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A Filipino laborer counts coins earned from pushing a rickshaw at a train track in Muntinlupa city, south of Manila, Philippines, September 8, 2015. According to a new report based on a survey by private Philippines pollster Social Weather Stations (SWS), the number of jobless Filipinos has increased by around 1.5 million in the second quarter of 2015 despite higher economic growth. In its report, the SWS said that jobless rate has increased to 23.2 percent or about 10.5 million Filipinos in the second quarter from 19.1 percent or an estimated 9 million unemployed in the first quarter of 2015. (Photo by Francis R. Malasig/EPA)
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