The recent report of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) that 10.5 million Filipinos are unemployed is alarming and only shows that the much-touted economic growth has left millions behind, the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay said on Sunday.

Binay’s spokesman for political affairs Rico Quicho said there were only nine million Filipinos unemployed three months ago.

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