00:00 The unemployment rate of Filipinas increased by 3.9% from 3.5% last February.
00:08 According to the Philippine Statistics Authority,
00:11 the 2 million Filipinos aged 15 and above lost their jobs last March,
00:16 that's more than 200,000 than last February.
00:20 More than 49 million have jobs or 96.1% of the labor force.
00:26 Of those, 11% or more than 5 million are underemployed
00:31 or those who have jobs but are still looking for more hours of work.
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