment rate in March was estimated at 5.8 percent, the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic began. PHOTO BY JOHN RYAN BALDEMOR

THE Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the number of unemployed Filipinos shrank in March, which the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ascribed to relaxed mobility restrictions in the country.

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