Manila, June 9 -- The government will strengthen the country's labor market resilience amid emerging domestic and global challenges, the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) said Tuesday.

DEPDev made the commitment after the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released the results of the April 2026 Labor Force Survey (LFS).

In a briefing, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said the survey showed that the labor force participation rate (LFPR) in April was estimated at 62.7 percent, equivalent to 51.30 million Filipinos aged 15 years and over who were either employed or actively seeking work, lower than the 63.3 percent LFPR, or 51.65 million individuals in the labor force, recorded in March.

The number of employed...