MANILA, Philippines — Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday warned that millions of Filipinos would remain jobless if the government fails to create a national policy that would spur job recovery.
“The news of the COVID-19 vaccines is the best Christmas gift ever. Now, how about jobs and the economy?” Marcos said in a statement.
“We have already been warned that the health crisis would end long before economies will recover. Who then is researching and formulating the job recovery vaccine? Millions of Filipinos, now unemployed and bankrupt through no fault of their own, desperately need that jab in the economy’s arm – but no one seems to be in charge,” she added.
Marcos issued the cal…
Keep on reading: ‘Stuck with band-aid solutions’: Gov’t urged to craft nat’l policy for job recovery