The Filipino military continues to launch airstrikes and artillery shells on rebels positions and it claims there are at least hundred militants left in Marawi City.
The lower-wage civil servants will receive a built-in wage increase of up to S$20 in their monthly salary, over and above their annual increment in 2017.
The overall unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.2% compared to the previous quarter, with resident and citizen joblessness rate clocking in at 3.2% and 3.5%, respectively.