The country’s trade deficit narrowed in July after both exports and imports contracted by double-digits, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed Friday, Sept. 8. The trade deficit, or the difference between the value of export and import, narrowed by 30 percent to $4.20 billion...
There was a significant growth in birth and marriage rates registered last year while death rates were reduced, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). From January to December 2022, the number of registered births reached over 1.38 million. This was higher by 1.3 percent than the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported a substantial rise in the production rate of goods in the country's factories in July propelled by a significant increase in beverage output. Preliminary results of the PSA’s Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) showed the...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the prices of goods sold to wholesalers increased at a much faster pace in July due to higher costs of food inputs. According to the PSA data, the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) in the country rose to 4.5 percent in July from 4.0 percent...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Census of Agriculture and Fisheries 2022 in this province conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority is underway. About 62,000 respondents involved in farming, fishing, and aquaculture are the target of the census, PSA-Quezon officer Airene Pucyutan said....
The rate of increase in consumer prices accelerated for the first time in six months in August, driven by higher food and transport costs, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. In a briefing on Tuesday, Sept. 5, National Statistician Dennis S. Mapa said that the headline inflation...
A sample copy of a PhiID card (MB File Photo) Senator Francis Escudero on Wednesday, August 9 said he will ask the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for “quantifiable targets” when they come to the Senate for the 2024 national budget...
Former national coach Rolando “Amat” Canlas Jr. said behind the current crop of young fencers, there is a strong possibility of making it to the Olympics on a consistent basis. *Former national coach Rolando “Amat” Canlas Jr. (center) with Canlas Fencing club.* To do that, however, there...
BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – A 101-year-old woman from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental has finally obtained a birth certificate in official security paper (SECPA) through the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Birth Registration Assistance Program (PBRAP) of the Philippine Statistics Authority...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth consecutive month. A VEGETABLE stall at the La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth straight month....
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The teenage pregnancy rate in Northern Mindanao or Region 10 has decreased to 10.9 percent but it is the highest among all regions in the country, the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2022 said. The survey result which was reported by the Philippine Statistics...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed his call for the government to ensure a sustained drop in teenage pregnancies in the country. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB Photo) Gatchalian said keeping girls in school...
