MANILA, Philippines — Less than five million Filipinos have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic as of December last year, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday.
“Ang record namin as of December, umaabot lamang po ng mga around a little less than five million,” Bello said in an interview on ABS-CBN News Channel.
(Our record as of December shows a little less than 5 million.)
“Konti talaga, kasi ano merong marami about three million natanggal pero temporary, and under the law after six months they have to be rehired.”
(It is really small number. There are many, about three million who were terminated, but only temporarily, and under the law, they …
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