Unemployment rate in Puerto Princesa City is shooting up, the City Public Employment and Services Office (PESO) said on Wednesday.

City PESO head Aileen Cynthia Amurao said the increase in the unemployment rate, which started at the opening of 2013, is comparatively fast from 2012 when employment rate improved due to the opening of more jobs following the end of construction of a mall and several other establishments.

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