Boxing champ Pedro Taduran and the history-making Gilas Pilipinas Women 3x3 delivered knockout performances in April. Taduran extended his reign as IBF minimumweight titleholder, recovering from a slow start to stop Mexican challenger Gustavo Perez in the seventh round at the Pechanga Resort Casino...
The country’s economic growth slowed to its weakest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the first quarter of the year, prompting the government’s top planner to dismiss concerns that the nation is entering a period of stagflation or reverting to its historical status as the...
High fuel costs driven by geopolitical conflict in the Middle East hammered the Philippine labor market in March, forcing hundreds of thousands of agricultural and manual workers out of job as operating expenses became untenable. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Undersecretary and National...
Factory output expanded at its fastest pace in more than two years in March, signaling resilience in the Philippines’ manufacturing sector despite the ongoing war in the Middle East that began in late February. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) latest Monthly Integrated Survey of...
Headline inflation or annual price increases soared to a 37-month high of 7.2 percent in April, mainly as domestic fuel and food prices skyrocketed due to the global oil price and supply shocks caused by the prolonged war in the Middle East. The Philippine Statistics Authority ’s (PSA) latest...
Factory-gate prices rose at their fastest pace in three years in March, as oil-linked industries drove a sharp acceleration in manufacturing costs at the onset of the war in the Middle East. The latest Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data on Thursday, April 30, showed that the producer price...
The Philippines’ investment-grade rating remains intact—holding a notch above the minimum investment grade by Fitch (BBB with a negative outlook) and two notches above the minimum by S&P Global (BBB+ with a stable outlook) and Moody’s (Baa2 with a stable outlook). However, former Bangko...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The multi-million flood control scandal that put this province in the spotlight last year was one of the factors that triggered a .2 percent decline in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) region’s Gross Domestic...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas posted a Gross Domestic Regional Product (GRDP) of P683.44 billion in 2025. The Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) recorded an economic growth rate of 6.4 percent in the region comprising Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo provinces as well as the...
For learners who often go unnoticed in broad national data, help may soon be closer to home as the Department of Education (DepEd) pushes for education mapping at the barangay level, in a move aimed at identifying learning gaps more precisely and directing support to communities that need it most. ...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to apply space technology in improving irrigation systems and water resource management across the Philippines. The agreement, signed by PhilSA Ad Interim Director...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, April 13, emphasized the urgency of addressing the literacy crisis in the Philippines, calling on Filipino families to strengthen reading habits as the country marks Buwan ng Panitikang Filipino. In a video message, Duterte described literature not merely as...
