ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas last January went up even after economic activities have returned to normal as the pandemic waned.  GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City.  (Tara Yap) Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the...
Five major combat sports make up the coming Laro ng Lahi-Ifugao set in the municipality of Lagawe over the weekend. *Former PBL Commissioner Chino Trinidad and PSC Commissioner Bong Coo.* Boxing, wushu, wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo will be featured in the all-women event set July 8-9. A...
Chino Trinidad, a noted broadcaster and former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball League, has embarked on a new journey and advocacy. Trinidad is out to promote cockfighting as a sport and ‘an integral part of Philippine culture.’ “Based on history, it’s the oldest sport in our...
MILO Sports is walking the extra mile to make sure that its programs involving close to 20 sports will continue to reach, accommodate and benefit as many athletes, particularly the young ones. “Our approach is that we are moving with the times,” said MILO Sports head Carlo Sampan during ...
The country’s 840-strong contingent to the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia made it a bountiful month of May for Philippine sports. *Caloy Yulo*. The SEAG bets collared 58 golds, 85 silvers and 117 bronzes – with meet records to boot – in the 12-day joust in Phnom Penh to earn the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the decreasing inflation rate in the country was "encouraging" and was a sign of continued progress towards affordable prices of goods. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool) “Today we received encouraging...
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan believes that the Philippines is “on track” to reach its target of slower inflation rate this year owing to the downward trend observed recently. (From left) NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan talks to Chief...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – The rice production in Region 1 for Calendar Year 2022 increased by 3.31 percent, according to the report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Ilocos. Regional Executive Director Annie Q. Bares of the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 1 (DA...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said the country is slowly recovering from its previous economic slump after posting a 6.4-percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in the first quarter of the year. Marcos expressed this through a social media post on Thursday, May 11....
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased for the second straight month. RESIDENTS check fresh fish for sale at Central Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 reported that the inflation rate in Region 6 dropped to 8.2 percent in April,...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has filed a resolution seeking to investigate why there is a delay in the issuance of the national identification cards (national ID) by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). “Given the unreasonably prolonged delivery, questionable...
BUTUAN CITY – Teenage pregnancies in the Caraga region declined from 8.2 percent in 2017 to 7.7 percent in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said in its 2022 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS). This was consistent with the findings of the University of the Philippines...
