Over 25 million Filipinos were struggling to meet their basic needs, including food, due to insufficient income, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday, Dec. 22. The PSA's preliminary 2023 First Semester Official Poverty Statistics showed that about 22.4 percent of the...
You think crime volume is going up during "ber" months? Well, not anymore according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). Citing its data, the PNP has recorded an 18.2 percent decrease in focus crimes across the country from Sept. 1 to Dec. 19 this year, a reverse of the usual perception...
Metro Manila’s seven-day Covid-19 positivity rate (OCTA Fellow Guido David / X) The seven-day positivity rate of Covid-19 in Metro Manila further increased to 22 percent on Dec. 19, from 16 percent on Dec. 12, the OCTA Research said on Thursday, Dec. 21. OCTA Research Fellow Dr. Guido David said...
Education policymakers should ensure that educational programs align with the demands of the job market to achieve the United Nations’s sustainable development growth number four or quality education, researchers said. In a study by the Philippine Institute and Development Studies (PIDS),...
The rate of prices of goods sold to wholesalers remained the same in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Thursday, Dec. 14. According to the PSA data, the general wholesale price index (GWPI) during the month remained at 4.4 percent. This was lower than the 7.6 percent recorded in...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped to four percent in November. A MAN purchases tomatoes in a stall at the Iloilo Terminal Market in Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the inflation rate in Western Visayas went down to four percent in November. (Tara...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Lawmakers from both legislative chambers agree: the Marcos administration has successfully waded through the challenges of elevated global inflation and brought the Philippines on to much better...
The government's chief economic manager said the Philippines is on the brink of realizing President Marcos' goal of slashing the unemployment rate to a low single digit by the end of his term. In a statement, Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said that the President's aim to lower the...
President Marcos has expressed confidence that the Philippines will have a promising future following reports of the country's inflation rate dropping last month. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Bongbong Marcos/Facebook) Marcos said this as he welcomed the report that the country's...
The country had fewer unemployed persons in October this year at 4.2 percent or 2.9 million individuals, according to a report by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). This was significantly lower than the 4.5 percent recorded in the same month last year, and 4.8 percent in July this year. It...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-13 reported on Wednesday that the crime rate in the Caraga region went down by 30 percent due to a strengthened and aggressive anti-crime campaign. PRO-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Kirby John B. Kraft said index and non-index crimes in Caraga dropped by...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has placed a spotlight on the access and supply of rice after overall inflation in the country eased forthe month of November. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the inflation...
