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Job seekers fill out application forms at a job fair in Manila, Feb. 24, 2023. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy John Victor D. Ordoñez, ReporterTHE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE rose to a four-month high of 4.8% in January amid the loss of temporary holiday jobs, the Philippine Statistics

PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBANBy Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, ReporterTHE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., on Thursday approved 194 flagship infrastructure projects worth P9 trillion, as well as the amendments to joint venture (JV) guidelines. NEDA Secretary