The country’s trade deficit widened in July amid the gradual reopening of the local economy. Philippine Export and Import Statistics July 2021 The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, Sept. 9, that the gap in the trade balance, or the difference between the value of export and...
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) noted a decline in its prevalence worldwide — from one in four girls from 10 years ago to about one in five today. With the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts, the UNICEF fears that 10 million more girls worldwide will end up becoming child...
Sustained government efforts to ease quarantine restrictions and the continuous vaccination drives are expected to retain the improvements in the country's workforce amid the health crisis, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the July 2021...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, trumpeted the country’s “A-“ rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) and the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual press...
Consumer prices quickened at a much faster pace last month due to costlier food items. Vegetable seller The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Tuesday, Sept. 7, that headline inflation clocked in at 4.9 percent in August, faster than the 4.0 percent seen in the previous month and 2.4...
Unemployment rate in the country dropped from 7.7 percent in June to 6.9 percent in July, lowest jobless since the pandemic broke out last year, owing to easing movement restrictions, but the local labor force also weakened as people were worried of getting sick,Philippine Statistics Authority...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting inputs from industry stakeholders for the crafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 11552, which seeks to extend the lifeline subsidy or discount rate for marginalized electricity consumers for the next 50 years....
Deputy House Speaker Eric Martinez expounds on the latest bill he filed in Congress pertaining to Philippine sports in the online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday (August 31). Martinez, who represents the second district of Valenzuela City, will be...
The local government of Quezon City has appealed to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to validate its 2020 census data. The city government made the call after PSA reported that the population of Quezon City grew only by 23,932 or 0.17 percent annually from 2,936,116 to 2,960,048 for year...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano lauded the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for providing the most accurate and vital data to the government, especially to the local government units (LGUs). Rubiano noted that the data being provided to them by the PSA were the ones they are using to provide...
Denice Zamboanga (left) and South Korean opponent Seo Hee Ham (ONE Championship) Mixed martial artist Denice Zamboanga is drawing inspiration from Filipino Olympic medalists in Tokyo when she squares off with South Korean veteran Seo Hee Ham in ONE: Empower event on Sept. 3 in Singapore. “Ang...
Monico Puentevella Weightlifting president Monico Puentevella is confident they can sustain their Tokyo Olympics success in the 2024 Paris Games. “I can foresee na magme-medal tayo sa Paris Olympics sa babae,” Puentevella said in Tuesday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Online Forum....
