Gov't urged to complete procurement plans for job creation
(File photo) MANILA - A lawmaker on Thursday said the Duterte administration should issue a directive to government agencies with high underutilization rates to complete their procurement plans to stimulate job growth. House Ways and Means Committee chair Joey Salceda made the recommendation after the Philippine Statistics Authority reported that unemployment soared to 8.9 percent in September, which yielded 4.25 million jobless Filipinos. Salceda noted that while the overall trend from April to the latest Labor Force Survey (LFS) shows that the aggregate job situation has begun to solidify, t...