(PSA PHILSYS FACEBOOK PAGE) Over 72 million Filipinos have so far registered for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the PSA figures, as of Aug. 26, 72,348,546 Filipinos have completed their PhilSys Step 2 Registration...
Trade deficit accelerated last July as country’s purchases of goods from abroad continued to outpace the rise in sales of locally-made products, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. The PSA said on Friday, Sept. 9, that the country’s trade gap, or the difference between the value...
Factory output grew at a much faster pace in July due to strong production of manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Thursday, Sep. 8. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said...
The number of jobless Filipinos in July eased to its lowest since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the quality of jobs in the country deteriorated as underemployment climbed during the month. Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) preliminary labor force survey results, there...
The Philippines Statistics Authority (PSA) has recorded marked increases in the retail prices of key agricultural commodities in the first few days of June alone. Based on the PSA report released on Wednesday, Aug. 31 on Price Situationer of Selected Agricultural Commodities First Phase of June...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will prudently examine the implication of the P0.30 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) rate hike plea of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMCGP) to the similarly-situated power supply agreements (PSAs) underwritten by the other power utilities. The bid of San...
SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation (SMCGP), the energy investment arm of San Miguel Corporation (SMC), has formally lodged ‘notice of termination’ for two of its prevailing power supply agreements (PSAs) with Manila Electric Company (Meralco). This move is SMCGP's ultimate recourse if the...
Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto has chided the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) for suggesting that a measly budget of P93 is enough to feed a family of five in the country. (Metin Ozer/ Unsplash) "According to the PSA, a family of five would need ₱279 ( in 2021,...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) has formally opened to challengers the competitive 200-megawatt original proposal of the subsidiary-entity of Solar Philippines from its integrated solar farm and battery energy storage installation. In a notice to third party bids and awards...
Solana Solar Alpha Inc. (Solana Solar), a subsidiary of renewable energy firm Alternergy, has inked a 20-year power supply agreement (PSA) with Peninsula Electric Cooperative Inc. (PENELCO) for the off-take of the generated electricity from the former's 10-megawatt solar power project to be sited...
More than two million Filipinos were pushed into poverty in the last three years, which the National Economic and Development (NEDA) blamed to the effects of the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and employment that brought to 19.99 million total number of poor Filipinos in the country....
BAGUIO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority-Cordillera has launched the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS) that’s targeting 59 municipalities from the six Cordillera provinces in its bid to fight poverty in the region. PSA statistical specialist Brozybroz Mateo said the...
