Unemployment rate jumps to pandemic-era high of 5.8%

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine unemployment soared to a pandemic-era high of 5.8 percent in January, with 2.96 million Filipinos out of work. The number went up from 2.26 million in December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. The joblessness rate also rose from the 4.4 percent recorded in December, marking the highest level