Domestic manufacturing activity posted notable gains in February, before the war in the Middle East began, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest monthly integrated survey of selected industries (MISSI). The February MISSI report released on Tuesday, April 7, showed the...
The peso’s purchasing power hit another record low in March as the price shock wrought by the war in the Middle East further eroded Filipinos’ ability to spend the local currency. The latest data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), released on Tuesday, April 7, showed that the...
Headline inflation, or annual price increases, soared to a 20-month high of 4.1 percent in March, as the war in the Middle East fueled skyrocketing oil prices. National Statistician and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) chief Claire Dennis S. Mapa told a press briefing on Tuesday, April 7, that...
Tennis star Alex Eala and the Filipinas football team continued setting new milestones, while gymnast Eldrew Yulo started to make his mark in seniors play to headline a stellar campaign for Philippine bets in the last two months. Eala fueled her rise to a career-high 29 in the WTA rankings in...
Country’s rice stockpiles expanded in March compared with a year earlier, driven by the recovery in government-held reserves and steady gains in household holdings, according to the latest data from the Philippine Statistics Agency (PSA). Total rice inventory stood at 1.88 million metric tons as...
The global oil price and supply shock caused by the war in the Middle East may reverse early 2026 gains by Philippine exporters, according to think tank Oxford Economics. In a report on Monday, March 30, Oxford Economics senior economist Sheana Yue said that while Asian goods exports started 2026...
Domestic trade in the Philippines continued to grow across water and air transport systems in 2025, with an even higher volume and value now recorded through road transport, which the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) tracked for the first time last year. The PSA reported on Monday, March 30,...
Factory-gate prices in the Philippines rose at their fastest pace in nearly three years in February, reflecting growing cost pressures in the manufacturing sector. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, March 27, that the producer price index (PPI) for manufacturing...
The Philippines’ goods trade with the rest of the world grew faster in February, ahead of the conflict in the Middle East posing a threat to the country’s exports. The latest preliminary Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data on Friday, March 27, showed that total external trade rose 10.7...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, March 16, launched the fully digital apostille for Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) certificates for easy authentication of such documents even abroad. During the launching ceremony, DFA Secretary Ma....
Many Filipinos experienced temporary unemployment and reduced working hours after the holiday season as seasonal jobs ended, but formal wage and salary employment continued to grow, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, the department said the rise in unemployment...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, on Monday, March 9, questioned the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) over what she described as a “mysterious delay” in endorsing to the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) the cancellation of businessman Joseph Sy’s birth certificate despite earlier findings of...
