Less stringent quarantine restrictions dragged down the country’s unemployment rate in November to its best level since the pandemic began, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The number of jobless Filipinos stood at 3.16 million in November based on the latest PSA Labor Force...
Consumer prices last year rose at a much faster pace than government had predicted even as inflation eased to its lowest monthly rate in December, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The country’s headline inflation clocked in at 3.6 percent last month, the lowest posted...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has formally adopted the recommendations of Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) in its guidelines for securing a Certificate of Foundling and Certification of Registration of Authority to Solemnize Marriage (CRASM) . Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and...
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines’ ocean economy declined by 32.6 percent, recording a gross value added (GVA) of P617.20 billion in 2020 from P916.31 billion in 2019, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Accounting for 3.4 percent of the...
(PSA PhilSys Facebook) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has achieved its national ID registration target of 50 million for 2021. In a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 14, PSA said that over 50 million Filipinos have completed their Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Step 2 Registration...
The country’s total agricultural trade reached $5.93 billion during the third quarter of this year, increasing at an annual rate of 14.8 percent amid the continuously increasing imports. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that during the third quarter of 2021, agricultural...
The local factory output rose anew in October owing to strong production in fabricated metal, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) released on Thursday, Dec. 9, the PSA said the country's volume of production...
The unemployment rate in the Philippines continues to decrease as it recorded its third lowest for the year following the gradual improvement in the country's pandemic situation, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) Citing the latest Labor Force Survey of...
The number of jobless Filipinos fell last October, boosted by the continued easing of quarantine restrictions, the government’s economic managers said. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday, Dec. 7, that the country’s unemployment rate decreased to 7.4 percent in October...
The rate of increase in consumer prices continued to decelerate for the third straight month in November due to slowdown in food costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The headline inflation rate further eased to 4.2 percent last month from 4.6 percent in October, but still...
Two alleged fixers at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in East Avenue, Quezon City were arrested by authorities on Monday morning, Dec. 6, barely a month after the duo was nabbed at the same location. Nearly a month after arresting a fixer outside the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines' chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight. Data from the Philippine Statistics...
