The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that construction activities in the country posted a decline in March compared to the same month last year. According to the PSA, the number of constructions from approved building permits dropped 15 percent to 13,320 in the third month of the 2024...
It's going to be a girl power session of the Philippine Sporswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, May 21, at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Olympic-bound fencer Sam Catantan joins Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) Executive Director Erika Dy, Gilas Pilipinas...
Most prices of basic commodities experienced a decline during the first days of May, based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). A kilogram of well milled rice would cost a consumer P56.52 during the period, which was lower than the P56.98 and P57.04 recorded for the commodity...
The National Identification (ID) system now permits the updating or correction of key information, but this service is only available at specific Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) offices. In a statement on Friday, May 17, the PSA said that it began the gradual rollout of updating services...
Close to 11 million Filipino children and youth are currently not attending school, with the majority opting out of pursuing higher education. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), out of the 42.8 million Filipinos aged five to 24 years, 10.7 million individuals are categorized as...
Billiards and floorball headline the Tuesday session, May 14, of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Sharks Billiards Association (SBA) Chief Executive and founder Hadley Mariano together with Chief Operating Officer Mark...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped one percent to 4.1 percent in April from 3.1 percent in March. A FRUIT vendor on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, said that the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that national identification (ID) cards with clerical errors cannot be corrected at this time. In a statement, the PSA said that updating or correcting demographic information in the Philippine National Identification System (PhilID) is currently...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the volume of palay or rice production increased by five percent to 5.23 million metric tons in the first three months of the year. The PSA report also showed that the farmgate price of palay was observed at P24.06 per kilogram, up by 6.7...
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Thursday, May 09, that the local economy, as measured by its gross domestic product (GDP), slowed to 5.7 percent in the first quarter of the year. This growth fell short of the government’s target band of 6.0 percent to 7.0 percent this year and was...
The country’s trade deficit narrowed in March this year as both exports and imports contracted, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed. The gap in the trade balance, which is the difference between the value of export and import, reached $3.18 billion in March, down by 36.6 percent...
The farm output growth has weakened in the first quarter of this year, primarily due to the decline in crop production, especially in palay cultivation, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Based on the PSA report released on Wednesday, May 8, the total value of agricultural and...
