MANILA: The Philippines has started evacuating residents from coastal towns that will be affected by Typhoon Yutu, which is expected to make landfall in the northern part of Luzon island on Tuesday.
The state weather bureau has raised storm warning levels in several provinces, advising the public to take appropriate measures due to possible storm surges, landslides and floods triggered by heavy winds and rain.
Authorities say Yutu has weakened slightly to sustained winds of 150 from 170 km per hour, and gusts of 185 from 210 km per hour.
Ahead of Yutu’s landfall, some residents in the coastal towns of Isabela and Cagayan provinces started moving to evacuation centers, and the mountainous Cordillera region was put on red alert for landslides.
Eduardo Ano, acting secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government, told all local chief executives in regions affected by Yutu to stay in their posts “to personally oversee preparations and do the necessary actions to mitigate the impact of the typhoon on lives and properties.”
It is imperative that they are physically present in their areas so they can “make an intelligent assessment and informed and timely decisions” on what to do, Ano said.
Local officials were told to closely monitor all roads and highways that are highly susceptible to landslides, and classes were suspended in some affected provinces.
Farmers in Isabela have harvested their remaining crops that were not damaged by typhoon Mangkhut, which hit the northern Philippines in September and killed dozens of people.
Yutu will be the 18th typhoon to hit the country this year. The Philippines is affected by an average of 20 typhoons each year.
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Philippines evacuates coastal communities ahead of typhoon
Philippines evacuates coastal communities ahead of typhoon
- Ahead of Yutu’s landfall, some residents in the coastal towns of Isabela and Cagayan provinces started moving to evacuation centers, and the mountainous Cordillera region was put on red alert for landslides
Number of UK young people not in work or education nears 1 million
- Rate of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) is sometimes seen as a better guide to labor market difficulties
- The latest NEET rate is equivalent 12.8 percent of the workforce, up from 12.7 percent in the last quarter
LONDON: Nearly 1 million Britons aged 16-24 were not in employment, education or training at the end of last year, the second-highest level in more than a decade, according to official data released on Thursday.
The rate of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) is sometimes seen as a better guide to labor market difficulties than the headline youth unemployment rate, which was the highest in 10 years in the last quarter of 2025.
Thursday’s data showed that the number of NEETs aged 16-24 rose to 957,000 in the last quarter of 2025 from 946,000 the quarter before — just short of 971,000 in the final quarter of 2024 which was the highest since 2014.
The latest NEET rate is equivalent 12.8 percent of the workforce, up from 12.7 percent in the last quarter but below a 10-year high of 13.2 percent a year earlier and compares to an unemployment rate of 16.1 percent for 16-64 year olds.
Earlier this week, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill told a parliament committee that a rise in the minimum wage and employer social security charges had contributed to the difficulty young people face in getting a foothold in the job market.
This view is shared by many academic economists: 15 out of 19 in a poll by Britain’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research and the London School of Economics’ Center for Macroeconomics judged that government policy had a were a “very” or “moderately important” driver of youth unemployment.
LSE economics professor Ricardo Reis said “government policy changes are the most likely proximate cause for such large movements in young joblessness,” though he added that there was not conclusive evidence, and others pointed to broader economic weakness and artificial intelligence as factors.
Louise Murphy, a senior economist at the Resolution Foundation think tank, said finance minister Rachel Reeves should use a fiscal statement next week to widen eligibility for work placements and to pause plans to narrow the gap between the minimum wage rates for 18-20 year olds and older workers.
The rate of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) is sometimes seen as a better guide to labor market difficulties than the headline youth unemployment rate, which was the highest in 10 years in the last quarter of 2025.
Thursday’s data showed that the number of NEETs aged 16-24 rose to 957,000 in the last quarter of 2025 from 946,000 the quarter before — just short of 971,000 in the final quarter of 2024 which was the highest since 2014.
The latest NEET rate is equivalent 12.8 percent of the workforce, up from 12.7 percent in the last quarter but below a 10-year high of 13.2 percent a year earlier and compares to an unemployment rate of 16.1 percent for 16-64 year olds.
Earlier this week, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill told a parliament committee that a rise in the minimum wage and employer social security charges had contributed to the difficulty young people face in getting a foothold in the job market.
This view is shared by many academic economists: 15 out of 19 in a poll by Britain’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research and the London School of Economics’ Center for Macroeconomics judged that government policy had a were a “very” or “moderately important” driver of youth unemployment.
LSE economics professor Ricardo Reis said “government policy changes are the most likely proximate cause for such large movements in young joblessness,” though he added that there was not conclusive evidence, and others pointed to broader economic weakness and artificial intelligence as factors.
Louise Murphy, a senior economist at the Resolution Foundation think tank, said finance minister Rachel Reeves should use a fiscal statement next week to widen eligibility for work placements and to pause plans to narrow the gap between the minimum wage rates for 18-20 year olds and older workers.
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