00:00The number of Filipinos who had a job in November last year increased based on the Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistics Authority
00:08while the number of underemployed also decreased.
00:11PTV's Noel Talacay with the country's latest news.
00:16More than 400,000 Filipinos left their underemployment status
00:22based on the November 2024 Labor Force Survey of the Philippine Statistic Authority of ESA
00:28based on the results of the survey, 5.35 million Filipinos are now included in underemployment.
00:36It decreased compared to the 5.79 million Filipinos recorded in November 2023.
00:43The transportation and storage is high here.
00:45We have a reduction in the number of underemployed of around 144,000.
00:51And the big contributor is the passenger land transport.
00:56So, it's also a contributor to the increase in the number of employed persons.
01:00So, of course, this is related to activities during the holidays.
01:07The number of Filipinos who have no job in the country also decreased by more than 170,000.
01:16Based on the survey, 1.66 million Filipinos have no job.
01:21This is low compared to November 2023,
01:24when 1.83 million Filipinos recorded no job according to the PSA.
01:30Those who work in the agricultural sector are the largest number who lost their jobs.
01:37Based on the survey, more than 1.99 million farmers and fishermen lost their jobs
01:43according to MAPA due to the recent typhoons.
01:47However, there are more jobs in the manufacturing and accommodation services
01:54and workers in the wage and salary workers classification.
01:59We have a reduction in the agricultural sector and fishing due to the typhoons.
02:05But we have an increase in the manufacturing and accommodation services
02:10as well as the wage and salary workers.
02:15Based on the month-on-month data of our survey,
02:18the number of people who have a job increased.
02:22The number of Filipinos who had a job in November 2024 was 1.38 million.
02:28In total, the number of Filipinos who are employed increased to 49.54 million.
02:35This number increased in October 2024, which is 48.16 million Filipinos.
02:42According to the PSA, there are five major industries
02:45that increased the number of employment in the country in November 2024.
02:50These are manufacturing, accommodation and food service activities,
02:54human health and social work activities,
02:57transportation and storage, and other service activities.
03:01Noel Talacay for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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