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...
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....
