Manila, July 9 -- The Bureau of Local Employment (BLE) on Wednesday reported that more than 2.6 million job seekers nationwide have been employed since 2024 through the Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs).

"There are a total of 2.6 million job applicants that have successfully found jobs (through the PESOs)," BLE Director Patrick Patriwirawan said during the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing.

Patriwirawan noted that PESOs have high placement rates for job applicants, at about 94 percent.

He also reported that 5.7 million job vacancies have been solicited by PESOs from employers since last year and about 3 million job applicants have been registered with PESOs nationwide.

The PESO is an employment service facility established in a...