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File photo MANILA - The government aims to bring down the unemployment rate close to pre-pandemic level of around 5 to 5.5 percent this year, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez said Tuesday. In a virtual presser of the Presidential Communications Operations Office-Office of the Global Media and Public Affairs, Lopez said the unemployment rate slowed down to 6.5 percent last November from a peak of 17.6 percent in April 2020. "Our goal in 2022 is to further increase our job generation efforts to close down (the) unemployment rate nearer to pre-pandemic levels,&quo...

Published July 7, 2021, 11:30 AM The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has extended P455,000 worth of assistance to a rice mill in Zamboanga del Norte to upgrade its equipment and improve its milling capacity. Myka Rice Mill, which is located in the municipality of Pres. M.A. Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, receives P455,000 worth of assistance from the Department of Science and Technology’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). (Photo from DOST Facebook Page) The DOST-IX identified Myka Rice Mill, which is located in the municipality of Pres. M.A. Roxas, Zamboanga ...