MANILA – Research institution IBON Foundation said on Sunday that the findings of a recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey painted an accurate picture of unemployment in the Philippines.
“Mas sinasalamin ng SWS actually ‘yung totoong kalagayan sa kawalan ng trabaho sa bansa,” IBON Foundation executive director Sonny Africa told Super Radyo dzBB.
The SWS poll found that adult joblessness had risen to 22 percent in the third quarter, equivalent to around 9.8 million adults.
This was a 2.3-percentage point increase from the 19.7 percent during the second quarter, equivalent to around 8.6 million adults.
The IBON Foundation had claimed earlier this year that at least 300,000 Filipinos had lost their jobs since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June 2016.
“Tignan natin ang data. 300,000 ang nawalan ng trabaho. Pinapakita lamang na nahihirapan ang ating agrikultura at iba pang industriya kaya mahal ang presyo ng pagkain. Nabawasan pa ang mga nagtatrabaho sa Pilipinas,” said Africa. (GMA News)
