The unemployment rate rose to 4.9% from 3.7% a year earlier, with 2.59 million Filipinos out of work, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday. The jobless rate was also up slightly from 4.8% in May. The employment rate fell to 95.1% from 96.3% a year earlier, even as the number of employed Filipinos increased to 50.66 million from 50.47 million. The labor force participation rate declined to 65.1% in June from 65.7% a year earlier, although it improved from 63.8% in May. About 6.11 million employed Filipinos were underemployed in June.