Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN
Unemployed Filipinos try to find work at the Applicants Public Employment Service Office in Manila on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The jobless rate rose to 4.3 percent from 4.2 percent in November, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Wednesday, with 43,000 Filipinos aged 15 and above joining the ranks of the unemployed. PHOTO BY RENE H. DILAN

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