Two alleged fixers at the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in East Avenue, Quezon City were arrested by authorities on Monday morning, Dec. 6, barely a month after the duo was nabbed at the same location. Nearly a month after arresting a fixer outside the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Amid the continuous entry of imported chicken into the country and the threat of local raisers to cut their production, the Philippines' chicken output during the first nine months of the year went down by 1.4 percent to 425,890 metric tons (MT) liveweight. Data from the Philippine Statistics...
The government will distribute direct cash assistance of P5,000 to as many as 59,125 farmers in Nueva Ecija to be funded from the excess rice import tariff collection under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF). The Department of Agriculture (DA) formally launched this week RCEF’s Rice...
Clockwise from left: Bowling secretary general Bong Coo, team coach Jojo Canare, and national team members Rachelle Leon and Merwin Tan. The Philippine bowling team has set its sights on the 31st Southeast Asian Games after a successful stint at the International Bowling Federation (IBF) World...
Panay Energy Development Corporation (PEDC) submitted the ‘lowest bid’ in a competitive selection process (CSP) carried out by power utility giant Manila Electric Company on Friday, Nov. 19, for its procurement of additional 70-megawatt supply. According to the third party bids and awards...
Organizers of the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Invitational Tournament are looking at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City as the venue for their opening matches scheduled on Dec. 11. Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes said they are finalizing the details as of this writing...
President Duterte has welcomed the third quarter year-on-year increase of 7.1 percent in the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP), calling it a "beautiful blessing". President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the People” public briefing on November 15, 2021. (Malacañang photo)...
Over 40 million Filipinos are now registered with the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said that a total of 40,264,550 Filipinos have completed their Step 2 registrations as of end-October, bringing the agency closer to the goal of registering at...
The newly commissioned 23.3-megawatt diesel-fed power plant of Isla Norte Energy Corporation (INEC) of the Vivant group will finally end the electricity supply disruptions tormenting residents and businesses in Bantayan island, one of the known tourism pivots of the country. According to INEC, the...
The local manufacturing output increased more than double in September this year owing to strong production of coke and refined petroleum products. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries, the Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) said the country's volume of production index...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already given up on its ambitious growth target of 2 percent for the agriculture sector, but it has remained hopeful that the sector could still pull off a growth of at least below 1 percent following four consecutive quarters of decline. 44673 In a briefing,...
The output of the country’s agriculture sector has declined further during the third quarter of the year after almost all sub-sectors, mainly livestock and crops, suffered from lower output from July to September. But Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the Philippine government will "work...
